FedEx enters agreement with Korail for healthcare shipments

FedEx Express entered into an agreement with Korail Networks to utilize the Korea Train eXpress network to transport time-and temperature-sensitive healthcare shipments.

   FedEx Express will begin using Korail Network’s Korea Train eXpress (KTX) network Nov. 1, benefitting customers that need to send time- and temperature-sensitive healthcare shipments from Korea to overseas destinations, FedEx said Friday.
   The Memphis, Tenn.-based parcel giant said that delivery using the KTX network will provide fast and reliable ground transportation for critical shipments such as clinical samples, kits and temperature-sensitive shipments.
   Utilizing the KTX network will improve the ground transportation time by 24 hours from pickup-to-airlift for healthcare customers in the south of Chungcheong province, including customers in Busan, Ulsan, Daegu, Kwangu and Daejoen.
   “Healthcare is a fast-growing sector in South Korea,” said Eun-mi Chae, managing director, FedEx Express Korea. “Last year, the annual exports from Korean healthcare businesses surpassed 10 trillion won for the first time.”