09 February 2010

Coastal feeder container shipping service runs three sailings per week

PD Ports has helped one of the UK’s leading retailers, ASDA and its George clothing range, save 1,265,459 road miles. This significant saving in road miles has been achieved through the success of the port’s Logical Link shipping service, which launched in January 2009.

Logical Link is a coastal feeder container shipping service offering a next day connection between Felixstowe and Teesport. This service operates three sailings per week, (Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays) loading in Felixstowe on day one and unloading in Teesport the following morning.

By utilising the Logical Link service, ASDA, which opened the first portcentric import centre at Teesport in 2006, has considerably reduced the volume of ASDA trucks on the UK road network. This has led to a marked reduction in its overall supply chain costs and a significant cut in CO2 emissions of some 2,200 tonnes.

By locating an import centre at Teesport to serve its northern based stores and consumers, ASDA has significantly reduced its movements of trucks on UK roads, which have been carrying goods purchased in the Far East, brought by sea to a southern UK port and then previously road hauled up to the North.