Three powerhouses of airfreight and airport services have joined together to improve their cool-chain handling abilities. Oliver Evans, Swiss World Cargo’s chief cargo officer, Marco Gredig, managing director of Cargologic, and Alex Hungate, president and CEO of SATS, signed a memorandum of understanding Jan. 13, outlining the collaboration.
The three said they will focus on value-added services and improving performance at their facilities. They have agreed to foster good distribution practices (GDP) at Cargologic’s certified cool-chain facilities and SATS’ facilities across Asia to promote pharmaceutical and other temperature-sensitive airfreight for Swiss World Cargo. Specialized handling solutions will be implemented to ensure improved care of valuable freight for Swiss.
With this new alliance the trio will share knowledge and best practices in IT, facility development, joint training, staff/management enrichment and joint innovation workshops.
Cargologic is a specialist in airfreight handling and has been a contractor to airlines and forwarding companies for more than 50 years. It operates in Zurich, Basel, Bern and Lugano in Switzerland, with a presence in Amsterdam and Brussels through its sister company, Skylink.
In business for over 60 years, Singapore-based SATS provides gateway and food services in 42 airports and 12 countries in Asia and the Middle East.
Swiss World Cargo, the airfreight division of Swiss International Air Lines, with its headquarters in Zurich, offers logistics solutions to approximately 120 destinations in over 80 countries. Part of the Lufthansa Group, it is supplemented by daily truck connections between key business centers in Europe.