www.europeanfulltrailerloads.co.uk

We are pleased to release the following website to the web today - www.europeanfulltrailerloads.co.uk

This website is a great resource for all shippers,importers and exporters who have full loads. There are definitions and photographs of all trailer types including : mega trailer, euroliner, flat trailer, fridge trailer, express trailer, exhibition trailer, road trains and many others.

Ferry port strike set to go ahead

Unite members and their families took part in rally on Saturday in Dover
Nearly 200 workers at one of the UK's busiest ports are planning to go ahead with a 48-hour strike in a row over the privatisation of their jobs.

Dover Harbour Board said it was confident it could run a "near full" service despite the walkout, due to start at 0700 GMT today.

But the Unite union said it did not believe people trained to cover for its members had the necessary experience.

Kent Police warned the strike could lead to freight and traffic delays.

Members of Unite voted about eight-to-two in favour of a strike over plans to transfer 190 jobs to the private sector in the New Year.

The harbour board said the port will remain open during the walk-out, due to end on Thursday morning, with managers and non-union staff trained in mooring and security standing in.

"We are confident we can maintain a good service to our customers and safety and security will not be compromised," said chief executive Bob Goldfield.

"The management of the port will do all it can to keep the port running.

"Freight movements, in particular, are critical to the UK economy and we have a duty to ensure this vital port in the country's supply chain is not disrupted by unnecessary industrial action."

We have the solutions

Once again this month we showed our flexibility in times of difficulty for many forwarders, following the fire which occurred on September 11th in the France-bound Eurotunnel shuttle train.

After collecting four pallets of highly flammable petroleum products from Hungerford, our driver headed for Dover as usual to make the crossing, but was held in "Operation Stack" due to the ferry operators banning all highly hazardous goods from loading on to the ferries.

Instead of holding up all of the cargo on the trailer, the driver was diverted back up to Maidstone, where he tipped the four pallets for interim storage, before continuing on with his crossing to France.

We then arranged for an ADR equipped vehicle to collect the hazardous pallets from Maidstone to ship via Felixstowe to Vlaardingen (Holland) for on-transport to Germany.

The customer received his consignment in good time - another slick operation by the Barrington team.

C'est Electrique !

The Barrington team were approached to move an outsize load from the UK to Northern France earlier this month.

The shipment was in the form of a seven metre long, three metre wide and three metre high power generator, plus all of the ancilliary parts that make up the whole assembly.

A standard trailer was out of the question and a low-loader would have blown the budget, so a flatbed trailer was sourced and the feasible route into the small town in France was established.

The trailer collected at 9am one day, where the goods were loaded on by crane, and delivered the following morning at 9am local time.

With this consignment successfully completed, the Barrington Team are currently working on the next challenge from this client for a similar load into Italy !

Barrington Freight help local football team on the road to success

A football team that train at Barleylands, Billericay are celebrating this week as their new sponsor delivers their new kit.

Perry Street Under 9’s are said to be “over the moon” this week as the team of youngsters get to play in the their brand new kit sponsored by Barrington Freight.

One of the team coaches, and father of one of the players, Nick Simkins said “I can't thank Matt and the Barrington Freight team enough. As soon as Matt heard that we were setting up a team, he kindly offered to sponsor the kit. The boys are " over the moon" with the kit and celebrated the fact by scoring 3 goals in their first game wearing it!

Barrington Freight MD and Billericay resident, Matt Everard was very pleased to help the team when he heard that they needed a sponsor. “The Perry Street lads had to swap shirts and get changed by the side of the football pitch due to a lack of kit, which isn’t an ideal situation”. “Barrington Freight has sponsored fourteen full football kits that means that all the boys have their own kit and no longer have to brave the elements”. “I hope that the new kit brings them continued success, I will be watching the results with interest” said Everard.

See the news story here - www.echo-news.co.uk/news/local_news/basildon/3734837.Sponsored_kit_for_boys__team

The (not so) Famous Five

Barrington Freight are growing at a fantastic rate and we consider this to be because we only select the best people to service our customers.

Our key staff are outlined below :


Matt Everard - Director
matt@bfreight.co.uk

Matt oversees our worldwide air and sea freight shipments. Matt has many years experience in all modes of transport having started in the freight forwarding industry as a "young lad" in 1990.


Simon Poole - Operations Manager
simon@bfreight.co.uk

Simon is in charge of our European road freight department. Simon has many years experience in logistics and is passionate about finding our customers the best road freight solutions. Express European transport is one of Simon's areas of expertise.


Claire Harvey - European Operations
claire@bfreight.co.uk

Claire works with Simon in our European Department. Claire handles many of our quotation enquiries and monitors our transport systems to ensure shipments are shipped and arrive on time.


Cathryn Clarke - Sales & Marketing
cathryn@bfreight.co.uk

Most customers will have spoken to Cathryn at some point. Cathryn follows up all of our customer quotations, sends out company literature and oversees all our sales and marketing activities.


Carriann Everard - Accounts
accounts@bfreight.co.uk

Carriann makes sure all our suppliers are paid in a timely manner and is the main contact at Barrington Freight for our customers payments.

Barrington get Facebooked

This month Barrington Freight were contacted through Facebook by someone who went to school with Barrington Freight's Matt Everard.

Anne Marie now lives in Sweden and had some boxes at her parents' house in Essex that she wanted shipped to Sweden.

Simon arranged the collection, re-taped and labelled the boxes and despatched them on a groupage trailer to Sweden.

We received the following email after delivery -

"Hi Simon, The boxes arrived yesterday, and I'll be paying the invoice within the next few days. Thanks to you and Matt for getting this done so quickly and efficiently! Regards, Anne-Marie"

Are you on Facebook ? If so, why not join our Facebook Group by visiting -

http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=21197340707

Double Decker

This month we were given the task of transporting 31 pallets from Abridge to Zwaargdijk in the Netherlands.

At Barrington we like to give choices and to offer cost savings where possible. We gave the client the option of loading two separate normal trailers or to re-pack the pallets and to send the consignment on one "double decker" trailer (at a saving of over 26%).

We loaded the double decker trailer on day one and delivered to Zwaardijk on day two.

For all of your double decker freight requirements, please contact Simon Poole in the first instance.

August shutdown?

As we enter the Summer season again, many European countries are enjoying a 'shutdown' period with many businesses either completely shut or operating with skeleton staff only. The countries most affected by the holidays are Spain, Italy and France, with knock-on effects being driving bans and slightly reduced availability for vans and trailers.

Here at Barrington Freight, the only skeleton staff we have are the ones that are not fed at home!

We will be in full operation throughout the Summer months as always and can offer you a full range of services to guarantee a solution to your freight needs. Whilst some groupage services may be affected due to reduction in capacities, we will always have an option to move your goods in time.

For all of your express freight requirements, please contact Simon Poole in the first instance.

Happy holidays!

The Sunshine State

Last month we arranged a 20ft container from Leeds to Florida for a customer who was leaving the UK to start a new life in the USA.

We were contacted back in December 2007 by Paul Smart who was in the process of buying a European vehicle servicing business in the Longwood area of Florida.

After wading through all the Visa applications and selling his house, we got the go-ahead in June.

We positioned the container at his house in Leeds on 12/06/08 and he loaded it with help from family and friends. We have consigned the container to our agents AGI Logistics in who are arranging delivery and customs clearance in Florida.

We wish Paul well with his new life and his new business.

See details of Paul Smart's new business here

Apprentice runner-up thanks Barrington Freight for their support.

At Barrington Freight we are avid fans of the reality show "The Apprentice".

We were supporting the feisty Claire Young all the way until she was pipped at the post by winner Lee McQueen.

When it was aired that she was runner-up, Barrington MD Matt Everard sent Claire a consolation email and to his surprise he received an email back thanking him for his kind support.

More details about Claire can be found at her website here

New parcel service launched

We are pleased to announce the launch of our new parcel division at Barrington Freight.

We have teamed up with one of the global market leaders in the express parcel logistics industry to bring new and existing customers an additional service. With day specific, time specific and even same day services available, we're sure we will always be able to offer you the most cost efficient solution to all your freight requirements.

For more information, or to request a quote for an international parcel consignment, call us now, or email operations@barringtonfreight.com