Onboard Courier w. Cold Chain
A single, GDP-trained Mercury courier accompanies your temperature-sensitive shipment from pickup to final delivery—under the watch of our 24 / 7 control-tower squads.
Cold-Chain
BioPharma
Diagnostic Kits
Zero hand-offs. Zero °C lost. A single, GDP-trained Mercury courier accompanies your temperature-sensitive shipment from pickup to final delivery—under the watch of our 24 / 7 control-tower squads.
Why choose OBC Cold Chain?
Attribute | Standard Parcel<br>(direct FedEx/UPS) | Hybrid Cold Chain | Specialty Cold Chain | OBC Cold Chain (this service) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Pickup | Carrier driver, curbside window | Mercury courier, suite-level pickup | Mercury courier, suite-level pickup | Same courier stays with box |
Packaging / replenishment | None | Validated shipper supplied (no in-transit replenishment) | Validated shipper + dry-ice/PCM top-offs at hubs | Validated shipper + courier can top-off during layovers |
Transport network | FedEx/UPS ground & sort hubs | FedEx/UPS network | Passenger airline + secure logistics stations | Hand-carry on fastest passenger flights |
Handoffs | Multiple sort points & drivers | Courier ➜ FedEx/UPS network | Exactly two couriers (origin & destination) | None—single courier throughout |
Customs Pre-Clearance | None | Optional | Included | Included |
Risk profile | Moderate | Lower | Very low | Ultra-low |
What is an OBC Cold-Chain move?
An onboard-courier (hand-carry) shipment keeps your payload in constant human custody:
Suite-level pickup – Courier arrives with a pre-conditioned, validated shipper, packs or tops up dry ice/PCMs, scans, and seals.
Direct drive to airport – Courier clears security and carries the container in-cabin whenever dimensions allow; otherwise checks it as supervised excess baggage.
Passenger flight – Real-time milestones stream to the Mercury Portal and to our squads.
Last-mile drive – Courier rents a vehicle (or arranges secure ground transfer) and delivers to the exact lab, clinic, or manufacturing suite. Proof of delivery and temperature log are uploaded instantly.
Ideal use cases
Cell & gene therapies (CAR-T, AAV, mRNA) with tight viability windows
Autologous patient material that must maintain chain of identity
Phase-1 clinical-trial doses that cannot be replaced
Master cell banks, viral vectors, or other irreplaceable frozen biologics
Emergency replacement of temperature-controlled research specimens
Service highlights
No hand-offs: one courier, one chain of custody, door-to-door
Validated shippers for −80 °C dry-ice, −20 °C PCM, 2–8 °C CRT, or custom profiles
Live monitoring in the Mercury Portal with proactive alerts from our 24 / 7 squads
Regulatory compliance: GDP, IATA, TSA, DOT; couriers carry letters of authority and dry-ice signage
Customs Pre-Clearance: included—permits and paperwork are vetted before wheels-up to avoid border holds
Rapid global reach without charter-aircraft costs—access thousands of daily passenger flights
Ready to eliminate every transfer risk?
Book an Onboard Courier – Cold Chain move in the Mercury Portal or call our 24 / 7 team for an instant flight plan.
