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Active Container Management ServiceEnvirotainer RAP t2

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Shipper: Dublin, IrelandConsignee: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Shipment specification: 4 pallets at a total of 1650kgsLoaded into 1 x RAP t2 Envirotainer

Temp range: +2°C to +8°C

Route: Dublin (DUB) – Manchester (MAN) – Jeddah (JED)

Airline Selected: Saudi Airlines

Product: Pharma2World – Active

Shipment details


• Pharma compliant SOP put in place withall stakeholders : ColdChain Packing, Forwarder, consignee,broker, airline (SV), GHA (SACC), prior to handling shipment

• Regular conference calls with shipper – build up and prepto go live date

• Meeting held Thursday 5th February 13:30hrs at forwarder officein Jeddah with all stakeholders to agree upon defined roles &responsibilities (Moderator & Project Lead: Nabil Awan)

Shipment Handling Process


• Shipment arrived as booked :

SV124/22 FEB 2015, MAN-JEDATD 12:00, 22 FEB 2015ATA 21:00 22 FEB 2015

Booking – Saudi Airlines Cargo


• ColdChain Packing Jeddah representative present atairport at time of arrival, contacted consignee brokerwith update of manifest entry completed by SV at 21:30hrs

• Consignee broker confirmed he will be at the airportin the morning in order to start clearance process

• Envirotainer was transferred from aircraft to thewarehouse - arriving to storage location at approx22:24hrs

• Transfer time approx 1hr 30mins

Arrival


• Ambient temperature in storage location was approx 29°C

• Envirotainer Alert 1/1 visible at first inspection due tolow battery (below 9.5V) level at 22:30hrs

• Envirotainer container temp reading 4.7°C

• Battery Circuit A: 9.3V Battery Circuit B: 9.4V

Inspection Upon Arrival


• Re-icing & battery change pre-ordered as a pro-activemeasure for planned re-icing & battery change upon arrival

• ColdChain Packing team on the ground prior to Envirotainerarriving into the storage area

• Re-icing & Battery change process started at approx 23:00hrs

Re-icing & Battery Change


• Ambient temperature in storage location was approx 29°C

• No alarms visible at second inspection at 23:30hrs



Inspection – After Re-icing & Battery Change


• ColdChain Packing team in constant contact withconsignee broker

• Monday 23rd Feb at 07:30hrs : Notification sent to allregarding SFDA inspection delayed till 11:00hrs

• ColdChain Packing at the airport for Envirotainerinspection and release

• No alarms visible at third inspection : 10:31hrs



Additional Monitoring


• Consignee broker was present during SFDA inspection at14:00hrs (within the warehouse)

• Container was opened and SFDA removed 1 small sample andclosed Envirotainer immediately.

Envirotainer was open for 2 mins and 20 secs.

• SFDA did not check temperature data loggers for thisparticular shipment

• 14:45hrs SFDA confirmed release of shipment

• 15:00hrs SACC transferred the Envirotainer to be positionednext to the Temperature controlled truck for offloading/loading

SFDA & Customs Clearance


Loading & Release• Prior to loading ColdChain Packing rep check the

temperature inside cold truck was +7 degrees Celsius.

• Cargo was exposed to ambient temperatures of approx 28°Cfor 5mins and 29 seconds during loading

• After Envirotainer was offloaded, it was moved back to thebreakdown area and handed over to SACC to return to origin

• Truck was given the release by Airport Security at 15:15hrson Monday 23rd February


A total lead time of 18 hours & 15 mins from the momentthe shipment arrived up to the point it was released

from the airport


Tem

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Journey: DUB-MAN-RUH4 x Pallets loaded inside 1 x RAP t2 Envirotainer

Lowest Internal: - 5.6°C20/02/2015 06:15:51 PM

Highest Internal: 9.9°C20/02/2015 03:15:51 PM

Arrival to JED Approx release from JED

* Product release temperature -6 °C

Product release temperature - 6 °C

Temperature Reading


• Data logger readings retrieved with a positive result!

• The Shipper: Logistics Planning Director Europe, Africa & Middle East sent email onMonday 2nd March – confirming successful trial shipment !!

Quote:

“Hi Nabil,

Firstly, can I just say a huge thanks and well done for expertlymonitoring our shipment through the importation process – withoutthis close attention, I am certain it would have gone the same way asthe dummy shipment – failure!”

Confirmation of successful trial!!

ColdChain PackingKingdom of Saudi Arabia

Email: [email protected]

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