Some cargo cannot tolerate even a brief excursion outside its required temperature range. Certain vaccines lose their efficacy. Some pharmaceuticals break down chemically. Certain biological samples become unusable. For these consignments, passive insulation isn’t enough, you need active, powered temperature control that maintains the exact environment your cargo requires, continuously, from the moment it arrives at our facility to the moment it’s loaded onto the aircraft.
Active temperature control means powered refrigerated units, equipment that actively generates and maintains a specific temperature, rather than simply insulating against the outside environment. We have the equipment and the trained personnel to manage active temp-control cargo at our Entebbe facility, and we work within Lufthansa Cargo’s established cold chain procedures to make sure your cargo stays within range throughout its time in our hands.
When you bring an active temp-control shipment to us, the first thing we do is verify your required temperature range and check that the packaging and equipment are appropriate for the duration of transit, including any time the cargo will spend in transit at our hubs in Brussels or Frankfurt before reaching its final destination. We document the temperature at acceptance, monitor it during storage, and hand over with a complete temperature record.
This service is used most heavily by pharmaceutical companies, medical facilities, research institutions, and biotech companies moving products that have to stay cold. If your product has a specific temperature requirement, whether that’s 2–8°C for standard cold chain, -20°C for frozen, or anything else, talk to us before you ship. We’ll tell you honestly whether we can meet your requirement and exactly what the process will look like.