The transport and logistics industries are ready to transport COVID-19 vaccines
Many shipping companies and logistics around the world are urgently preparing for the vaccine transportation which is promised to help people end this pandemic soon.
As countries are beginning to license COVID-19 acute respiratory infections, many carriers and logistics around the world are busy preparing for vaccine deliveries that are promised to help their children. people soon to end this pandemic.
Currently, Singapore is strengthening cold supply chain capacity to ensure safe transportation of vaccines as well as enhancing the country’s status as an air freight hub. Logistics company Dnata recently purchased frozen truck cases to help preserve vaccines. According to Dnata CEO – Mr. Arman Abdul Malek, these frozen cartons are really useful for storing vaccines when the temperature in Singapore can reach above 30 degrees Celsius.
Essentially in the cold chain, water vaccines are kept extremely cold in on-board freezers. The batches of the vaccine are then loaded into frozen truck cartons and transported on the asphalt to the airport cold storage facilities before being distributed to vaccination sites. In addition to Dnata, SATS is also investing in vaccine delivery capacity, including the purchase of frozen vehicles and increased production of dry ice.
It is expected that in December, Singapore will receive the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines, co-produced by two pharmaceutical companies Pfizer (USA) and BioNTech (Germany), after the 5.7 million people country becomes a country. first in Asia to license the use of the above vaccine.
The Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine needs to be stored below minus 70 degrees Celsius, which is roughly the same as Antarctic winter temperatures. Another vaccine from Moderna (USA) can be stored for up to 6 months at minus 20 degrees Celsius.
Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific (China) is also expanding cold storage facilities in its cargo terminal to allow temporary storage of more than 8.6 million doses of vaccine per day. In a statement issued on December 18, Cathay Pacific Director Tom Owen said the company’s cold stores currently hold about 7.1 million doses of vaccine.
Its newly expanded cold storage will allow storage of an additional 1.5 million doses of vaccine. According to Mr. Owen, the company will provide free vaccine transportation from all production centers.
The world’s third-largest freight carrier has also invested in a new generation tracking system called Ultra Track that will allow shipping companies to monitor vaccine shipping conditions over time real. The Ultra Track system uses a low-energy Bluetooth transmitter that can store and transmit real-time GPS location, temperature, humidity and vibration information.
Logistics obstacles pose significant risks to efforts to rapidly distribute COVID-19 vaccines. Each year around the world more than 50% of vaccines are discarded for reasons of temperature control, other problems related to transportation and logistics./.
Source: bnews
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