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Future bright for CAL's transitioning perishables from Israel, Europe
THE pharma market is going through a period of transformation and operators are investing to meet the changing demands of shippers, according to CAL Cargo Airlines' temp control manager Navot Hirschhorn.
"We see that sensitive two to eight degree Celsius products will be packaged more and more with sophisticated packaging solutions that will require transportation environment conditions of 15 to 25 degree Celsius. We forecast that the majority of the shipments will require 15-25," he said.
Due to the high cost of the active packaging solutions, and improvement of passive packaging, CAL is seeing transition from active to passive products.
Mr Hirschhorn notes green packaging (reusable, recyclable) is getting traction and demand is rising, but he feels the main issue is the need for standardisation and certification, specifically in relation to CEIV Pharma, reported the Wall Street Journal.
CAL offers specialist products for the transport of pharma and perishables, and in 2015 the company saw a 30 per cent increase in the transport of temperature sensitive goods, and expects this will continue to increase in 2016, after upgrading its fleet to new Boeing 747-400ERF and 747-400F, to offer direct flights from Europe to South America.
Bouyant trade lanes for temperature sensitive cargo are the transatlantic west route and the import market into Tel Aviv, but Belgium, Switzerland and Germany, which all have many pharma firms are performing strongly, and are serviced via the carrier's hub at Liege Airport.
In the US, the airline has a station in Atlanta, which supports all pharma (and other cargo) travelling east. This service includes two weekly rotations from Atlanta to Liege.
CAL also has plans to grow freighter routes and is evaluating possible new stations and routes and the next investments it makes will be in its US facilities.
"We see that sensitive two to eight degree Celsius products will be packaged more and more with sophisticated packaging solutions that will require transportation environment conditions of 15 to 25 degree Celsius. We forecast that the majority of the shipments will require 15-25," he said.
Due to the high cost of the active packaging solutions, and improvement of passive packaging, CAL is seeing transition from active to passive products.
Mr Hirschhorn notes green packaging (reusable, recyclable) is getting traction and demand is rising, but he feels the main issue is the need for standardisation and certification, specifically in relation to CEIV Pharma, reported the Wall Street Journal.
CAL offers specialist products for the transport of pharma and perishables, and in 2015 the company saw a 30 per cent increase in the transport of temperature sensitive goods, and expects this will continue to increase in 2016, after upgrading its fleet to new Boeing 747-400ERF and 747-400F, to offer direct flights from Europe to South America.
Bouyant trade lanes for temperature sensitive cargo are the transatlantic west route and the import market into Tel Aviv, but Belgium, Switzerland and Germany, which all have many pharma firms are performing strongly, and are serviced via the carrier's hub at Liege Airport.
In the US, the airline has a station in Atlanta, which supports all pharma (and other cargo) travelling east. This service includes two weekly rotations from Atlanta to Liege.
CAL also has plans to grow freighter routes and is evaluating possible new stations and routes and the next investments it makes will be in its US facilities.
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