Transportation Packaging

Minnesota Thermal Science Partners With SCA Cool Logistics

Minnesota Thermal Science (MTS) (Minneapolis) has announced a strategic partnership with SCA Cool Logistics (Cool Logistics). The partnership will allow MTS and Cool Logistics to expand their operations globally, as well as to offer a complete range of products to all clients.

Minnesota Thermal Science Up-Sizes To Pallet Shipper

Minnesota Thermal Science (Minneapolis) has expanded its Credo line of thermal shipping containers with the launch of the Credo XTREME pallet shipper.

Stowing Large Loads

New solutions for pallet-sized cargo target costs and risk.

Innovative designs and systems for handling pallet-sized loads of temperature-sensitive cargo have emerged with regularity in recent years, catering in large part to growth in global shipments of pharmaceutical ingredients and products.

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Schering-Plough Upgrades Clinical Trial Distribution

With a new approach using Credo shippers and Elpro data loggers, a company reduces excursion rates and costs.

After completing an assessment of shipping technologies and supply chain practices, Schering-Plough (S-P) has adopted new container and data-monitoring solutions for clinical supply distribution.

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DOT Proposes New Rules on Lithium Batteries

Only very small cells are exempt from Class 9 Hazardous Status in air transport.

The Department of Transportation (DOT) has proposed new regulations for air shipments of lithium batteries that would designate small lithium batteries and cells as Class 9 materials to be handled as potentially hazardous.

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Arriving at Appropriate Climatic Conditions

ASTM International is developing a climatic stressing guideline that will subject medical device packages to common distribution stresses.

Ensuring that sterile barrier systems (SBS) charged with protecting medical devices can withstand climatic stress is an important part of medical device package development. But concerns that current testing may be too rigorous has prompted ASTM International Committee F02 to development a Standard Practice for Climatic Stressing of Packaging Systems. The goal is to develop a guideline that reflects the distribution environments commonly used by medical device manufacturers.

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Cool Chain Awards Bestowed In Amsterdam

Sensitech and Entropy Solutions were among companies cited with excellence awards at the IQPC pharmaIQ Cool Chain Europe 2010 conference in Amsterdam.

EnviroCooler Unveils Four New Parcel Load Solutions

EnviroCooler (Huntington Beach, Ca) has launched its Ice-Locker ExPrS cooler solutions for short-lane and domestic transportation of temperature-sensitive biologics. The Ice-Locker ExPrS portfolio includes four sizes of parcel-load cooler solutions.

Minnesota Thermal Science Offers New Blood Container

Minnesota Thermal Science (Minneapolis) has introduced an eight-liter operating room container that meets needs for increased blood unit storage and temperature maintenance though lengthy surgeries.

American Airlines Cargo Expands Program

American Airlines Cargo Division (AA Cargo) has redesigned its Business ExtrAA program to allow nearly all cargo customers to earn travel awards for booking cargo shipments. For every shipment on American Airlines, regardless of the size or booking method, eligible AA Cargo customers earn points that can be redeemed for travel-related awards such as airline travel certificates, upgrades, and Admirals Club memberships or passes. Previously, the program only rewarded customers for booking their shipments online.

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