Cold Chain Logistics

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End-To-End Management

Cold chain logistics begin at procurement, and end when the product arrives in the end user’s hands. Specialized personnel, equipment, and procedures are all needed to successfully transport these temperature-sensitive goods. Your cold chain logistics partners at BBE handle every step of the process.

Procurement

Food, vaccines, medication, and other sensitive goods must be procured from reliable suppliers that comply with the regulations of the jurisdictions that your company is shipping through and to. You’ll find the companies that match the profile you’re looking for. We will:

  • Ensure that temperature logs, safety protocols, and regulations are met before shipments begin
  • Procure insurance policies for your shipment
  • Coordinate with the manufacturer to ensure that all products are properly chilled before loading them into our temperature-controlled vehicles

First Mile

The first mile is one of the most vulnerable parts of the cold chain—handling and transportation typically occur outside of the main logistics network of warehouses and large transportation fleets. We find and coordinate with cold storage transport teams, ensuring that:

  • All vehicles offer insulated containers, active refrigeration, and other essential cold storage features
  • Use real-time monitoring to ensure that temperatures remain stable throughout first-mile transportation
  • Contact service providers if there’s any deviation in route, timeframe, or temperature

Cold Chain Storage And Warehousing

Cold chain storage is technically intensive; warehouses must be specialized to handle cold chains, especially for sensitive shipments like vaccines. We coordinate with storage providers who offer:

  • Refrigerated warehouses, frozen storage, and ultra-low temperature storage (-40°C to -150°C)
  • Technologies like automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS) to reduce temperature fluctuations
  • Redundancy to ensure that temperatures stay low, even when power goes out
  • Active temperature monitoring to ensure that all products remain at the appropriate temperature

Multimodal Transport

Cold chain management often involves moving products internationally. This requires multimodal transport—ships, planes, trucks, and even rail transport may be needed to transport temperature-sensitive products from one area to another. We offer multimodal cold chain management, including:

  • The use of refrigerated containers (reefers) to keep temperature-sensitive products cold
  • Handoff management to ensure that temperatures are maintained from carrier to carrier
  • Customs and regulation management to ensure that there are as few delays at the border as possible, including temperature-sensitive priority clearance

By land, air, sea, or ice, we can get your products from their origin to their destination while maintaining the required temperature.

Our Main Cold Chain Industries

Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceuticals can be especially temperature-sensitive; certain vaccines, for example, must be kept at -80°C to comply with regulations from health authorities around the world.

Our cold chain expertise gives us the ability to continuously monitor the temperature of pharmaceuticals, work with customs officials to ensure that pharmaceuticals cross borders quickly and efficiently, and work with healthcare authorities to ensure that the entire shipping process complies with regulations.

Many pharmaceuticals require cold chain shipping, and that means the entire supply chain must meet the stringent requirements and cold chain processes laid out by authorities. We help to ensure compliance—and we get your shipment where you need it when you need it.

Healthcare

Cold chain technology is crucial in transporting biosamples, blood, stem cells, and other critical biological materials. Without careful monitoring and stable temperatures, patients’ lives are put at risk. We provide cold chain management, insurance, temperature tracking, and other essential services to protect patients, healthcare facilities, and suppliers.

Frequently Asked Questions

Cold chain logistics is the science of managing temperature-sensitive supply chains and shipments. The use of cold chain logistics can entail finding carriers and cold storage facilities, using real-time tracking technology to monitor the supply chain, customs management, and more.

The cold chain can be broken down into:

  • Procurement
  • The first mile
  • Cold storage
  • Long-distance shipping
  • The last mile
  • End-use (including temporary storage before the product is used)

The entities that make up a cold chain include:

  • The manufacturer
  • The purchaser
  • The carriers
  • The storage facilities
  • Regulatory agencies
  • Customs agencies
  • The end-user

Many different technologies make up this chain, including:

  • Refrigerated containers (reefers)
  • Cold storage facilities
  • Liquid nitrogen and dry ice
  • Temperature-controlled air circulation
  • And more

A wide variety of different technologies monitor cold chain logistics. IoT devices, RFID tags, GPS trackers, real-time monitoring software, alarms, communication systems, and more play an essential role in cold chain management.

Our Certifications & Memberships

Pharma CEIV Excellence in logistics certification seal
GAS Internal ISO 9001:2015 Registered company seal
CIFFA certification seal
WCA certification seal

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