Container Freight V/S Air Shipments for the Pharma industry

Pharmaceutical organizations make use of air freight and trucking for their transportation requirements and around 5% of their volume is moved through ocean freight. Air freight is the fastest way of transporting pharmaceutical products with minimal damage or product deterioration. However, such quality means of transport come with substantially higher cost, and manufacturers bear such high costs due to non-availability of alternatives.

In recent times, technological development in the reefer ocean freight has given companies an alternative to look for, and many shippers (pharmaceutical manufacturers) have considered shifting a part of their volumes on specific trade lanes to ocean freight.