Forwarding and logistics company Sandrair International has linked up with Pallet Track member Circle Express to provide its UK customers with guaranteed next-day deliveries on palletised import and export consignments.
Read MorePallet-Track plans to add 3,000sq m to its central hub in Wenesbury in April after growing volumes by 64% in the year ended December 2005.
Pallet-Track says it moved 414,823 pallets in the year, its second year of operations, compared with 254, 166 pallets in its first year.
If you thought pallets were all about heavy freight, not fulfilment, think again, says Peter Rowlands. This is the era of the pallet networks, and they have a role in fulfilment and home deliveries too
Read MoreUnited Pallet Network says it remains on track despite a number of members expressing concerns about the recent departure of several depots.
Firms leaving include Haulways and McCarthy Haulage to Pallet-Track and William Kirk to Palletline.
Circle Express has become the first major air freight trucking company to link up with a UK pallet network. The move by the UK’s biggest independent air cargo trucking supplier means agents can choose between a next-day delivery service for palletised cargo via the Pallet Track network, or Circle’s existing premium air freight trucking service. The move reflected increasing pressure on forwarders’margins, as well as the tendency for agents to also take on logistics or general distribution work for shippers, said Circle regional director Richard Crook. Pallet networks had also begun to penetrate those markets, putting pressure on rates.
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