Panalpina is expanding its Perishables Network into Germany. Panalpina has entered into an agreement with the Cool Chain Group, Germany (CCG), taking over business and a team that is specialized in international air freight and the import of perishables. The deal will further strengthen the Panalpina Perishables Network in Europe and the company’s global end-to-end offering for fresh produce.
Panalpina is to acquire the Dutch company Interfresh Airfreight Handling. Interfresh specializes in the customs clearance and last-mile distribution of imported perishables from Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin America. With this acquisition, Panalpina takes another significant step in building its global Perishables Network and offering complete end-to-end solutions on a global scale.
International freight forwarding and logistics company Panalpina announced today the completion of the acquisition of Air Connection, a specialized forwarder of flowers and vegetables following the approval by the Competition Authority of Kenya. The move follows Panalpina’s acquisition of Airflo in 2016 and positions the company as a clear market leader in perishables in Kenya.
International freight forwarding and logistics company Panalpina is to acquire Air Connection, a Kenya-based forwarder specialized in the export of flowers and vegetables. The move comes after Panalpina’s acquisition of Airflo in Kenya in 2016 and only two weeks after the company formally announced the launch of its global Perishables Network.
Panalpina continues to expand and invest in Kenya, doubling its cold storage space at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to enable more and improved services for its perishables customers in and out of the country.
Three long-standing agents of Panalpina are becoming full members of the company’s Perishables Network. During Fruit Logistica in Berlin, Panalpina and the agents Cropa (Guatemala and Honduras), MIT Cargo (Sri Lanka) and TML (Pakistan) have agreed to intensify their cooperation in order to create new end-to-end solutions for customers and expand the perishables business.
An Air Cargo World feature on forwarders and e-commerce in perishables saw Panalpina’s Colin Wells and Quint Wilken elaborate on the state of the sector. Wells said he embraces the Amazon/Whole Foods deal, "because the industry needs changing. Amazon will have their own solution, and therefore we believe that Panalpina will be well-positioned to actually offer solutions to non-Amazon retailers.”
Panalpina’s hub at Luxembourg Airport has been officially licensed by Certisys to handle organic fruits and vegetables. With Luxembourg (Certisys) and Amsterdam (SKAL), Panalpina now has two airport locations in Europe that are licensed for the handling of organic perishables. Both are directly connected to the tarmac, ensuring the shortest possible route between aircraft and transit storage.
In the early years of the cold chain, its processes were mostly managed by manufacturers, but specialty transport companies soon took over. By the 1950s, third-party logistics providers had taken on an increasingly important role in the cold chain “niche”. Perishables supply chains will evolve further and cold chain management will remain at the core of freight forwarding.
Supply chains are becoming more efficient, manageable, and sustainable. The perishables industry overall can benefit from a more agile transition —or rather interaction— between transport modes according to market needs.
Logistics and transportation companies get a lot of flak for the food miles of perishables but the conversation around food transportation and supply chain can be misleading. The carbon cost of transportation is slight compared to the carbon cost of production, and other important factors such as food loss and waste should be considered too, says Colin Wells in his latest Food for Thought article.
Record-breaking, buzzing, diverse, upbeat: See how Panalpina leaders from different regions and products experienced Fruit Logistica, the global event for the perishables industry.
Panalpina dehnt sein Perishables Network auch auf Deutschland aus. Panalpina ist mit der Cool Chain Group (CCG) eine Vereinbarung eingegangen, wonach das Unternehmen einen Teilbetrieb und ein Team, das auf internationale Luftfracht und den Import von Frischwaren spezialisiert ist, übernehmen soll. Die Transaktion wird das Panalpina Perishables Network in Europa weiter stärken.
Panalpina übernimmt das niederländische Unternehmen Interfresh Airfreight Handling. Interfresh ist auf die Zollabfertigung und Zustellung importierter Frischwaren aus Afrika, der Region Asien-Pazifik und aus Lateinamerika spezialisiert. Die Akquisition ist ein weiterer bedeutender Schritt auf dem Weg hin zum globalen Perishables Network und einem weltweiten Angebot für End-to-End-Lösungen.
Das internationale Transport- und Logistikunternehmen Panalpina gab heute den Abschluss der Übernahme von Air Connection, einem auf Blumen und Gemüse spezialisierten Frachtunternehmen bekannt. Die Übernahme folgt auf den Kauf von Airflo durch Panalpina im Jahr 2016 und positioniert Panalpina als einen der Marktführer für den Transport von verderblicher Ware in Kenia.
Panalpina übernimmt in Kenia den Spediteur Air Connection, der auf den Export von Blumen und Gemüse spezialisiert ist. Der Schritt folgt nach Panalpinas Übernahme von Airflo in Kenia 2016 und zwei Wochen nachdem das Unternehmen formell die Lancierung seines Perishables Networks bekanntgab.
