b'38American Journal ofTransportation ajot.com(LINKcontinued frommust have the proper (ware- thatincludestemperature- (REBOUNDcontinuedcharging hubs will give dray-page 32) house) facility, build-up areacontrolsolutionsforbothfrom page 30) age trucks gateway accessible and refined. and you cannot have extended+15Cto25Cand+2Ctouponthepreviousmodern- charging locations to support Wevebeenpromot- tarmac times, says the DGF8C. Thisyear,thecarrierisizationofHuskyTerminalthe NWSAs decarbonization ing the use of quilted thermalexecutive. addingover60,000squarethatreconfiguredthewharfefforts.blanketsforpharmaclientsDHLGlobalForward- meters of bonded and generalandaddedeightsuperpost- NWSA Managing Mem-thatusuallyrequireactiveing has recently been invest- warehouse storage. Panamaxcranestoincreasebersapproved$9million in electriccontainerstokeepaing extensively in air freightYet these specialized DHLtheterminalsbigshiphan- fundingforthefinaldesign stableenvironmentfortheirgroundfacilitieswithtem- warehouses provide more thandling capability. phaseofthefutureshore products, she explains. Theperature-controlcapabilities.just storage, emphasizes Cole.WashingtonUnitedTer- power installation at Terminal useofthermalblanketsisWe have a premier 161,000Includedarevalueaddedminals (WUT) received two18 in the Seattle Harbor. This applied in controlled environ- square-foot facility, of whichservicessuchasinventoryadditionalsuperpost-Pan- includes $1 million of grant ments that do not have longover 4,000 square feet is dedi- management,planning,con- amaxcranesinJune.ThefundingthroughtheWash-tarmacexposures.Thisiscated to pharma temperature- trollabeling,repackaging,newZPMCcranesboastaingtonStateDepartmentof used along with temperature- controlledproductsneartherebrandinganddistribution24-wide container row reach,Ecologytobeusedtoward controlled storage and build- MiamiInternationalAirportstrategiesformedicinesanda lift above crane rail of 175the goal of decarbonizing and uponthegroundcombinedthat is only several years old,medical devices. feet, and a lift capacity of 65reachingtheNWSAscom-withaircraftsthathavethecontends Cole. Looking ahead, Cole sayslong-tonsusingaspreadermitmenttozero-emissions abilitytomaintain+2C-8Cwerestillseeingspotsofand100long-tonswithafrommaritimeactivitiesby while in flight. l atina meriCa softness in the market from ancargo beam. The investment2050 or earlier.Cole further says the ben- DHL is focusing on Latinair freight perspective.TherefurtherexpandsonWUTsThePugetSoundZero efits to the usage of the thermalAmerica,abusyperishablesisaspikeine-commercecapability to handle the largerEmissionTruckCollabora-blanketsismanyincludingandpharmaoriginanddes- which is driving the transpa- vessels being deployed in thetive(theCollaborative)was cost-effectiveness in the spacetination,tofurtherhousecific lanes and that will be atranspacific trade. launched.Itisamulti-stake-gainedandthereductionintemperaturesensitivecom- continuingtrendforatleastTheNWSAalsowillholdergroupincludingcom-(container)leasecosts,sus- modities. Its Costa Rica facil- throughoutthisyear.Cur- receive $12 million to supportmunity,industry,government, tainabilityinthereuseoftheity currently has over 50,000rently, the Red Sea situationthedevelopmentofheavy- and other stakeholders to work product and reduction of CO2square meters of bonded andis leading to some conversionduty truck charging infrastruc- on producing a Decarbonizing emissionsowingtofewergeneralwarehousingspaceto air freight in certain lanes. ture. The shared electric-truckDrayage Roadmap. truckinghauls.Inshort,shemaintains,theprocedurecre-ates a very controlled environ-ment end to end from origin, through flight to destination. Moreover,thethermal blanket-wrapped and temper-ature-controlledcontainers are not just loaded on the air-plane as freight. Each blanket is pre-conditioned to sustain the temperature range for the duration of the transport. Colesaystheentirepay-loadisanalyzedbeforehand to avoid a temperature excur-sion where the transport tem-peratureshaveexceededthe tolerance range. Then a specific route or lane is flown on the transat-lantic flight to further ensure predeterminedtemperature control.Withthethermal blankets, weve had zero tem-peratureexcursionsinthe last seven months, she adds, and that includes export and import flights.a irCraftt emPeratureC ontrolledInterestingly,theentire aircraftistemperature-con-trolled,saysCole,sothe thermalwrappedcargoesin thespecializedcontainers canbeloadedonthemain or lower deck of an aircraft. With the various logistic and sustainability benefits of the DGFthermalprogram,she says, the shipper can realize approximately a minimum of 25%savingsintransporta-tion costs.Within a month, DHL is goingtoexploreexpanding thethermalwrappedphar-maceuticalprogrambeyond Europe.Weregoingto start doing trials to see if we can bring it to a transpacific route, contends Cole. How-ever,shewillnotidentify specifics such as the pharma company shippers, their for-warders,transpacificroute flown or the origin and desti-nation airports.Tosetandmaintaina controlledenvironment,you'