Partnerlink, the haulage consortium that counts Knights of Old, AK Worthington and John G Russell as members, has launched a European service.
The 18-strong UK consortium, which also features Owens Road Services and R Swain & Sons on its roster, is now offering services between the UK and France, Germany, Holland, Belgium and Italy, having teamed up with partners on the Continent.
John Davidson, who was announced as the new director of Partnerlink in April 2011, said: “The benefits we have seen from Partnerlink have been huge. Partners can offer a next day solution to anywhere in the UK, all at competitive prices, and with a quality service that our customers demand.
“It was only logical for Partnerlink to mirror this same success and branch its services out to the European market. We are very excited at the prospects,” he added.
The consortium claims that Partnerlink Europe has 3,800 trailers, 5,000 staff and 750,000m² of warehousing space at its disposal.
Davidson said: “We now need to offer a great service across the whole of Europe, and it can’t be done on your own. All of the European partners have solutions within their own countries and some feed into networks like Partnerlink UK.
“When we are all linked by direct trunks to each depot, there’s nothing that we cannot do,” he added.
