🧊 8 takeaways from LogiPharma 2025

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In today’s edition:

• 8 takeaways from LogiPharma 2025 by Maersk

• Cryoport divests CRYOPDP and partners with DHL Group

• Great Point Partners acquires majority stake in Eutecma

• DSV opens energy-neutral warehouse at Brussels Airport

• Schmitz Cargobull’s strategic stake in GT Trailers approved

News

8 takeaways from LogiPharma 2025 The pharmaceutical industry is shifting from air freight dependence to ocean shipping for cost savings and supply chain resilience.

• At LogiPharma 2025 Maersk presented key insights from their pharma masterclass with customer Pfizer.

• Critical success factors include: Quality and visibility through asset control and end-to-end solutions; IoT integration with Remote Container Management technology for real-time monitoring; Contingency planning with dedicated GDP-trained teams and multiple backup routes; Operational improvements like reduced power-off times.

• Best practices involve proper container loading with airbags for optimal airflow, strategic sensor placement, and the ability to adjust temperatures mid-journey. (Maersk)

Cryoport divests CRYOPDP and partners with DHL Group Cryoport, Inc. (NASDAQ: CYRX) completed the $200 million divestiture of its specialty courier business CRYOPDP to DHL Group while simultaneously establishing a strategic partnership with the global logistics leader.

• The transaction creates a collaborative framework combining Cryoport's specialized supply chain expertise with DHL's global health logistics infrastructure, focusing on life sciences and healthcare sectors, particularly regenerative medicine.

• CEO Jerrell Shelton emphasized this aligns with Cryoport's long-term vision, allowing intensified focus on their Life Science Services platform while leveraging DHL's extensive reach.

• The partnership aims to deliver specialized pharma logistics services to the rapidly growing life sciences market, particularly targeting regenerative medicine opportunities globally. (PR Newswire)

Great Point Partners acquires majority stake in Eutecma Great Point Partners (GPP), a Greenwich-based healthcare investment firm, has acquired a majority stake in Eutecma, a German developer of sustainable temperature-controlled packaging solutions for pharmaceutical cold chain shipments.

• Founded in 2008, Eutecma specializes in reusable, modular packaging systems with patented ICECATCH cooling technology.

• The company's "retecma" program creates a circular economy through Refreshment Centers that evaluate, refurbish, and recycle packaging materials, providing real-time CO2 reduction data to clients.

• GPP vice-president Harrison Johnson highlighted the growing demand for reusability and cost savings in cold chain logistics, while Eutecma co-founder Florian Zeilfelder emphasized plans for strategic expansion, particularly in the US and other global markets.

• GPP manages approximately $1.5 billion in capital and focuses exclusively on healthcare investments across biopharmaceutical services, alternate site care, and contract manufacturing sectors. (Business Wire)

DSV opens energy-neutral warehouse at Brussels Airport DSV has officially opened its new 12,600 m² energy-neutral warehouse facility at Brucargo, Brussels Airport's logistics zone.

• The environmentally-designed facility dedicates 50% of its space to healthcare logistics, featuring fully compliant temperature-controlled environments for pharmaceuticals and life sciences products.

• Managing Director Natalie Segers emphasized the facility's strategic importance for DSV's growth in dedicated healthcare logistics and other industry verticals.

• The new facility reflects DSV's forward momentum following its DB Schenker acquisition, with visible integration occurring across key logistics markets. (DSV)

Schmitz Cargobull’s strategic stake in GT Trailers approved Schmitz Cargobull, Europe's leading semi-trailer manufacturer, has completed its strategic partnership with Polish body and trailer manufacturer GT Trailers after regulatory approval of its 48% stake.

• The collaboration combines both companies' expertise in technology, design, and production of truck bodies and trailers with galvanized chassis.

• GT Trailers offers an extensive portfolio including high-volume combinations, swap systems, city trailers, and single-axle semi-trailers.

• The partnership enables integration of proven Schmitz Cargobull components like specialized axles and FERROPLAST temperature-controlled transport bodies.

• Both companies expect to realize synergies in their business while GT Trailers’ customers will gain access to Schmitz Cargobull's financing and used vehicle marketing services. (Schmitz Cargobull)

Other headlines

Happy World Refrigeration Day! Celebrated on June 26, this global day highlights the essential role of cooling in food safety, healthcare, and sustainability—this year marked by a new WRD-AREA partnership to boost awareness and education across the cold chain.

Maersk has launched the Berlin Mærsk, the first in a new class of six 17,480 TEU dual-fuel methanol container ships that will enter service in July 2025, marking the company's continued fleet expansion toward decarbonization goals.

Legal&General has invested £250 million in a £500 million debt facility for UK cold storage provider Magnavale, expanding its real estate debt portfolio into temperature-controlled logistics infrastructure.

LEO Global Logistics launched durian rail exports from Thailand to China using 50 company-owned refrigerated containers, with the fleet fully booked three days before the season opened.

Aeden Fruits has opened a new state-of-the-art cold storage facility in Cochin, India, capable of handling over a dozen containers simultaneously to meet growing demand for imported fresh fruits.

Leonard's Express has been recognized as a Top 3PL & Cold Storage Provider by Food Logistics Magazine for leveraging AI-based technology to optimize operations.

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