From The Wild to Tashkent: A Journey Like No Other

Delivering life across continents: CargoPoint’s specialized live animals shipping solution.

Discover how CargoPoint ensured safe and compliant long-distance journey for fourteen lemurs with care and precision

Case Summary

Services Involved: Live Animals Shipping, Air Freight, Customs Clearance Service

Customer Benefits:

1. Providing specialized live animals shipping with full IATA compliance

2. Ensuring a climate-controlled and health-monitored environment that maintains live animals comfort and minimizes travel-related stress throughout the journey

3. Coordinating smooth end-to-end logistics from Africa to Central Asia, guaranteeing comfort and safety for the live animals

Background

Transporting live animals, especially endangered species like ring tail lemurs, is one of the most complex challenges in global logistics. It demands precise coordination, thorough understanding of international regulations, and strict adherence to IATA Live Animals Regulations and global animal welfare protocols.

CargoPoint was entrusted with transporting 14 lemurs from a wildlife farm in South Africa to Tashkent. The goal was to ensure a safe, stress-free journey across long distances and strict international regulations.

Challenge: Seamless Lemur Shipping Across Continents

The cargo involved live animals traveling from Johannesburg through Istanbul to Tashkent, covering a total distance of 10,798 kilometers. CargoPoint faced several key challenges along the way:

1. Building special PMC Pallets (Code: PMC / P6P) that kept the lemurs safe, comfortable, well-hydrated, and at the right temperature

2. Following strict international rules, including IATA Live Animal Regulations and customs procedures

3. Coordinating with teams in multiple countries and airports to ensure smooth transit and stress-free journey for animals

4. Ensuring compliance with quarantine rules and keeping animals in humane conditions throughout the supply chain

Solution: End-to-End Live Animals Logistics

CargoPoint’s highly trained, IATA-certified team managed every aspect of the shipment:

1. May 5, 2025: A shipment of 14 lemurs left a specialized wildlife farm in Johannesburg, South Africa on a Turkish Airlines flight from O. R. Tambo International Airport (JNB), transported in custom-built, climate-controlled enclosures

2. May 6, 2025: The animals arrived at Istanbul Airport (IST) in Istanbul, Turkey, for a brief layover. During transit, Turkish Airlines' dedicated specialists provided temperature-controlled care, hydration, and continuous monitoring, ensuring the live cargo was handled with the utmost safety and efficiency

3. May 6, 2025: The shipment arrived in Tashkent, Uzbekistan at Tashkent International Airport (TAS) on Turkish Airlines and was received by our IATA LAR certified specialists

Conclusion

This mission was more than just logistics, it was a testament to what modern freight forwarding can achieve in our company CargoPoint. By successfully completing this shipment, CargoPoint has reinforced its capability to operate in the highly specialized field of live animal shipping, setting a new benchmark for regional freight excellence. We are proud to contribute to global biodiversity efforts and to demonstrate that CargoPoint doesn’t just move cargo — we deliver life.