UPS Expands Special Commodities Program to More Countries
February 06 2018 - 9:00AM
UPS (NYSE: UPS) today announced a major expansion to its
International Special Commodities (ISC) program. Customers can ship
biological substances, dangerous goods in excepted quantities, and
shipments utilizing dry ice via UPS to more than 50 additional
international destinations. This brings the total number of
countries served by UPS’s dangerous goods service to more than
100.
This latest expansion is a direct response to growing demands
from biopharmaceutical manufacturers, diagnostics companies,
laboratories, distributors and care providers to ship specialized
commodities when security, time and temperature control are a high
priority.
UPS is now able to pick up and deliver packages under regulation
UN3373 (Biologic Substances, Category B, Diagnostic Specimen and
Clinical Specimen) as well as UN1845 (Carbon Dioxide, solid or dry
ice) in the following 51 added countries and territories:
Afghanistan** |
Cyprus |
Kazakhstan |
Oman |
Albania |
Djibouti‡ |
Kenya |
Pakistan‡ |
Aruba |
Egypt |
Kuwait |
Qatar |
Bahrain |
El Salvador |
Lebanon |
Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands)**‡ |
Barbados |
Ethiopia |
Liberia** |
Senegal |
Belarus |
Georgia, Republic Of |
Macedonia |
Sri Lanka |
Bosnia Herzegovina |
Guam |
Malawi |
Tanzania |
Botswana** |
Guatemala |
Malta |
Togo** |
Brunei‡ |
India |
Moldova |
Trinidad & Tobago |
Burkina Faso** |
Iraq |
Montenegro |
Uganda |
Cameroon |
Ivory Coast |
Namibia** |
Zambia |
Costa Rica† |
Jamaica |
New Caledonia** |
Zimbabwe |
Curacao |
Jordan |
Nigeria |
|
UN3373 and UN1845 are guidelines issued by the International Air
Transport Association (IATA) to regulate the safe transportation of
goods using air transportation modes. A full list of approved
countries and categories accepted by UPS can be found here.
“This network expansion demonstrates our ongoing investments to
continually build out an optimized supply chain to meet our
customers’ demands,” said Dan Gagnon, UPS vice president of global
healthcare strategy. “As specimen logistics get more complex
globally, organizations will need to rely on streamlined,
end-to-end solutions that can help transport sensitive goods on
time, undamaged and within temperature range.”
Healthcare and life science companies shipping high-value, time-
and temperature-sensitive shipments to, from and within the U.S.
and global markets have access to UPS Proactive Response™ Secure –
a solution combining shipment monitoring and risk management to
help mitigate product spoilage. The service helps critical
shipments reach their destinations even if unexpected events occur,
and covers potential losses if products are damaged or spoiled. UPS
delivers value to healthcare companies through a broad portfolio of
specialized freight and small package transportation and
distribution services. UPS’s healthcare network also offers
services such as temperature-sensitive storage and transportation,
around-the-clock monitoring and security, kitting and labeling as
well as order management and accounts receivable. Services across
all locations are accessible via one global IT order management
platform.
About UPS Healthcare
UPS provides global supply chain solutions and expertise to
pharmaceutical, biopharma and medical device companies. UPS has
approximately 7 million square feet of cGMP- or cGDP-compliant
healthcare distribution space. UPS also maintains one of the
world’s largest networks of field stocking locations with
approximately 950 sites. For parcels requiring strict temperature
environments, from CRT to cryogenic, and those requiring
around-the-clock monitoring, UPS has solutions such as UPS
Temperature True™ and UPS Proactive Response™ services. UPS is
committed to expanding its healthcare capabilities including recent
acquisitions of Marken, CEMELOG and Poltraf, to meet the complex
and evolving supply chain needs of the healthcare and life science
sectors. Visit ups.com/healthcare.
** Import delivery only† Export airport drop-off only (no pick
up)‡ UN1845 Dry Ice Does Not Apply
David Graves, UPS Public Relations
davidgraves@ups.com
Chris Glazier, MSL Group
chris.glazier@mslgroup.com
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