Hull haulier Newland Express Transport has bought a double-deck trailer following a 20% growth in its pallet business.
A founder member of The Pallet Network (TPN) in 2000, Newland is now transporting 500-plus pallets a week to the TPN hub in Rugby. Major clients include British Aerospace and Smith & Nephew.
The Midlands-based Pallet Network has loaded a substantial increase in both turnover and profits for the year to March 31.
Turnover grew from pounds 15.8 million to pounds 20.3 million, an increase of 28 per cent, with pretax profit topping pounds 804,000 as against just over pounds 625,000 the previous year – a jump of just over 28 per cent.
TPN bosses pinpointed significantly increased pallet throughput as a direct result of consistent delivery performance and service quality.
Hailing an ‘excellent year’, Richard Eldred, TPN chairman, said: ‘Average nightly pallet throughput grew by more than 26 per cent a quarter from 2,670 to 3,375 pallets per night during 2004/05, with turnover and profit both highlighting this increase. Increasing pallet traffic was the key factor in our decision to relocate to our new 224,000 sq ft hub near Rugby at the start of 2005, representing an investment of around pounds 6 million over five years.
Read MorePall-Ex (UK) Ltd, the pallet distribution network, has launched a unique business partnership with Nightspeed Secure Worldwide Express. The alliance sees the creation of a unique, “one stop shop” parcels, mail and pallet distribution service. “This new service is already online and provides Pall-Ex with a significant opportunity to further expand the range of services we offer to our customers and member hauliers,” said Mrs Hilary Devey, Managing Director of Pall-Ex. Ian Pickford, Managing Director of Nightspeed Secure Worldwide Express adds: “Nightspeed specialises in moving parcels, not pallets. Whilst our trunking operation relies heavily on pallets to aid parcel handling, our ‘sprinter’ type collection and delivery vehicles are not designed for this operation. Pall-Ex is the sector leading expert in palletised freight logistics. Working in partnership Pall-Ex and Nightspeed can offer the best parcel and pallet distribution solutions in the sector.”
Read MoreNew players are set to seriously challenge the big global integrators in the fast-growing European international road express market. They will include national parcel operators and freight forwarders.
That was one of the arguments put forward at this month’s World Mail ‘ Express Europe conference in Brussels. However, industry observers questioned that suggestion, asking where the new market entrants would come. They also pointed out that both groups of potential additional competitors had tried in the past to move into that sector without success.
Opening the debate, German express, parcel and transport industry journalist and consultant Ludwig-Michael Cremer argued that the European international express market was set to see further segmentation between air and road-based operations. TNT already had fully separate pan-European air and road networks, he said, and DHL and UPS were set to follow. FedEx was currently focused on air express and might need to find a partner to develop the equivalent of its FedEx Ground operation in the US.
Read MoreFortec Pallet Distribution Network has reported an influx of business from a mixture of manufacturers, importers, retailers and distributors in the print and stationery sectors. The freight delivery firm said that these are a mixture of businesses looking to expand, which previously have been held back by lack of transport or economic factors.
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