Expansion in the air

BA World Cargo and Christian Salvesen, which manages the Heathrow Perishables Handling Centre on BAWC’s behalf, were winners of the ChileGAP Innovation of the Year award at the inaugural Re:fresh Awards ceremony last May. BAWC had already invested £15 million into its Perishable Handling Centre to cater for the needs of the rapidly growing traffic in airfreighted produce. Now a further £1m plus investment programme intends to extend the centre’s capacity to handle yet more volume in its next stage of development. Tommy Leighton reports.