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PD PORTS has been awarded a contract by tea and coffee shipper Taylors of Harrogate to handle more than 1,000 containers a year of tea and coffee imports into the United Kingdom.
A 40,000 square foot warehouse has been converted to food grade standards at the UK's north east harbour of Teesport, which is owned and operated by PD Ports. The imported tea and coffee will be unloaded from containers at Teesport and stored to Taylors of Harrogate's required standards, a statement from PD Ports said.
The tea and coffee products will arrive at the UK port in containers from around the world, where they will be unloaded by fork lift trucks with specialist attachments to move them from the container and onto pallets for storage.
As part of the value added supply chain process, product samples will be taken by PD Ports staff from the bags of coffee and tea. Taylors will then use these samples as part of its quality control process.
Taylors shipping manager Richard Brewster said this company has traditionally imported through and warehoused near southern ports, before moving cargo north to Harrogate in Yorkshire. "This historical link to the tea trade has served the industry well in the past but with the introduction of the portcentric logistics at Teesport this new venture makes perfect sense on every level," he said.
"By shipping our products direct to Teesport and storing them on-site prior to their final short leg journey to Harrogate, we will significantly reduce our carbon footprint and provide a more cost effective option for our business," said Mr Brewster.
Said PD Ports CEO David Robinson: "The arrival of Taylors of Harrogate at Teesport further cements the growing significance many of the UK's major brands and retailers give to the portcentric logistics solution offered by PD Ports. It gives further strength to our long-term strategy to develop Teesport as the portcentric logistics hub for handling goods destined for northern markets."
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