Swissport’s cargo facilities at Liège Airport in Belgium and Toronto Pearson International Airport in Canada have obtained IATA’s CEIV Pharma certification
This marks the company’s 16th and 17th certifications for pharma warehousing. Liège is Swissport’s second CEIV Pharma-certified facility in Belgium after Brussels.
Toronto is also the second certified cargo location for the company in Canada: In 2018, Swissport was recognized as the first CEIV Pharma-certified air cargo handler in Canada with its operations at Montréal-Trudeau International Airport (YUL).
The new Swissport Pharma Center in Liège is part of a larger air cargo facility totalling some 6,000 sq m. It comprises two temperature-controlled storage units which operate at temperature ranges of 02-08° C and 15-25° C. Each cool room has an area of 180 sq m and can hold up to 15 unit load devices.
In Toronto, the Swissport Pharma Center is part of a 4,825 sq m cargo facility. It also comprises two cool rooms operating at ranges of 02-08°C and 15-25°C. Each cool room can hold up to 40 skids or three PMC pallets.
“We are thrilled to see Liège join Swissport’s growing network of Pharma Centers,” says Dirk Goovaerts, chief executive of Continental Europe, Middle East and Africa, and global cargo chair at Swissport…
