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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 ...
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Peli Bio Thermal launches new re-useable large volume container
Passive air cargo container firm Peli Bio Thermal has launched Credo Cargo, a new re-usable passive product that allows entire pallets of temperature sensitive cargo to be loaded.Speaking on the side lines of the Temperature Controlled Logistics event, director of worldwide marketing Adam Tetz explained that the company already had ...
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Pharma first for Bolloré Logistics
Bolloré Logistics has become the first transport and logistics company in France to gain IATA's CEIV Pharma certification for its Paris Roissy CDG platform.The French logistics giant has already received similar certification for its sites in Brussels (Belgium), Frankfurt (Germany) and Lisbon (Portugal).Bolloré Logistics has IATA Pharma certification in progress ...
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FedEx's Fred Smith: Decision to quit TPP "unfortunate"
FedEx founder and chief executive Fred Smith has hit out at the US president’s decision to withdraw from the TPP trade deal saying being cut off from trade would be like “trying to breath without oxygen”.Speaking today on the Fox Business Network’s Maria Bartiromo programme, FedEx’s Fred Smith said the ...
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TPP of the iceberg as Trump withdraws US from trade pact
US president Donald Trump has signed an executive order to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).The TPP includes 12 nations that account for around 40% of the world’s economic output and would have cut 18,000 tariffs between the countries to help boost trade.The 12 countries that signed up for the ...
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NewsHappy days for Cunningham at FedEx Express
David Cunningham's promotion as head of FedEx Express has been fast tracked from the original 2018 start date.Cunningham will succeed David Bronczek as president and chief executive of FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp and the world’s largest cargo airline.Bronczek has been promoted to the new role as president ...
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DHL and Gavi form vaccine delivery alliance
Deutsche Post DHL Group (DP-DHLG) is teaming up with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in a global partnership to improve vaccine supply chains.Over the next three years, the Germany-based global logistics giant will provide Gavi-supported countries with efficient supply chain solutions to improve health care delivery.A joint statement by the two ...
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Cargolux passes GDP renewal audit
Cargolux Airlines has passed its Good Distribution Practice (GDP) renewal audit for handling pharma products to European Union regulatory requirements and of World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines.In addition, the GDP certification recognises the European all-cargo carrier’s fleet of Boeing 747 freighters with four independently-controlled temperature zones.The audit also extends to ...
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Details emerge about SF Express' plans for new Chinese cargo hub
Asia-based express giant SF Express has revealed more details about plans to set up a huge new air cargo airport in central China.The fast-growing company plans to build the airport in Ezhou City in the Hubei province of central China, according to Asia Times.The airport will be able to handle ...
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SIA Cargo is Asia-Pacific's first carrier to achieve CEIV Pharma certification
Singapore Airlines Cargo (SIA Cargo) has become the first airline in the Asia-Pacific to be awarded IATA’s Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) Pharma certification.SIA Cargo president Chin Yau Seng said: “We are acutely aware of the important role that these shipments play in serving the broader community, and ...
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Rio earns CEIV pharma certification
RIOgaleão, Rio de Janeiro’s international airport, has been awarded IATA’s Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) Pharma certificate.Certification for the key Brazilian gateway follows a number of audits and assessments, technical training and “significant improvements” to the airport's pharma handling infrastructure and processes, said a spokesperson. Investments at RIOgaleão ...
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American Airlines' daily widebody link to San Juan pharma hub
American Airlines Cargo will have access to daily non-stop bellyhold capacity to the growing pharmaceuticals hub of San Juan from early April.The Puerto Rican gateway has seen a number of airlines, including United, DHL, Cargolux, Northern Air Cargo and CAL add freighter or bellyhold capacity to the Caribbean island’s pharma ...
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Additional pharma packaging solution
Peli BioThermal, the temperature-controlled packing specialist for the pharma and life sciences sector, has launched its CoolPall Vertos Advance.The single-use, passive bulk freight shipping solution builds on the existing CoolPall Vertos packaging product range.CoolPall Vertos Advance has additional advancements, including phase change material (PCM) and vacuum insulated panels (VIPs), which ...
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Halifax pots a red with Chinese lobster freighters
Canada’s Halifax Stanfield airport has secured five Boeing 747-400 freighter charters by Yangtze River Express in January to meet demand from Chinese consumers for fresh Nova Scotia lobster.Halifax International Airport Authority (HIAA) said that Nova Scotia seafood worth more than C$15m has already been shipped overseas in the holiday season.That ...
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IAG Cargo and Exelsius to hold second cold chain training workshop in India
IAG Cargo and Exelsius, the international Cold Chain Management Consultancy, have announced that their GDP Academy training workshop will return to India, this time with a two-day workshop in Mumbai, following the success of a previous workshop in Hyderabad.Taking place on the 8-9 February 2017, the Good Distribution Practice Academy ...
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UPS completes purchase of pharma logistics firm Marken
UPS has completed the acquisition of Marken, a global supply chain specialist serving the pharmaceutical and life science industries, as it looks to strengthen its presence in healthcare logistics.The deal was first announced in November, but the transaction closed on Wednesday when Marken became a wholly owned subsidiary of UPS.“Healthcare ...
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Pharma focus nurses air cargo recovery
Growth in air cargo pharmaceutical traffic is driven largely by shippers switching from the use of general cargo to more specialised freight products.Speaking at Air Cargo News’ Life Sciences and Pharmaceutical conference, Seabury Group commercial director Dirk de Rooij said that the pharmaceutical industry was growing by around 4%-5% per ...
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NewsFedEx earnings per share miss expectations on investments in new ground hubs
FedEx saw its share price drop by around 3% yesterday as its earnings per share missed market expectations on the back of investments in its ground segment.The US express giant recorded second fiscal-quarter adjusted earnings per share of $2.80 on the back of a 3% increase in operating income to ...
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12send express service gets the seal of approval from KLM and Schiphol
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and KLM Cargo have given their support to a new same-day intra-European air cargo service.The same-day intra-European air cargo delivery is the responsibility of a start-up called 12send, of which Dutch company Parcel International is the majority stakeholder. KLM Cargo and Schiphol Cargo also contributed to the ...