Emirates SkyCargo launches new temperature protection solution

Air cargo carrier collaborates with DuPont for White Cover Xtreme

As part of its endeavour to offer customers with a wide range of innovative cool chain temperature solutions, Emirates SkyCargo, the world’s largest cargo airline, is rolling out a new white cover solution developed in collaboration with DuPont. Featuring DuPont’s Tyvek® Xtreme™ W50 material, the new White Cover Xtreme will offer enhanced protection for temperature sensitive cargo in hot, cold and wet weather conditions.

Tyvek® Xtreme™ W50 builds on DuPont’s patented Tyvek® high density polyethylene material used in Emirates SkyCargo’s White Cover and White Cover Advanced solutions to offer more robust protection in changing and extreme weather conditions.

In the case of Malta, Emirates SkyCargo has the capability of carrying 17 tons of cargo per flight in and out of Malta, including tons of goods requiring temperature controlled environments. These include flowers and vegetables on the incoming flights and fish and pharmaceuticals on outgoing flights, providing an important link to Maltese companies to and from the Far East and the Middle East.

The new triple layered White Cover Xtreme acts as a shield reflecting solar heat when temperatures are high and as a barrier for conduction preventing heat from escaping when temperatures are low thereby helping maintain cargo internally at the right temperature. White Cover Xtreme acts as a single solution that offers a high level of protection in harsh winter as well as summer weather conditions.

Over the last few years, Emirates SkyCargo has been working with DuPont to build its portfolio of lightweight thermal cargo covers which offer an effective first level of protection for cargo against external heat and weather fluctuations. An industry pioneer in the use of specialised covers, Emirates SkyCargo introduced ‘White Cover Advanced’ in April 2016 which followed on the earlier success of its ‘White Cover’ solution.

‘White Cover’ is primarily used for protecting perishables such as fruits and vegetables having a higher temperature tolerance, whereas ‘White Cover Advanced’ is used for securing packaged pharmaceuticals shipments which are more susceptible to increase in heat. The new White Cover Xtreme will help shield temperature sensitive shipments, including pharmaceuticals, which travel through extreme and variable weather conditions from origin to destination.

Emirates SkyCargo is the first air cargo carrier globally to be introducing DuPont’s Tyvek® Xtreme™ W50 material in its White Cover protection solutions focused on ground handling. Working together with the world’s leading air cargo carrier with a global network of over 155 destinations, DuPont gets critical feedback to refine the research and development for new products & solution in cargo cool chain. The two companies worked extensively on ground trials for White Cover Xtreme and roll out for customers will begin in late August 2017.

Renewal of collaboration agreement

The collaboration between Emirates SkyCargo and DuPont on the new White Cover Xtreme is part of an existing agreement between the two companies to develop new temperature protection solutions, in particular thermal covers, for the air cargo industry.

Complimentary White Cover protection for cargo From June to August 2017, Emirates SkyCargo has also been offering complimentary White Covers to all customers who have temperature sensitive perishables consignments transiting through Dubai to better protect cargo from spoilage during summer. On an average over 30,000 tonnes of perishables from different parts of the world transit through Dubai every month on Emirates SkyCargo.

Emirates SkyCargo operates a modern fleet of 259 wide-bodied aircraft including 14 freighters- 13 Boeing 777-Fs and one B747400ERF. The carrier boasts state of the art cool chain facilities at its Emirates SkyCentral cargo hubs at Dubai International Airport and Dubai World Central including over 25,000 square metres of dedicated temperature controlled storage space and dedicated reefer trucks operating 24/7 between Dubai World Central and Dubai International airport.

Emirates operates daily scheduled flights between Malta and Dubai on a Boeing 777-300 aircraft. Emirates SkyCargo is located on the First Floor at MIA Departures and can be contacted on tel. no 2557 7255 ext 4, or at skycargomla@emirates.com.