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FedEx Express recognized as Asia’s Best Third-Party Logistics (3PLs) for vaccines

18 November 2021 | News

FedEx was selected as “Asia’s Best 3PLs for Vaccines” by almost 1,700 voters at Asia Pacific Vaccine Excellence Awards 2021 (AVEA 2021), for its leading role in protecting shipment integrity

Photo Credit: FedEx Express

Photo Credit: FedEx Express

FedEx Express (FedEx), the world’s largest express transportation company, has been named “Asia’s Best 3PLs for Vaccines” at the Asia Pacific Vaccine Excellence Awards 2021 (AVEA 2021).

FedEx was selected as “Asia’s Best 3PLs for Vaccines” by almost 1,700 voters, for its leading role in protecting shipment integrity and keeping vaccines moving across the globe. By using its robust networks, professional healthcare expertise, and best-in-class cold chain and temperature monitoring technologies, FedEx has transported nearly 14,000 COVID-19 humanitarian aid shipments throughout the world since the start of the pandemic. This includes:

  • Approximately 110 kilotons of personal protective equipment and other healthcare supplies, including more than 2.5 billion masks worldwide since the start of the pandemic.
  • More than 37 kilotons of personal protective equipment and other healthcare supplies were inbound to the AMEA region during the first year and a half of the pandemic.
  • To date, FedEx has delivered COVID-19 vaccines to more than 50 countries and territories worldwide, including the most recent shipments to communities in South Korea and Vietnam.

Kawal Preet, president, Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Africa Region, FedEx Express, said “It was through a combination of our global network, advanced cold chain solutions, near real-time monitoring capabilities, and decades of experience in delivering temperature-sensitive vaccines, and with the commitment is to continue to deliver more vaccines to communities we are helping businesses and communities rebuild their economies” 

The Asia Pacific Vaccine Excellence Awards 2021 were held in conjunction with the 3rd Vaccine World Asia Congress 2021 and attracted over 800 representatives from Asia’s top vaccine and supply chain organizations. To learn more about AVEA 2021 awards, please visit.

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