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Changi Airport facilitates partners to gain IATA pharma handling cert
SINGAPORE's Changi Airport Group (CAG) has launched an initiative to provide support for its cargo partners to attain the International Air Transport Association's (IATA) Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators on Pharmaceutical Handling (CEIV Pharma) certification.
The IATA CEIV Pharma is a standardised global certification programme that helps companies comply with international pharmaceutical guidelines. Companies undergoing this certification programme will be required to demonstrate a cargo hold temperature of between 10-25 degrees Celsius and appropriate handling from tarmac to loading and unloading.
Participating companies will have to undergo training and an assessment of their facilities and processes by independent IATA-certified auditors.
CAG will be supporting initially six companies to undergo this certification programme, through cost support measures and the coordination of training sessions, a statement from airport authorities said.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) will also co-fund the costs for these companies through the provision of assistance grants.
The companies are SIA Cargo, airport ground handler dnata Singapore, Global Airfreight International, Expeditors Singapore, CEVA Logistics Singapore and Schenker Singapore.
Said CAG's executive vice president Yam Kum Weng: "CAG and our partners go one step further by taking a proactive approach in enhancing our cold chain handling capabilities to better serve the pharmaceuticals industry."
Said IATA vice president Conrad Clifford: "Last year, the global pharmaceutical industry spent over US$10 billion on cold chain logistics, with the amount expected to exceed $13 billion by 2019.'
The IATA CEIV Pharma is a standardised global certification programme that helps companies comply with international pharmaceutical guidelines. Companies undergoing this certification programme will be required to demonstrate a cargo hold temperature of between 10-25 degrees Celsius and appropriate handling from tarmac to loading and unloading.
Participating companies will have to undergo training and an assessment of their facilities and processes by independent IATA-certified auditors.
CAG will be supporting initially six companies to undergo this certification programme, through cost support measures and the coordination of training sessions, a statement from airport authorities said.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) will also co-fund the costs for these companies through the provision of assistance grants.
The companies are SIA Cargo, airport ground handler dnata Singapore, Global Airfreight International, Expeditors Singapore, CEVA Logistics Singapore and Schenker Singapore.
Said CAG's executive vice president Yam Kum Weng: "CAG and our partners go one step further by taking a proactive approach in enhancing our cold chain handling capabilities to better serve the pharmaceuticals industry."
Said IATA vice president Conrad Clifford: "Last year, the global pharmaceutical industry spent over US$10 billion on cold chain logistics, with the amount expected to exceed $13 billion by 2019.'
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