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SpiceJet, B Medical Systems partner for

pharma logistics centres in Indian airports

and transport any vaccine in the
temperature range of -86 to 8 degree
Celsius. B Medical Systems has been
working with governments across
the world to strengthen their national
vaccine cold chain for the roll-out of the
Covid-19 vaccine.
Sanjiv Gupta, CEO, SpiceXpress,
said, “For the first time that the cold
chain industry can lease the boxes
from the pharma logistics centre of
excellence which will be operated by
he Luxembourg-based pharma cold of vaccines, pharma preparation and SpiceXpress. We have not only tied up
Tchain solutions provider, B Medical biological specimens across India. with one of the world’s best companies
Systems, signed an agreement with B Medical Systems manufactures to give the best packaging solution but
SpiceXpress to open pharma logistics medical-grade vaccine refrigerators, also a very new concept to the Indian
centres of excellence at Indian airports to laboratory freezers, ultra-low freezers, manufacturers to save money and time
facilitate temp-controlled transportation and transport boxes that can store while using these packets.”

Maersk launches Gurugram-
Pipavav dedicated

automotive rail service
n response to the needs of the automotive sector,
IMaersk India has launched the first automotive
express whose first run was virtually flagged off on
April 18, 2021, by Denmark’s Ambassador to India,
Freddy Svane.
Ministry of road transport publishes This new rail service runs from the Garhi Harsaru
draft standards for road-trains Inland Container Depot (ICD) in Gurugram to APM
Terminals Pipavav Port for exports and returns with
ndia’s ministry of road transport & highway (MoRTH) website import cargo. It will have the capacity to move 180 TEUs
Ihosted a draft of the automotive industry standards committee (Twenty Feet Equivalent Containers) each way and will
amended AIS-113 standard to include the safety requirements support more than 25 customers from one of the most
of road-trains. important automotive manufacturing belts of India. The
“The standards have been prepared after examining customers booking their cargo on automotive express
European benchmarks, keeping in mind Indian operating will also have priority discharge from the port for higher
conditions. These standards shall pave the way for a reliability and to keep their supply chains on schedule.
breakthrough intervention for fast and efficient movement of
goods along the long-distance freight corridors,” reads the
MoRTH release.
Road-train is a motor vehicle wherein the traction
is provided by the puller, which is connected to a serial
combination of trailers or semi-trailers.
These shall ply on select stretches to reduce congestion,
save fuel and reduce noise & air pollution. The automotive
industry standards committee has representatives from the
relevant ministries, testing agencies, industry stakeholders,
BIS etc.
This has been published for invitation of public comments,
after which it shall be notified.

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