Launched: a container ideal for Covid vaccines

Qatar Airways Cargo has announced the approval of Envirotainer’s latest innovation, the Releye RLP container. Ideal for the transportation of Covid vaccinations, the Releye RLP is designed to meet the strictest requirements in pharmaceutical air freight. With its unsurpassed 170 hours of autonomy (more than one week), it will maintain the temperature and protect the cargo longer than any other available solution, without recharging.

With the newest addition to its range of temperature-controlled containers, the airline now offers 16 temperature-controlled container leasing options for life science and healthcare products to maintain a secure and seamless cool chain. It has been already offering customers Envirotainer’s RAP and RKN active pharma containers since 2014.

Guillaume Halleux, chief officer cargo at Qatar Airways, says the company is committed to providing customers with the best solutions. “A seamless cool chain is paramount to maintain the efficacy of pharmaceuticals and we are pleased to offer our customers a technologically advanced container, namely the Releye RLP. Such an innovation is the need of the hour, especially in these uncertain times of the pandemic.”

Fredrik Linnér, chief business development officer at Envirotainer, says he is happy to welcome Qatar Airways Cargo as a carrier of the company’s latest innovation. “With the new Releye RLP, Qatar Airways Cargo can offer their customers the latest active, fully connected solution to protect the integrity and quality of air-freight medicine products throughout the supply chain.”

The Releye RLP sets a new standard for secure cold chain solutions – maintaining the customers’ pharma cargo longer, without the need for recharging, and is enough to cover transit times and any delays. With live monitoring, the airline’s customers will be able to track and monitor the product condition, location, temperature, humidity, battery levels, door openings, whether their cargo is loaded or not and the progress of their shipments. Customised alert notifications can also be set up, offering full visibility to customers for proactive and reactive measures.

Its unique airflow technology provides maximum temperature stability in the cargo bay. These containers also deliver up to a 90% reduction in CO₂ emissions, which is in alignment with the airline’s sustainability goals.