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The Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) has approved TUV Rheinland of North America as a third-party auditing body for the TAPA Air Cargo Security Standards (TACSS) certification. TACSS certification helps ensure the minimum standards for safe and secure transportation of air cargo conveyed on and off airports and airport-associated facilities, TUV Rheinland reported in a press release.

C.A.L. Cargo Airlines has become the first Israeli airline to be accredited as a Qualified Envirotainer Provider (QEP) at all of its online stations: Tel Aviv, Liège, and New York's JFK. The QEP Program involves specialized training and processes for using Envirotainer’s temperature-controlled air cargo containers. 

UPS is expanding its global healthcare distribution network in five locations in North America: Burlington, Ontario, Canada; Louisville, KY; Mira Loma, CA; Atlanta, GA; and Reno, NV. The expansions add nearly 800,000 sq ft to UPS’s global network of 37 dedicated healthcare facilities, which now add up to nearly six million sq. ft. of distribution space. The growth represents UPS’s continuing mission to support a global healthcare supply chain.

At FedEx Corp.'s healthcare industry summit held this past week in New York City, FedEx leaders and external experts spoke about the changing healthcare industry and the potential for "borderless healthcare." Developing markets like China and India present significant opportunities for healthcare product manufacturers, so reaching these markets efficiently will give them competitive advantage, speakers suggested. 

Delta Air Lines has inked an exclusive marketing agreement with OnAsset Intelligence, a provider of machine-to-machine (M2M) wireless asset tracking solutions, enabling Delta Cargo customers to view GPS location information on deltacargo.com, Delta reported.

Users will be able to track and trace cargo in transit across the Delta and Delta Connection fleet, which operates more than 5000 daily flights to more than 340 destinations, 61 countries and six continents. Cargo status can be viewed on a customized Web page.

Cryopak, the leader in temperature controlled products, announces the launch of their new TimeSaver 24 CRT Mini, the first release in its line of controlled room temperature shipper products.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has added Eriez's E-Z Tec DSP Metal Detector to the Air Cargo Screening Technology List (ACSTL), the company reported in a press release. Eriez's technology is approved to screen non-metallic commodities in the air cargo environment.

American Airlines Cargo division has appointed Tom Grubb to manage the company's cold-chain strategy, leading American’s time- and temperature-sensitive cargo services. Grubb served most recently on the cargo operations team as manager of customer service strategy. A long-time veteran of American’s Cargo division, Grubb was pivotal in the development of American’s existing cold chain service ExpediteTC.