Prepared by Stavros Evangelakakis 23 – 24 May 2012 Cool Chain association 23rd - 24th, Luxembourg 05/28/12 Is Air Transportation of Perishables a sustainable Cool Chain Activity ?
Prepared by Stavros Evangelakakis23 – 24 May 2012
Cool Chain association 23rd - 24th, Luxembourg
05/28/12
Is Air Transportation of Perishables a sustainable
Cool Chain Activity ?
05/28/12 Cool Chain association 23rd - 24th, Luxembourg
Agenda
• Perishables• Managing the coolchain/ supply chain • At the tarmac/ground• Thermal aircraft performance • Infrastructure of Aiports
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The meaning of perishables ?
• Perishables
– Goods that loose value in a relative quick time frame
• To be successful in Perishables we need to master:
– “Time and Temperatures”– However the real question is , how do we master? Time: as fast
as possible, and Temperature: right and steady through out or during the transportation
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Products classed as perishables
• Many of these products require special handling and are not compatible with each other they share the same basic characteristics of sensitivity to Time, Temperature and Treatment. They include:
• Seafood Pharmaceuticals/Medicines• Dairy• Flowers/Plants/• Meats • Vegetables• Fruits
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…. Collection of certain statements
– Perishables are seasonal– Perishables don’t pay– Perishables was a by product– Many Claims – A lot of waste
But without perishables certain rotations will not be possible
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16% of CV flown production in 2011 is TEM goods !
Source: world wide manual input form CV stations
Veggies
10
Veggies
11
Fruits
10
Fruits
11
Dairy/C
heese
/Foodstuff 1
0
Dairy/C
heese
/Foodstuff 1
1
Flowers/Fern
s 10
Flowers/Fern
s 11
Fish 10
Fish 11
meat 1
0
meat 1
1
Horse M
eat 1
0
Horse M
eat 1
1
Pharma 1
0
Pharma 1
1
source: SAP/Outstations
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Awareness starts internally in airline, we have a team trying to achieve this.
• Cross divisional Team • Standard Operating Procedures • Constantly optimizing process • Learning from the quality audits• 150 certifications to CV employees form EV• Various tests and analysis about temperature were done• Successful introduced Tyvek Thermoblankets in our
sytsem• Setting standards for RFID use on board CV• Following up the audits
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Traditional flow of air cargo
Build/ figure/ Weigh Pallets
coolcels Offload Transfer Delivery
Handling AgentForwarder Handling Agent ForwarderCV
Origin Onload Airport Tarmac
Offload Airport DestinationTrucking Trucking
Delivery
⇒Coolchain must be maintained at all time and common communication
⇒ standard procedures for all ⇒ 1 error in whole process will lead to loss of product
Source: company material
• How can we avoid this
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Broken Cold Chain
UNBROKEN BROKEN FOR 9 HRS
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ProcessPackaging
MONITORING
What can we learn from the pharma process?
Source: company material
Create an SOP between Forwarder - airline
• Booking preadvise
• Prealert to customer schedule
• Cool storage
Operations over-view Responsibilities Contacts Schedule
• Shipper/Forwarder
• Cargolux
• Forwarder Origin• Booking office CV• Cargolux LUX• Cargolux Dest• Groundhandler
destination• Cargolux Destination• Forwarder destination
• Maintaining Schedule
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Our internal communication system allow a seamless information flowcommunication
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airports process and aircraft thermal performance
Different airports
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Temperature ControlledFacilities
Cool Cells
Truck Arrival
Maximum 60 – 350
meters from cool cell to the aircraft
No waiting time on the tarmac between cool
cell to the
Airport facilities Luxembourg
Source: company material
tarmac
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Airport facilities Luxembourgtarmac
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• Refrigerated Stacker-System with 20 Cool Cell (0°C to +27°C)
• Ready to board the aircraft less then 60 minutes of departure
• No storage on the tarmac
Airport facilities Luxembourg
Cool Cell Gate Exit to the tarmac
Source: company material
tarmac
Or is this a cooling facility
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Is it possible to maintain temperature in B747- 400F?
4 different zones in a B747-400f to set diff temperature2010_09_27_tem_ECS_during_flight.JPG
Source: company material
aircraft
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Environmental Control System
• Aircon in Main Deck always on
• Switching on Aircon in the 2 bellies:⇒+0.7% Fuel Burn
• Main Deck and Bellies always pressurized => 750hPa
• Airflow per ULD in Bellies (352CFM) are higher than in Main Deck (122CFM)⇒Bellies cool down faster than Main Deck⇒Bellies better for large amounts of animals
• B747-400F and B747-400BCF identical! Or Passenger but… Cool Chain association 23rd -
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Temp recording during flight
• Temperature recording• Data avail for up two
months• In case of temperature
deviation
Source: company material
aircraft
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Flight ops Ground ops
On ground
However they will be a difference between air & payload temperature
• Air temperature: 2 °C
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Chapter 17: : Label becomes mandatory as of 1st July 2012 an
• Why only for Pharma ?
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Conclusion
• Packaging, process and monitoring• Team creating awareness and coordinating with areas• All parties need to be involved in the supply chain • Tarmac is the bottle neck of the airlines• Understanding your capabilities and tool• Temperature recordings during flight• An all-cargo airline can fly to different airports
Thank you for your attention05/28/12 Cool Chain association 23rd - 24th, Luxembourg