• Improved Freshness
• Lower Cost to Ship
• Safety Compliance
• Consumer Satisfaction
• Reduced Damage Claims

Air Cargo Perishable Handling

The successful preparation & transportation of perishables by air takes a high degree of skill, careful handling, coordination, sophisticated equipment, facilities & systems.

The Challenges

• Increasing global competition
• Tougher food handling laws
• High Airfreight Costs
• Inefficient Packaging & Sunk cost on Gelpacks
• Restrictions on foam packaging
• Temperature damage to produce in transit
• Poor load utilization of aircargo containers

Need for Effective Solutions

Shippers must adapt & utilize new processes & technologies to remain competitive, retailers & food service buyer are now demanding consistent supply of safe, low cost, ultra-fresh produce.

The Risks

Shippers dispatching goods without adequate thermal protection face product damages, additional costs & breach food safety regulations.

Thermal Protection Solutions

The Coolcargo solution offers a low cost, practical solution that protects fresh produce & temperature sensitive products during ground handling & in transit, whilst delivering upfront savings & overall lower cost to ship. 

Fresh Produce Cold Chain Integrity

The Coolcargo solution ensures that fresh produce consignments are correctly prepared & pre-cooled, then packed in specially prepared ULDs to maintain temperatures within 2-3°C over transit periods up to 20 hrs.

Coolcargo combines good logistics practice, cold-chain control, pre-conditioning, & delivery to the ramp using specially insulated thermal protection for tarmac protection prior to loading onto aircraft. Specially lined aircraft containers maintain stable temperature during air transit until the destination.

End to End Improvement

Exporters can select a safe, low cost channel for dispatching produce that complies with highest levels of quality, safety & cost competitiveness.

Provides shippers an upfront saving in costs, reduced damages & improved visibility & control of shipment quality.

Ideal for high density fresh produce such as asparagus, ready to eat meals, corn & other temperature sensitive products.

The ultimate winner is the end consumer through overall cost reductions, quality improvement & increased freshness for highly perishable exotic fresh fruit & ready to eat produce.

Environmental Benefits

• Greater load utilization & efficient transport use
• Less waste in transit
• Producers use less energy
• Less damaged produce discarded as rubbish
• Thermal liners recyclable for building insulation
• Accelerated reduction of expanded foam landfill
• Elimination of gelpack disposalgreater transportation efficiency with higher density cargo

Savings

The Coolcargo Special Care solution is unique in the industry & will offer first movers significant market advantage through lower cost airfreight, improvement in freshness & lower damages.

Increased loading utilization & not paying for airfreight on gelpacks can reduce the overall cost to ship by up to 10%, the reduction in    damages & claims for unprotected produce is an additional shipper saving. Cost reductions can be passed to customers stimulating increased orders or fund improved packaging.

Air Cargo Pharma & Import Care

• Cold Chain Integrity
• Good Distribution Practices
• Handling Compliance & Reporting
• Product & patient Safey
• Reduced Damage Claims

Freshport has developed a new range of import handling procedures in conjunction with the host cargo terminal that provide continuous view on how to collaboratively improve processes and handling practices

Our Objectives

• Integrate a complete quality platform
• Improve Quality & Reduce Waste
• Deliver Value at a Competitive Cost
• Maintain Product Integrity & Viability
• Safe pharmaceutical product
• Work together & share benefits

An “aircraft to customer service”

• Involves new ways of doing business
• Achieve minimum of temperature breaches from aircraft arrival until customs clearance
• Specific focus on Cold Chain Integrity & Improved Handling
• Support but not compete with other functions, such as freight forwarding, documentation, trucking, etc)
• A service to minimize product integrity risks and negative consequences
• Makes use of Freshport specific cold chain solutions within the Cargo Terminal

Compliance & Quality Requirements

Quality Control, Supply Chain Integrity
Temperature Control, Unbroken Cold Chain
Product Inspection on receiving for FOB shipments
IATA Certified Perishable Handling Management
Lower Environmental Impact
Maintaining GDP Integrity
Cold Chain Certification
Good Logistics Practices

Besides the challenging chain itself, is the flow… :

• in line with (pharma) GDP standards?
• are contingencies organized & tested?
• are exception communication plans in place?

Freshport offers two linked cold chain services for the best result

• Import Care (from aircraft to dispatch cargo terminal)
• After Care ( From dispatch at cargo terminal until customer)

The combination of both services provides unbroken cold chain from unloading of aircraft, through the cargo terminal until end customer. Besides the innovative solutions within these services, most importantly is the strict management control within this service.

Both services are invoiced by the cargo terminal to the agent.

Import Care Pricing  (refer to Cargo Terminal for Pricing and Terms)

Import Care pricing includes:

Import Care pricing excludes:

1. Cost for batteries & re-icing
2. After Care
3. Other applicable cargo terminal charges
4. Liability (to be discussed & insurance fee possibly included)

Note: 

• After Care needs case by case review prior to commencing. (Solution as described is based on airport to Bangkok region customer facility directly.)
• After Care does not include transportation