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Panalpina’s Healthcare Logistics Center in Germany obtains GDP certification

Panalpina’s Healthcare Logistics Center in Germany obtains GDP certification

News   •   Aug 13, 2019 11:00 CEST

Panalpina’s new Healthcare Logistics Center in Weiterstadt near Frankfurt/Main has obtained Good Distribution Practice (GDP) certification and is ready to assist healthcare customers with the handling, transport and storage of their temperature-sensitive medicinal products. Frankfurt is Panalpina’s third logistics facility in Germany’s Rhein-Main region, alongside Moerfelden and Neu-Isenburg.

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Good cards for Cartagena and Panalpina’s LCL Ocean Freight hub

Good cards for Cartagena and Panalpina’s LCL Ocean Freight hub

News   •   Jul 16, 2019 09:00 CEST

Cartagena, Colombia’s premier port, is becoming increasingly important as a regional transportation hub. Last year, Panalpina set up the first ocean freight hub in Cartagena for Central and South American LCL (Less than Container Load) cargoes. The international freight forwarder also tops the Port of Cartagena’s import and export rankings.

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Healthcare industry banks on logistics for safe, efficient and timely deliveries, notes Brazilian government official

Healthcare industry banks on logistics for safe, efficient and timely deliveries, notes Brazilian government official

News   •   Jul 12, 2019 15:30 CEST

Getting medicinal products from A to B in tamper-proof, cold-chain conditions requires highly efficient global supply chains. Logistics is essential for the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry, as commercial and regulatory experts increasingly realize. This was underlined by Brazilian authorities during the recent opening of Panalpina’s healthcare logistics center in Cajamar, São Paulo.

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Panalpina’s African Star shines yet again

Panalpina’s African Star shines yet again

News   •   Jun 26, 2019 16:28 CEST

A scheduled shutdown of a deep-water oil platform is no small undertaking. For one Panalpina customer, their entire maintenance plan would have been derailed if not for Panalpina’s innovative African Star solution for transporting large shipments from the U.S. to Angola expeditiously. Four heat exchangers with a total weight of 47,210 kg were shipped from the U.S. to Luanda in a few days only.

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In-depth lane risk assessments for Panalpina’s healthcare customers

In-depth lane risk assessments for Panalpina’s healthcare customers

News   •   May 16, 2019 15:55 CEST

A single shipment of pharmaceuticals is easily worth millions, so you want to make sure that temperature control and security are tight from beginning to end. With Panalpina’s lane risk assessments for over 2,500 trade lanes, customers get to see who can do what along the transport chain, where potential risks are and how they can be mitigated.

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Move over Mo Salah: Egypt has a new dazzling star

Move over Mo Salah: Egypt has a new dazzling star

News   •   Aug 08, 2018 17:45 CEST

Around the same size as 4,000 football pitches, Benban Solar Park in Egypt will be the biggest solar power installation in the world when it opens. In line with its efforts in the renewables sector, Panalpina will bring in its global expertise in capital projects to deliver the plant’s components and panels.

Shine on you: Panalpina to manage seven solar plants in Australia

Shine on you: Panalpina to manage seven solar plants in Australia

News   •   Jun 20, 2018 10:10 CEST

Panalpina continues its work in renewable energy in Australia with seven new solar farms awarded by a leading electrical and communications engineering solutions consortium. The scope of work includes site coordination, shipping, customs clearance, and the entire landside logistics from Asia, Europe and USA.

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Shipping a helideck to Argentina

Shipping a helideck to Argentina

News   •   Jun 08, 2018 09:00 CEST

Panalpina recently delivered the main components for the AM3 offshore platform of the Area Magallanes Incremental Project (PIAM in Spanish) from Texas in the US to Punta Quilla, Argentina. The move was commissioned by EPC Techint, which provides worldwide engineering, procurement, construction, operation and management for high complexity, large-scale projects.

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The art of logistics

The art of logistics

News   •   Apr 23, 2018 11:00 CEST

Ballett Zürich was invited to perform Anna Karenina as a high profile guest at the 46th Hong Kong Arts Festival (HKAF), which took place from February 23 to March 24, 2018. Opernhaus Zürich, home to the company, tasked Panalpina with the transportation of all its theatrical equipment, including stage setting and costumes, from Zurich to Hong Kong.

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Cross-energy management for a balanced mix with thyssenkrupp

Cross-energy management for a balanced mix with thyssenkrupp

News   •   Mar 05, 2018 19:05 CET

Renewables are an important part of the energy mix, and Panalpina is putting significant resources into the sector. Panalpina’s Energy and Project Solutions recently secured three key contracts to manage a total of six projects in Australia – five solar farms and a biomass power plant. The projects, including one by thyssenkrupp, will transform the renewable energy sector in the country.

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Ship, grind and press – ceramics in the making

Ship, grind and press – ceramics in the making

News   •   Feb 14, 2018 15:10 CET

Panalpina Energy and Project Solutions executed another #MajorMove with two port-to-door shipments for one of Brazil’s leading ceramics makers. The move included ocean and overland transportation of an industrial mill and a hydraulic press from Genoa, Italy, to Paranaguá, one of the main gateways in southern Brazil, as well as the installation of both machines in Tijucas, Santa Catarina.

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#IcarusTrip: neutrino hunter on the move

#IcarusTrip: neutrino hunter on the move

News   •   Oct 25, 2017 12:00 CEST

​Looking for one of the smallest particles – neutrinos – requires not only international cooperation but also quite a huge piece of scientific equipment. Panalpina recently helped to move one from CERN in Switzerland to Fermilab at the University of Chicago, where it arrived at the end of July 2017. It was a closely watched voyage.

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Super Sacks superbly timed

Super Sacks superbly timed

News   •   Sep 13, 2017 14:00 CEST

Panalpina has recently helped Cabot Corporation, a leading global performance materials and specialty chemicals company based in the USA, to deliver around 260 tons of carbon black from its production facility in Italy to the end customer’s tire-manufacturing plant in Thailand within eight days.

Multifaceted

Multifaceted

News   •   Dec 05, 2016 09:30 CET

The Port House in Antwerp with its distinct buildings and triangular facets epitomizes the growth and strategic location of the Port of Antwerp. The Belgian box port is the second busiest in Europe, nestled in a region that boasts one of Europe’s best multimodal infrastructures. Only 500 m away, still within the port, Panalpina is turning its warehouse into a GDP certified pharma center.

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The world's largest engines keep running thanks to air freight

The world's largest engines keep running thanks to air freight

News   •   Apr 15, 2015 10:00 CEST

Every year, MAN Diesel & Turbo’s service brand PrimeServ sends approximately 1,800 tonnes of air freight out of Denmark and 250 tonnes out of Singapore. These shipments will now be handled by DSV.