The events of the last few years, including the Covid pandemic, the energy crisis and increasing global tension, have contributed to new challenges facing the global supply of temperature-sensitive products. This book reviews the basic structure of the air cargo cool supply chain, featuring contributions from industry experts and case studies to provide readers with a well-rounded and practical understanding.
This book presents a multitude of cool chain activities with insights and case histories, such as the handling of delicate time sensitive air cargo and trends in technology to improve the integrity of shipments, geo-political challenges and world climatic crisis, medical pharma, food products, flowers and plants, containers and packaging. It examines trade lanes, regulations and quality standards, such as IATA’s CEIV standard, and considers security issues, especially theft of valuable products through fraud and insider criminal gangs. Responses to emergencies such as the Covid pandemic, disaster relief, seasonal fluctuations of growers and climate, as well as larger environmental issues and sustainability. Innovations in equipment, such as smart containers, aircraft design, drones, alternative fuels, electric vehicles and e-processing, are comprehensively but accessibly covered. Political actions affecting agricultural production and the impacts on transportation needs are also discussed.
The Air Logistics Cool Supply Chain will be directly relevant to professionals within the global supply, transport, international and air logistics, retail, food, pharmaceutical and packaging industries. It will also prove valuable to students and graduates seeking careers within these sectors.
Table of Contents:
PART I – The Air Logistics Supply Chain 1. Introducing the Cool Supply Chain 2. Air Cargo Structure 3. Pharma 4. Flowers, Fruit and Vegetables 5. Fish and Seafood 6. Meat PART II - Equipment and services 7. Packaging 8. Handling 9. Warehousing 10. Trucking (RFS) 11. Airports PART III - General background and future 12. Regulations 13. Technology 14. Health 15. Hostile World 16. Animals 17. Geopolitics 18. Security 19. Careers 20. Future 21. Cool conclusions
About the Author :
Michael Sales has, for over 30 years, specialized in air cargo industry publishing, press relations, consultancy, journalism and promotion. He has worked for the leading publications in this sector, has operated a successful PR and video company and has published 5 books about air logistics.
Gerton Hulsman is a seasoned executive and consultant with extensive international experience in air cargo and logistics. Over the past decades, he has held key leadership roles in airport cargo development, airfreight handling, and airline management, with a particular focus on cool chain logistics, process innovation, and digitization. with a strong focus on pharmaceutical and perishables logistics.
