Newsletter 05
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Let your system evolve through phases Chilling experiences for SACO’s cargo handling equipment We wondered if global warming could be effecting air cargo handling as well. Even though West-European winter temperatures have hardly dropped under 5ºC this season, our recent projects are however experiencing some chilly times……. Cold Storage Facility, Kigali Airport, Rwanda In spite of Rwanda’s soil and climate conditions being very favourable for products like flowers, pineapple, passion fruits, sugar snaps, and pawpaws, exporting them has been a problem due to the lack of adequate cold storage facilities at the airport. The Rwandese Government therefore contracted Geerlofs Refrigeration from the Netherlands to construct a new cold storage facility so that large volumes of these perishable products can be handled for export from Kigali International Airport to European markets. In turn SACO supplied the handling equipment for the cold store including roller decks to consolidate and weigh the fresh products on 10 ft aircraft cargo pallets up to a weight of 6,800 kg. A mobile system is then used to transfer the built pallets into three cold rooms, each fitted with storage roller decks specially adapted for this purpose. Cold Storage Facility, Swissport Cargo Services Aerocargo, Hato Curaçao International Airport, Netherlands Antilles. Following the previous supply of handling equipment for Swissport’s current cargo terminal in Curaçao, SACO also supplied the handling system for the new Cold Store. The equipment with storage roller decks and omni-directional transfer deck is unique because of its very low profile conveying height of only 110 mm, thus simplifying building/ breaking activities and reducing building height requirements. This new South Caribbean cold store facility will mainly act as AF-KLM-Cargo’s hub for flowers from South and Middle

Your professional supplier with a personal touch Cold Storage Facility, LBP Rotterdam, The Netherlands Logistic Business Partners Rotterdam is a HACCP certified forwarding company specialised in the handling of fresh fruit and vegetables. In the Autumn of 2006 LBP moved to their new 4000 m² state-of the-art cold storage facilities in Maasdijk, where the most exotic fruits and vegetables from all over the world are stored and kept at the required temperatures. To enable LBP to receive air cargo pallets loaded with these products, SACO was contracted to relocate and install their cargo...