Cold Chain

FedEx said this week it has started a direct cargo flight between Dublin, Ireland, and Indianapolis, Indiana. The four-day-a-week service shortens shipping times by a full day by skipping the crowded coastal gateways.

The company is focusing on cold storage, temperature-controlled delivery, and faster service worldwide.

The cold chain is a vital component of America’s food supply, with up to 70% of consumed food passing through cold storage. Maintaining proper temperatures is essential to prevent spoilage, making efficiency in cold and frozen storage operations critical. The right material handling equipment plays a key role in ensuring smooth operations, ultimately determining success in preserving food quality and reducing waste.

The company added that upon the completion of this deal, bringing Frigo-Trans and BPL into the fold will boost UPS’s end-to-end capabilities throughout Europe for UPS Healthcare customers who increasingly require temperature-sensitive and time-critical logistics.

Labor market woes and changing customer demands continue to push food and beverage companies to explore new solutions, including automation and robotics.

As demand for North American warehouse space soars, third-party logistics providers find new ways to serve their growing customer bases.

Gone are the days when cold chain shippers could rely on consistent, reliable supply chains and solid customer import forecasts. Today, temperature-controlled service providers are making massive investments in facilities, locations and automation to ease the strain and bring back a level of dependability.

While there have been recent changes in temperature-controlled logistics, known as “cold chain,” there are many of the same players remaining in the sector, but with some new people skills, processes and technologies.

5 Tips to Make Your Cold Chain Shipping Operations More Sustainable.

After a fire destroyed its warehouse, Mount Adams Fruit came back with one of the few automated facilities in the industry, including AS/RS and robotic palletizing.

While most of the focus on cold chain logistics has been primarily on pharma and medical goods during the ongoing pandemic, the food logistics industry is also under enormous pressure and scrutiny.

While most of the focus on cold chain logistics has been primarily on pharmaceuticals and medical goods during the pandemic, the food logistics industry is now under increasing scrutiny and enormous pressure to improve performance.

With the invention of refrigeration in the last century came new options for faster, lighter construction materials and more options for shippers both domestically and internationally.

This white paper, highlighting the niche of vaccine cold chain monitoring, will help one better understand the key watch outs and the value Advantech technology will add.

Atlanta-based UPS announced this week it has rolled out a new vertical within its pharmaceutical offerings, with the formation of its new UPS Cold Chain Solutions services, which it described as a suite of cold chain technologies, best-in-class capabilities, as well as new and expanded global facilities that offer complete end-to-end temperature-controlled logistics services.