• TheChina-Netherlands-U.S.-South Korea airfreight charter is developed with thedemands of the life science and healthcare sector in mind
• TheCovid-19 pandemic saw shippers leverage DHL Global Forwarding's cold chaincapabilities in life science and healthcare to transport test kits andpharmaceutical products

SINGAPORE- Media OutReach - 15 September 2020 - DHL GlobalForwarding, the freight forwarding specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group, haslaunched an air freight charter connecting Asia Pacific to Europe and the U.S.to meet demand from customers in the technology, manufacturing and life scienceand healthcare sectors. Managed by StarBroker,DHL Global Forwarding's in-house charter team, the twice-weekly charteroriginates from Chongqing, China and flies to Amsterdam, Netherlands; Chicago,United States; Incheon, South Korea before returning to China.

Thomas Mack, Head of Global Air Freight DHLGlobal Forwarding said, "While some passenger airlines have resumed operations,the situation in the air freight market remains volatile -- especially as bellycapacity is still tight As the leader in the air freight market, DHL GlobalForwarding's top priority is to provide our customers with sufficient and reliableair freight capacity. Not only are the resilient, agile and reliable supplychains of highest importance for an economic recovery, but also in preparationfor the availability of vaccines and other essential medical supplies duringthe pandemic."

South Korea has seen its export ofhealthcare products rise year-on-year by 26.7% in the first half of 2020,with pharmaceutical goods in particular increasing by 52.5%. China has exported28.5%more medical devices in the first five months of the year as compared to ayear ago. In 2019, China, the Netherlands and the United States were among the top tenimporters and exporters of medical goods.

"Over the years, DHL has built up its expertisefrom globally certified facilities and staff to technologies that track shipmentsin real-time in addition to ensuring the integrity of such products throughouttheir journey. Getting the much-needed air capacity is the last piece in the valuechain puzzle, so to speak, that ensures temperature sensitive products such as life-savingvaccines reach the communities-in-need," added Mack.

In a recently published white paper DHL togetherwith McKinsey & Company as analytics partner explores the logisticschallenges for vaccines and medical goods during COVID-19. To provide global coverageof COVID-19 vaccines, up to ~200,000 pallet shipments and ~15 milliondeliveries in cooling boxes as well as ~15,000 flights will be required acrossthe various supply chain set-ups. The complete white paper can be downloadedunder https://www.dhl.com/pandemic-resilience.

DHL GlobalForwarding has a global network of facilities that meet the European Union's Good Distribution Practice (GDP) guidelines for life science andhealthcare supply chains. The leadinginternational provider of air, sea and road freight services has a suite of temperature-controlledfreight solutions such as DHLAir Thermonet and DHL LifeConEx that allows real-time visibility and active monitoring forthe movement of goods that could include medicines, supplements, vaccines,medical devices and diagnostic equipment.

To meet growingdemand for imports of temperature-controlled and high-technology goods intoAustralia, DHL Global Forwarding will also launch a new airfreight charter onSeptember 23. Flying four times a week, the charter will consolidate goods fromEurope, China and Singapore in Hong Kong before transporting them to Sydney,Australia.

In April 2020, DHLGlobal Forwarding tapped on its network of life science and healthcarefacilities, temperature-controlled solutions and customs clearance expertise tofly more than 1.3million Covid-19 test kits from South Koreato Brazil, Ecuador, India, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Saudi Arabia. Thefreight forwarder also launched a dedicated 100-tonweekly air freight service for organizationsand governments shipping health and medical-related items and other goods fromChina to Middle East and Africa.

Note to editors:

For the life sciences and healthcare sector, sectorplayers needed to keep drugs and devices on the move to support healthcareservices worldwide, many of which were facing over-stretched capacities.

Unlike other industries, life science and healthcaresupply chains are complicated by strict quality and regulatory controls,including temperature regulation and special handling requirements. Find out on Logistics of Things how ahealthy supply of life-saving medical products kept moving through a globalhealth crisis.

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