PROOF OF CONCEPT
POSEIDON EVIDENCE BASE
Poseidon
has
successfully
completed
the
first
phase
(Phase
1:
Summer)
of
a
large-scale
Poseidon
proof-of-concept
pilot
project
which
was
designed
to
provide
validation
of
the
basic
Poseidon
approach.
This
project
was
the
result
of
many
months
of
meticulous
planning
by
a
multi-disciplinary
group
of
Poseidon
partner
companies.and
represents
the
most
comprehensive
pharma
ocean-freight
appraisal
exercise
of
its
type
ever
carried
out.
The
results
are,
of
course,
exclusive
to Poseidon participants.
Phase 1 (Summer)
The
Phase
1
validation
exercise
involved
three
40-foot
containers
carrying
a
representative
selection
of
real
pharmaceutical
product
for
Central
America
to
Europe
in
the
height
of
summer.
The
34-day
intercontinental
project
was
designed
to
present
the
products
with
the
highest
possible
thermal
stresses.
A
huge
amount
of
valuable
data
was
collected
from
the
exercise
which
involved
58
heavily-sensored
pallets
containing
5
different
dosage
formats
of
genuine
pharma
product,
shipped
in
3
separate
containers,
over
6
ocean
journeys.
The
distance
totalled
around
30,000km
and
the
transportation
involved
four
different
vessels
and
three
separate
overland
stages.
The
comprehensive
Phase
1
Report is available on the Poseidon Hub to Poseidon participant companies.
Phase 2 (Winter)
Phase
2
(winter)
of
the
Poseidon
pilot
has
commenced
Week
4,
2019
with
the
object
of
collecting
supplementary
cold
season
data
and
testing
additional
cold
chain
solutions.
This
project
involves
two
40-foot
reefers
each
containing
19
pallets of high-value commercial pharma product.
INTEGRATED PHARMA OCEAN FREIGHT PROGRAM