{"id":119162,"date":"2024-09-02T16:00:59","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T06:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldcargonews.com\/?p=47963"},"modified":"2024-09-02T16:00:59","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T06:00:59","slug":"landside-solution-for-sea-transport-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=119162","title":{"rendered":"Landside solution for SEA Transport"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/span>SEA Transport has taken the concept of ship to shore to a new level. The Felixstowe-based road haulier is serving its customers with a spot of lateral thinking. They\u2019re serving their customers with a service, that takes containers from the hold of the biggest ships alongside the quay, to the key logistics destinations in the rolling countryside of Northamptonshire.<\/p>\n

There are not many cranes on the market that have an outreach of a hundred miles. Even the biggest STS movers at Britain\u2019s biggest intermodal port would be exercised to match that performance.<\/p>\n

However, SEA Transport, with its distinctive white and blue liveried trucks is doing the next best thing, and moving containers from the port to its own distribution hub in the heart of England – coincidentally one hundred miles (160km) due west.<\/p>\n

England\u2019s Golden Triangle<\/h2>\n

Everyone knows that the longer a container remains in port, the more it costs – and the less it earns. So, hardly has the ship tied up, when SEA Transport is ready to roll, and get their consignments off the quayside and on the road to Rushden, a place that\u2019s nowhere near the coastline, but right in the heart of an area well known as a sweet spot for logistics shipment, England\u2019s Golden Triangle<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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SEA Transport container truck carrying two 20-foot containers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

British ports are accessible, but they tend not to be in the places where customers want their goods. \u201cMoving our customers\u2019 containers is what we\u2019re all about,\u201d said Mark Binge, Business Development Manager for SEA Transport.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have valuable customers all over the UK, and having a base in the Heart of England is particularly important to help us serve them better. Having our own secure distribution facility off port, and on our own land makes economic sense for us. For our customers, it puts their goods in their hands faster.\u201d<\/p>\n

Customer-centric supply chain<\/h2>\n

The wider benefit lets SEA Transport connect container traffic with ports across the UK.<\/p>\n

Their Rushden site, roughly midway between London and Birmingham, stores and moves containers, and even provides repair shops for boxes and trucks, all under round-the-clock manned security.<\/p>\n

Rushden is for goods that have already been cleared for matters of customs. The Felixstowe facility will remain the company’s External Temporary Storage Facility (ETSF) as a warehouse designated by the UK ruling body, His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC).<\/p>\n

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SEA Transport curtainsider truck, used for inland operations<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThis is a fantastic opportunity to expand the SEA Transport network,\u201d said Binge. \u201cThe Rushden facility is seven hectares. It\u2019s not just a storage site. It allows us to trunk boxes between ports and provide inland storage and a customer-centric supply chain solution.\u201d<\/p>\n

SEA Transport has an operational head start, and it\u2019s safe for now. Safe that is, until someone delivers an STS that can outreach a hundred miles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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