Newsletter #435 (View other news stories)
High-tech freight facility opens
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Thursday, 5 Nov 2009
 DHL's state-of-the-art airfreight facility in Melbourne. |
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Logistics specialist DHL has opened its state-of-the-art airfreight facility in Melbourne, aimed at providing customers with a seamless cold chain handling environment.
The AUD35 million facility, which covers almost 50,000 square metres, includes two coolrooms designed to handle pharmaceutical and perishables exports, using technologies such as automated temperature monitoring alarms, extensive multiple chiller chambers, freezers and temperature-controlled handling and loading areas.
The specialist nature of the pharmaceutical and life science sectors has resulted in DHL developing 850 square metres of multiple variable temperature-controlled coolrooms that meet GMP/TGA Standards – the highest attainable industry standards.
Tony Boll, CEO, DHL Global Forwarding, South Pacific, tells Forkliftaction.com News that materials handling equipment at the facility includes 13 battery-operated forklifts along with two 7 ton cargo handlers, all on hire contract.
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