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What the FAA wants to know about flying COVID vaccines

A cooling container in the lower hold of a passenger plane.

The Federal Aviation Administration is asking airlines for data on their experience shipping COVID-19 vaccines to understand lessons learned that could be disseminated as best practices or inform development of regulations, minimum standards or guidance for the safe and efficient transport of the medicines.

Passenger and all-cargo airlines have been critical to the effort of governments and humanitarian groups to distribute coronavirus vaccines around the world. They have moved billions of doses...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/what-the-faa-wants-to-know-about-flying-covid-vaccines

No dry ice shortage, FedEx and UPS say

A FedEx employee packs a box with dry ice.

Concerns that there would be a shortage of dry ice to support new coronavirus vaccines that require storage at ultra-cold temperatures have receded in recent weeks, logistics executives involved in pharmaceutical supply chains say.

Experts as recently as last month said there already is a shortage of dry ice  — a solid form of carbon dioxide — to meet global demand for vaccine protection as well as increased food shipments, compounded by inadequate amounts of liquid CO2 because refiners are...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/no-dry-ice-shortage-fedex-and-ups-say

FedEX, UPS trucks depart with first Pfizer COVID vaccines

White FedEx truck driving on highway, headed towards us with Operation Warp Speed banner on side of photo for vaccine distribution effort.

FedEx Express (NYSE: FDX)  and UPS (NYSE: UPS) trucks departed Pfizer Inc.’s (NYSE: PFE) sprawling manufacturing facility in Portage, Michigan, on Sunday morning loaded with COVID-19 vaccines packed in dry ice to maintain them at ultra-cold temperatures.

The express delivery companies have roughly divided the nation in two, with FedEx supplying the western states and UPS those in the east, based on plans developed in coordination with the federal government’s Operation Warp Speed.

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FAA issues dry ice alert to airlines carrying vaccines

A big cargo plane with door open to load cargo. Photo from side, under wing on a sunny day.

Dry ice is a hot commodity. It is a primary way COVID-19 vaccines will be preserved during transport from the manufacturer to administration sites and for storage in some locations.

But too much of a good thing can be hazardous in a confined space. 

On Wednesday, the Federal Aviation Administration cautioned commercial aircraft operators to pay close attention to the risk of carrying too much dry ice in the cargo hold. 

“Operators may plan to carry dry ice quantities larger than quantities they...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/faa-issues-dry-ice-alert-to-airlines-carrying-vaccine

Dry ice: The Russian An-124 freighter’s COVID vaccine advantage

Huge cargo plane with its nose cone lifted so cargo dollies can be wheeled in.

Most aviation professionals don’t envision the Russian-built An-124 super-freighter playing a role in COVID-19 vaccine distribution because it’s an older, drafty plane often used to haul extra-heavy, oversize cargoes. Think helicopters, turbines and trucks. But the An-124 has a unique advantage that could make it useful: no limit on dry ice.

That could be a critical factor when trying to quickly get large amounts of temperature-sensitive vaccine to people around the world, especially in less...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/dry-ice-the-russian-an-124-freighters-covid-vaccine-advantage

The ‘Cold’ Truth About COVID-19 Vaccines

  • The “cold chain” is just one of the challenges in distributing vaccines worldwide.
  • Business heats up for freezer makers as COVID-19 vaccines approach the finish line.

Development of COVID vaccines have reached their final stage with which the dry ice market has gained a significant momentum, reports Wapt.

Vaccine storage

Vaccines like to be kept cool, none more so than the Pfizer candidate for COVID-19, which has to be deep-frozen. And that’s going to be an issue for developing countries — and...

https://mfame.guru/the-cold-truth-about-covid-19-vaccines/

Solving the dry ice challenge for COVID vaccine

A UPS worker shovels dry ice into containers.

Express delivery and logistics giant UPS (NYSE: UPS) on Tuesday said it has invested in machines to produce dry ice for transport and storage of frozen COVID-19 vaccines, while Switzerland-based SkyCell revealed a new ultracold container that enables larger vaccine shipments by air because less dry ice is required.

The new investments come as governments and industry are racing to prepare for a massive logistics campaign to distribute billions of vaccine doses around the world, with early...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/solving-the-dry-ice-challenge-for-covid-vaccine