Three Constraints at Once
Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Logistics
Most cargo has one binding constraint. Pharmaceutical freight has three simultaneously: it must hold a temperature range, it must be traceable afterwards, and it is often needed urgently by someone who cannot wait. Any one of those is manageable; together they mean the shipment has to be planned rather than booked. It draws on our refrigerated transport, temperature-controlled storage and in-house clearance.
What We Move
Healthcare Cargo
The category is broad and the handling requirements vary sharply within it.
- Pharmaceuticals and finished medicines
- Vaccines and biological products
- Laboratory samples and reagents
- Medical devices and equipment
- Hospital consumables and supplies
- Clinical trial shipments
Moving Medical or Pharma Cargo?
Tell us the product, the range and the route
Discuss a Requirement Call +971 4 239 7107Where Pharma Shipments Fail
Failures in this sector are rarely dramatic. They are quiet, and they are discovered by an auditor.
A range that was assumed
"Cold" is not a specification. The set point and tolerance come from the product, and agreeing them at booking is what prevents an argument later.
Unrecorded excursions
A temperature deviation nobody logged is worse than one that was, because the product's status becomes unprovable rather than merely questionable.
Waiting at customs
A held pharmaceutical consignment is a running clock. Filing the entry before arrival matters more here than in almost any other sector.
Missing approvals
Medical products commonly need approval before release. Discovering that on arrival costs shelf life - see regulatory compliance support.
Documentation the consignee will need
Hospitals, pharmacies and distributors frequently need specific paperwork on arrival before they can accept a delivery into stock. Establishing what that is beforehand prevents a compliant shipment being refused at the door.
Shelf life is the real clock
Ordinary freight measures delay in cost. Pharmaceutical freight measures it in remaining shelf life, which does not come back when the shipment finally moves. A week lost at a port can be the difference between stock a distributor will accept and stock they will not.
How the Chain Holds
Controlled at Every Step
The chain is only as good as its least controlled moment, which is almost never the vehicle.
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Refrigerated transport
Our own reefer vehicles for the road legs, run at the range the product specifies.
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Storage at temperature
Goods that must wait, waiting in controlled storage rather than on a trailer in a yard.
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Thermal packing for the gaps
Insulated packing across the unrefrigerated moments - see temperature-sensitive packing.
Why Cannata
Fewer Handovers, Fewer Gaps
Cold chains break at boundaries between companies, and a broken chain in this sector is a compliance event rather than an inconvenience.
Our own reefer fleet
The controlled road legs are ours, so there is no subcontractor whose vehicle you have not seen.
Controlled storage
Goods held at temperature between legs rather than tested against how long the packing lasts.
Cleared quickly
Our own customs team files ahead of arrival, because held pharma loses shelf life, not just time.
Rate Request
Get a price for this shipment
Give us the route and the cargo and we will come back with a rate, usually within one working day.
Our FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
What healthcare shippers ask.
