Hi-tech containers may be just the thing for expensive pharmaceuticals, but for perishables such as fish, flowers or vegetables their cost cannot always be justified. However, for these shipments simple yet highly flexible solutions are available using new advances in insulation materials. An example are AmSafe Bridport’s Thermal Pallet Covers, which are increasingly being used to provideflexible insulation for standard ULDs. Ian Kentfield, director Asia for Am- Safe Bridport, says … [Read more...] about Pallet covers offer flexible solution

For some years Envirotainers have been the standard in specialist containers for the shipment of perishables. First with its dry ice and battery models, and since 1995 with its RKNe1, a condensor-driven active heating and cooling container, the Swedish company has dominated the market. But now new entrants are coming into the market offering rival products and businessmodels. Examples include Unicooler, which is backed by Lufthansa; Skycooler which uses containers made by Van Riemsdijk (see … [Read more...] about New products rival Envirotainer

There are over a million of them in use, with a collective value of over US$ 1 billion, and every year airlines spend over US$ 200 million maintaining, repairing and replacing them. It’s the Unit Load Device, and despite its familiarity and ubiquity it’s actually a very valuable asset that needs to be managed. Managing global ULD inventories is a major challenge for airlines, but the benefits of effective managementare many and varied: • Stock levels at stations are controlled … [Read more...] about Champ’s ULD Manager exploits ULD’s value as an asset

By Bob Rogers, President, Nordisk Aviation Products Asia Far too many years ago when I first started working in the ULD industry, with the 747’s, DC10’s and L1011’s just starting to take their place in the fleets of Asia Pacific’s airlines, a typical LD3 container weighed around 135 kg. Before long the airlines were facing yet another oil crisis (maybe US$20 a barrel oil oh happy days) and tech services departments started to pursue the weightreduction chase. The … [Read more...] about Lightweight containers – The next step