In a statement endorsed by Uansohia Vanessa Adetola (Mrs), Manager, Corporate
Communications,Skyway Aviation Handling Company Plc saying with experienced
well-trained staff with CEIV certifications to handle pharmaceuticals, SAHCO is
positioned to handle the covid-19 vaccine which is expected to be made
available to the public soon. These freezers and cold rooms which can be used
as hub for cargo from up to 12 to 15 aircrafts palletseach are equipped with
temperature and data loggers which make it easy for specified logging of the
right temperature.
The Data loggers capture temperature at all areas
individually unlike the conventional cold rooms that takes temperature of
everything at once. These Data loggers are closely monitored by trained staff
so as to prevent any anomalies in the temperature readings.
The statement further pointed out that cold storage facility
has different temperature that ranges from; +2degrees Celsiusto + 8 degrees
Celsius, -2 degrees Celsius to 25 degrees Celsius, +15 degrees Celsius to +25
degrees Celsius, +2 degrees Celsius to +5 degrees Celsius.
“Our freezers are below zero degrees Celsius while our cold
rooms are above zero degrees Celsius. SAHCO’s largestcold-room is 118.9square
meters and the cubic volume is 630.17 cubic meters while the smallest cold-room
is 58.5 square meter and 5.3m high, cubic volume is 310.05 cubic meters. This
makes SAHCO the only Ground Handler capable of handling temperature sensitive
cargo of this capacity.
In addition, SAHCO added that it provides effective transit
Ground Handling Services to client airlines through the company’s ultra-modern
transit warehouse which is also equipped with an effective cold-room that
regulates perishables at their required specified temperature to avoid
denaturing.The transit warehouse is built solely to serve Airlines from West
Africa for the purpose of transiting their perishables to Europe through Lagos,
Nigeria, it was stated.
“Recently, SAHCO has ordered Cool dollies from one of the
best Ground Support Equipment Manufacturer, Bombelli in Italy to help transmit
perishables from the aircraft at a constant temperature into the warehouse and
maintaining the same temperature while being transmitted into another aircraft
to Europe if need be. These Cool Dollies
are also self-powered which ensures that there would not be a drop in
temperature during the handling of any temperature sensitive cargo especially
in the case of pharmaceuticals.
“SAHCO is also certified with RA3 which is a requirement for
Ground Handling Companies to be able to ship to Europe and SAHCO is IATA’s
Safety Audit for Ground Operations (ISAGO) certified. It is safe to say that
SAHCO can be a major hub to export of perishables in West Africa.
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