Apollo expands perishables handling at LAX

Apollo expands perishables handling at LAX    Apollo Freight, a specialist in perishable logistics, has started construction on a 15,663-square-foot perishable center at an off-airport warehouse adjacent to Los Angeles International Airport.
   The facility is to open in October.
   “Our customers will now benefit from our hands-on service both on-airport and off-airport at LAX,' said Ivo Skorin, Apollo's vice president and chief operating officer.
   Apollo’s new warehouse will be bonded and U.S. Department of Agriculture-certified. The facility will also be a Transportation Security Administration-certified cargo screening facility. Primuslabs will certify food safety standards.
   In addition, Apollo will also offer inventory management, order processing, quality inspections, repacking and distribution as well as its sea-air program, picking up ocean containers from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and decontainerizing contents for air freight services to final destination.
   Apollo Freight will continue to offer services for perishables in transit between airlines through Mercury Air Cargo’s on-airport 12,700-square-foot perishable center located on LAX. Mercury operates the largest on-airport refrigeration unit on the West Coast.