Tees Valley Freight & Logistics Hub Contents Pages Your Logistics Location 1 Serving Global Trade 2 Ports and Maritime 3 CASE STUDY: PD Ports and Teesport Short Sea Shipping 4 CASE STUDY: A.V. Dawson Portcentric Solutions 5 CASE STUDY: Clipper Container Handling 6 Bulk Liquid Handling 7 CASE STUDY: Inter Terminals Process Industry Shining Bright 8 on Tees Valley CASE STUDY: Wilton 11 Air Freight 9 Rail Freight 10 Cost Effective Solutions 11 Choice of Sites and Premises 12 The Right Workforce 13 Who’s Here 14 - 16 Tees Valley Lifestyle 17 - 18 Help For Your Next Move 19 Your Logistics Location With fast flowing roads, excellent rail Situated right in the heart of the area is connections, three international Durham Tees Valley airport, offering flights to airports on the doorstep and one of UK destinations and Schiphol, Amsterdam. Within a 50 mile radius are two more the UK’s largest ports, Tees Valley is international airports, with Newcastle and easy to get to and around, making it Leeds Bradford within easy reach. the ideal location for your logistics business. PD Ports own and operate the ports of Tees and Hartlepool (known as Teesport), a major deep- With the A1(M) and A19 providing north-south sea complex at the heart of the industrial Tees Valley. links, and the A66 going east to west, the Tees The port is the UK’s fouth largest, covering 200 Valley is well connected to other major hectares along the southern bank of the River manufacturing centres and sea ports. The Tees. At its heart is Tees Dock, a major deep- road network is uncongested, and has some of water facility. Teesport handles more than the fastest flowing traffic in the country. 5,000 ships a year and with major investment in container handling facilities provides key As well as excellent road links, the area offers strengths across all major sectors. The estate a rail network providing both passenger and is rail-connected and has excellent links to the freight connections, with direct routes to main trunk road network via the A66 and A19. London and other major cities. Darlington’s The facilities at Teesport together with the railway station is part of the main East Coast well established logistics infrastructure in the rail network and provides rail connections region means that investors can take full southwards to London and northwards to advantage of the portcentric solutions offered Glasgow and Edinburgh in a little over two hours. by PD Ports and on other key strategic sites. Tees Valley Freight & Logistics Hub 1 Serving Global Trade Globalisation makes trading across Cost-effectiveness is no longer a borders the norm. choice, it’s an imperative. The movement of goods and services Businesses need people with the right drives the world economy. skills, loyalty and commitment, as well as cost-effective and innovative solutions. More than ever before, you want connected locations at the centre of It’s just as well you can find them things. all in one place… Tees Valley. Challenging times call for people and places with a proven track record. 2 Tees Valley Freight & Logistics Hub Ports and Maritime By tapping into Tees Valley’s unique I fourth largest port in the UK deep sea and short sea capabilities I the opportunity to use Teesport as a you’ll open up a whole range of new distribution hub, such as Tesco and ASDA options for your business. I Each year, Teesport and Hartlepool combined handle around 400,000 TEU of I cost effective alternative to road transport container traffic for the movement of freight I regular container and goods services, giving I access to shipping freight consolidation and you access to Europe, Asia and the management experts, giving you additional Mediterranean, as well as UK southern support for your warehousing and stock ports control needs CASE PD Ports and Teesport STUDY WWW.PDPORTS.CO.UK PD Ports is an award-winning ports Much of the growth of PD Ports is due to and logistics business. Based in the expanding activities of the many international north of England, it operates manufacturing companies, chemical plants, shipyards, liquid bulk storage facilities and throughout the UK. logistics providers that line the River Tees. PD Ports operates the major port facilities of The growth in transport links has matched the Teesport Estate (which includes Tees the growth in cargo services, with a new Dock) and Hartlepool, known as Teesport. rail freight link connecting Teesport with Together they handle around 10 percent of Grangemouth in Scotland, while new the total tonnage handled on the river. intermodal facilities on the River Tees Each year, Teesport receives over 5000 increase the possibilities for importers. vessels and handles 34 million tonnes of The estate is also close to the A66 trans- cargo. The 779 acre Teesport estate is an Pennine, A1 and A19 major trunk roads, integral part of the wider industrial area. At making it one of the best connected ports the heart of the estate is Tees Dock, with its in the UK. container ro-ro, steel and bulk handling quays. Recent port statistics released by the Department for Transport showed that Teesport handled a total tonnage of a 40m in 2014, which represents at 12% increase from 2013. This compares to Grimsby and Immingham which showed a reduction of 6% of total tonnage handled. The outward tonnage handled by Teesport was up by 15% on last year, showing a growing market and confidence in the area by some of the major logistics operators. Tees Valley Freight & Logistics Hub 3 Short-Sea Shipping CASE A.V. Dawson STUDY WWW.AV-DAWSON.COM A V Dawson is a family-run multi- The latest development undertaken by the modal transport logistics specialist, company, which was recently opened, which has been established for provides a state of the art £6.5 million steel store designed to support the North East’s more than 75 years. automotive ambitions. The store provides The Middlesbrough based company offers storage for up to 58,000 tonnes of steel coil. berthing space for vessels of up to 15,000 These investments, including an additional tonnes capacity, a road haulage fleet of more 150m of River Tees quayside, total over £12.5 than 400 trailers, an inland rail connected million since 2011. This clearly demonstrates container base and one million square feet of the company’s confidence in its Tees Valley buildings from its riverside premises. location and will act as a catalyst for job The A V Dawson Tees Riverside Terminal creation and contribution to the region’s (TRIP) has rail sidings capable of handling prosperity. trains carrying up to 80 containers at one time with 32,000 square meters of operational area and storage for up to 1,200 containers. 4 Tees Valley Freight & Logistics Hub Portcentric Solutions Portcentric logistics is about importing goods warehouse is one of the largest distribution centres through ports located closer to the final in Europe, and Teesport was the only port that customer, whilst also locating distribution could meet their requirements for a distribution centre of this size. centres closer to the port. This brings the suppliers closer to the markets they serve Argos part of Home Retail Group opened its and can reduce the annual truck miles Faverdale distribution centre in Darlington in across the UK by tens of millions each year. 2005. The 737,000 sq ft warehouse was established following a review of the company’s By unpacking, storing and picking goods at the northern bound container shipments. Taking port for onward delivery to stores, those companies advantage of Teesports portcentric solution and using portcentric logistics bring direct benefits to the excellent access to national road networks their supply chain at multiple levels. The environmental has reduced Argos’ transportation costs and footprint of the whole chain is reduced by eliminating brought about a number of long term road miles from southern ports to distribution commercial and environmental benefits. centres based in the midlands and the north. Other major operators include Taylors of Teesport’s list of portcentric activities grows each year, Harrogate, Barker and Stonehouse and Clipper both in terms of the number of distribution facilities Logistics, whose 840,000 sq ft warehouse at and the range of services available to retailers. Wynyard consolidated the Asda George imports into one facility, allowing them to handle more Asda and Tesco both operate from distribution centres than 3 million items of clothing per week. on the Teesport estate. Tesco’s 1.2 million sq ft CASE Clipper Logistics STUDY WWW.CLIPPERGROUP.CO.UK In autumn 2012, Clipper, a leading UK retailers the opportunity to take advantage of specialist in high value and retail portcentric best practice through a shared- logistics, opened a portcentric super- user proposition, without the need for major capital investment. Other contracts serviced centre in Wynyard Park near Teesport. from the Wynyard site include worldwide The facility has a footprint of 350,000 sq ft but warehouse and distribution services for with mezzanines, the operational space is premium luggage brand, Antler, and a well over 1m sq ft. bespoke green consolidation solution for Newcastle University. Clipper secured a ground breaking 10-year deal with Asda to provide portcentric solutions The award-winning project has been for the George Clothing business, as its first recognised as industry best in-class and has customer for the facility. The bespoke solution allowed multiple retailers to streamline their for the retailer included the installation of a supply chain and take advantage of three-tier hanging garment mezzanine and environmental best practice.