All Pharma Logistics Articles – Page 40
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LATAM and Swissport Miami achieve CEIV
Miami International Airport (MIA) is celebrating the development of its pharma community after one airline customer and a ground handler achieved CEIV certification.On April 19, MIA Pharma Hub partner LATAM Cargo became the first airline in America to receive IATA’s Center of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) Pharma certification.Two weeks ...
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NewsFreighters and bellies boost Schiphol's March cargo volumes
Increased freighter and bellyhold volumes saw Amsterdam Schiphol airport report a 9.5% rise in March airfreight throughputs to 154,000 tonnes.Europe’s number three cargo gateway in 2016 also enjoyed a strong first quarter in 2017, handling a record 420,168 tonnes from January to March, up 8% on the same period last ...
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Qatar's fourth pharma freighter to Basel
Qatar Airways Cargo is launching a fourth Pharma Express freighter service from Basel in Switzerland, effective May 8.The additional freighter brings the total Pharma Express flights operated by the Middle East Gulf carrier to 10 each week, providing dedicated uplift for pharmaceuticals and healthcare products.Qatar Airways Cargo increased its Pharma ...
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VIDEO: Everyone's a winner at the Cargo Airline of the Year Awards 2017
American Airlines was voted Cargo Airline of the Year 2017 as airfreight’s shining stars took centre stage at Air Cargo News’ industry Oscars, now in their 34th year. Click here for a full list of winners.American Airlines, doubly successful on the night with a regional Americas garland, secured the highest ...
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Leipzig/Halle opens the fridge for temperature sensitive cargo
Leipzig/Halle airport‘s World Cargo Center has started operations at a new refrigerated warehouse.The facility at the German hub has direct access to the apron area, offering short transport routes to and from aircraft and trucks.Said an airport spokesperson: “The configuration of the refrigeration centre enables parallel storage of pharmaceutical items ...
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Pharma.Aero organisation doubles membership
Air cargo pharma group Pharma.Aero has doubled its membership, adding new shippers and forwarders.The organisation, which was started by Brussels and Miami airports six months ago, has added eight new members: shippers Pfizer, Johnson and Johnson, Merck Sharp & Dohme and DHL Temperature Management Solutions, Expeditors, EuroAirport Basel, 4Advice and ...
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Another CEIV station for DHL
DHL Global Forwarding's Shanghai station is the latest to achieve IATA's CEIV pharma certification.The certification of Shanghai comes shortly after the forwarder's stations in Dublin and Leipzig achieved the quality award.DHL started to certify its global stations according to the IATA CEIV Pharma Standard in the third quarter of 2016."Following ...
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New Peli president looks to grow BioThermal business
New Pelican Products group president Phil Gyori will target growth in the company’s BioThermal temperature controlled packaging division.Gyori was appointed to the role late last year and will report into chief executive Lyndon Faulkner, while leading all Pelican divisions – commercial/government; consumer; and Pelican BioThermal/Peli Bio Thermal.Prior to joining Pelican ...
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DHL Leipzig station receives IATA CEIV Pharma certification
The airfreight station in Leipzig of DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist within the Deutsche Post DHL Group, has been granted Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics (CEIV) certification by IATA.IATA’s CEIV Pharma certification “attests the highest service and quality standards for life sciences ...
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Schiphol’s pharma efforts rewarded
IATA presented a certificate of recognition for the airport community’s pharma efforts at the World Cargo Symposium in Abu Dhabi.IATA senior vice president, airport, passenger, cargo and security, Nick Careen, handed over the certificate to Schiphol cargo director to Jonas van Stekelenburg in recognition of Schiphol’s support for its Center ...
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Dig-it-isation for Lufthansa Cargo's new Cool Center
Lufthansa Cargo has started construction work on a new Cool Center at its Frankfurt hub. Sören Stark, board member operations, said during the ground-breaking ceremony: “We’ve gained a great deal of experience in the worldwide transport of sensitive medications. CEIV certification from IATA has recently highlighted this. “The excellent collaboration ...
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DHL seeks CEIV status across the Americas
DHL’s Global Forwarding, arm is to certify a further seven of its 11 Americas stations to IATA’s CEIV Pharma Standard. It has already achieved CEIV status at Bogota, Colombia and the seven remaining stations – Atlanta, Chicago, Cincinnati, Los Angeles, Miami, Philadelphia and San Juan - are expected to follow ...
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UPS scores top marks in healthcare survey
UPS and its specialist pharmaceutical supply chain arm, Marken have been recognised as top providers of temperature data collection and management services for clinical trial materials by an industry survey.New York-based Nice Insight’s 2017 Clinical Supply Chain Logistics Survey quizzed 320 healthcare decision-makers at large and midsize organizations in North ...
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IAG Cargo and Exelsius hold sixth GDP workshop
IAG Cargo and Exelsius Consultancy recently held the sixth in their series of international Good Distribution Practices (GDP) Academy workshops, this time in Mumbai – the second time the Academy has visited India.Attended by students from 15 companies, the two-day course offered a combination of both classroom and practical training ...
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Delta dashes for US same day delivery
US carrier Delta Cargo has launched DASH Critical & Medical, a fully GPS-enabled same-day product for the US domestic market which will be extended to the international sector later this year.The new service, with distinctive pink packaging, provides real-time tracking and monitoring of any eligible shipment, and customers can ship ...
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Hactl gains CEIV certificate
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) has become the first handler in the Territory to gain full IATA CEIV Pharma certification. It is the result of an initiative sponsored by the airport authority, in which all relevant industry players undergo validation for the standard.IATA CEIV Pharma represents a co-ordinated ...
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Dallas adds to cool chain capabilities
Dallas Fort Worth International (DFW) airport is adding to its cold chain storage facilities in response to the growth in pharma and perishables traffic.The Texan hub soon will begin installing equipment at the facility, which will be operated by AirLogistix USA.Expected to be operational this summer, the transfer facility will ...
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Mumbai airport joins the Pharma.Aero initiative
Mumbai International Airport (MIAL) has joined the Pharma.Aero initiative, becoming the first Indian airport to embark on a community approach for IATA’s Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) Pharma certification.Brussels Airport and MIAL announced their partnership in Pharma.Aero at the Pharma Logistics Summit in Mumbai, inking a Memorandum of ...
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K+N gains CEIV Pharma certification for specialist network
Global forwarder Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) has gained IATA's Center of Excellence for Independent Validators for pharmaceutical handling (CEIV Pharma) certification covering its entire KN PharmaChain GxP air network, currently including 86 locations on all continents.The IATA CEIV Pharma standard ensures the integrity of every pharmaceutical and healthcare product in the airfreight ...
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Pharma firms continue drive to seafreight
Pharma shippers are likely to continue to try to move away from a reliance on airfreight but will also look to outsource more of their supply chain operations.Speaking at the Temperature Controlled Logistics event in London, pharmaceutical company Teva’s senior director, logistics Europe, Val Petursson, said that he viewed using ...