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Container business expands with new hub
WINCANTON HAS expanded its container business by opening a new off-quay container storage and hub facility at Greenhorn Common, West Berkshire.
The third-party logistics provider is using the site to provide shipping lines, freight forwarders. retailers and importers with an inland hub located at the junction of the A34 and M4.
Wincanton reveals that the site is capable of supporting the Port of Southampton and it can also provide cost-effective storage and trunking for current and future customers mainly due to its position.
Ian Wilson, managing director
of Wincanton's container logistics business, says: -We are constantly looking at how we can offer existing and prospective customers ways to increase efficiencies and drive costs down.
-The new site at Greenham Common is in a prime location for companies that are looking for alternatives to conventional thinking where containers remain at the port of entry."
In January 2008, Wincanton spent E.25m on acquiring Hanbury Davies, while in November 2008, it claimed to be the UK's largest container haulier following its £19.5m takeover of Woodbury, Suffolk-based CEL Group.