Rio de Janeiro \u2013 Gale\u00e3o International Airport has become the first such facility in the Americas region to earn IATA\u2019s CEIV-Pharma Certification this week. The effort is part of a US$10 million bid to attract a larger share of one of airfreight\u2019s most lucrative types of cargo.
\nIn addition to extensive training, audits and assessments, followed by improvements to the airport\u2019s pharmaceutical handling infrastructure and processes, RIOgale\u00e3o recently opened its \u201cTECA Pharma 2\u201d facility, which tripled the airport\u2019s cold-storage capacity to 17,000 square meters and added 1,400 pallet positions. The facility features an automated cargo storage system and two temperature-controlled environments (one for 2\u00b0 to 8\u00b0C and one for 16\u00b0 to 22\u00b0 C), as well as anterooms and docks that are also climate-controlled.
\nApproximately 25 percent of RIOgale\u00e3o\u2019s cargo revenues are related to temperature-controlled pharma freight. The airport is a hub for the Brazilian government\u2019s vaccination campaigns that target remote areas, making RIOgale\u00e3o a critical node for both commerce and social services.
\n\u201cAir transport, nowadays, requires special capabilities for the handling of pharmaceuticals,\u201d explained Carlos Ebner, IATA\u2019s director for Brazil. \u201cCEIV-Pharma is a program that seeks to implement international standards of supply chain management, addressing chain challenges, including the latest achievements in the transportation of pharmaceuticals.\u201d
\nRIOgale\u00e3o Cargo\u2019s terminal \u2013 owned by a consortium made up of Brazilian heavyweight Odebrecht TransPort, Singapore\u2019s Changi, and Infraero, a Brazilian government aviation company \u2013 is situated 17 kilometers from the Port of Rio de Janeiro. The airport has a 4,000-meter-long runway, the longest in Brazil. The freight side of the airport has nine parking positions allotted to freighters, which can operate 24 hours per day, without restrictions on capacity or landing times.
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