Unstoppable logistics Waberer’s

UNSTOPPABLE LOGISTICS

In the past decade Waberer’s International Pte. Co has earned a reputation as the leading logistics service provider in Hungary and in the whole of central and eastern Europe. The group has been continuously extending and updating its large fleet of vehicles and has recently established its first UK subsidiary to better respond to the increasing market demands in the British Isles. Edina Beale reports.

Hungary’s market leading logistic company, the Waberer’s Group, provides the full range of supply chain management services, with a focus on international road transportation and, additionally, road freight forwarding as well as oversize and overweight project cargo forwarding. Likewise, the group provides less-than-truckload transportation, warehousing, distribution and freight management, plus customs clearance, and air and sea freight forwarding.

In particular, Waberer’s targets the fastmoving consumer goods (FMCG), electronics and automotive sectors, which all account for approximately one third of its turnover. It is partnered with many prestigious household names in the market including Electrolux, Samsung, Volkswagen, Whirlpool, General Motors, SCA Packaging and Samsonite.

Sustaining growth

Waberer’s mid-term plan is to double its sales revenues by organic growth and through acquisitions. The company aims to achieve organic growth by continuously improving efficiency and by enhancing the exploitation of all markets.

Waberer’s International Pte. Co. establishes local companies in Europe’s most important trade hubs, in the proximity of its customers, while increasing the number of its employees at Waberer’s Deutschland, Waberer’s Polska and Waberer’s Slovakia which are already in operation. The new sites will refine the service portfolio of Waberer’s in order to completely fulfil the country-specific needs of customers.

Fleet expansion

Another priority for the company is to continue the expansion of its fleet capacities. Last year Waberer’s acquired 1000 new DAF CF and XF trucks to renew its fleet. As a result of this new order nearly half of Waberer’s fleet of 3300 units will consist of DAF trucks.

In December last year the first quota of the fleet of 120 new Mercedes-Benz Actros trucks was delivered. “In addition to the vehicle’s sophisticated technology, reliability and premium quality, the primary reason for choosing the latest Mercedes-Benz Actros trucks is that they ensure a high level of comfort and safety for our drivers,” said company founder and CEO, Mr György Waberer, at the ceremony of the new fleet delivery. “Our company is Europe’s FTL specialist and focuses on long-haul freight transportation. Our truck trailers transport the goods of our customers to an average distance of 1500km. A trip that can take up to several days and the tight schedule of the route plan requires immense concentration and work discipline from our 4000 drivers to whom we provide the best working conditions in return. From now on these include the latest Mercedes Benz cabs which are safe and have the most spacious cab size on the market.”

Connecting the British Isles to the Continent

Waberer’s has been serving the British Isles and continental Europe for decades, with an ever-increasing market share. Manufacturing and commercial enterprises, including Unilever, DS Smith and Cooper Tire operating in the UK, choose Waberer’s freight services more and more often. The freight transported from the UK to the continent is primarily cosmetics, rubber goods, paper industry products and commodities, as well as recycling and waste management or tobacco goods. Tires manufactured in Britain are also transported

frequently by Waberer’s. The company carries various automotive, electronics and paper industry products from continental Europe to the UK, such as motor blocks, suspensions, windshields, refrigerators and televisions.

In the past few years, the demand for the company’s services in the UK has shown double digit growth; in 2013 figures revealed a 15 per cent increase compared to the previous year. At present the UK is one of the largest markets for Waberer’s, with over 15 per cent of total revenue derived from this market.

Optimum solutions

In order to satisfy the increasing demand for its services in the UK and to offer the best possible solutions for its customers, in October 2014 Waberer’s established a subsidiary in the UK’s largest container port, Felixstowe. Currently the company transports on average 700 FTLs weekly to and from the UK’s industrial and commercial centres – that is in excess of 35,000 loads per year. At present 80 per cent of the loads are transported to England, 15 per cent goes to Wales, under 5 per cent is to Scotland and the rest to Northern Ireland.

“Thanks to our new subsidiary in Suffolk, we move closer to our customers and will understand their needs for transportation and logistics services even better. This is essential so we can provide optimum services to all our British clients,” said Mr Ferenc Lajkó, deputy CEO, at the opening ceremony. “We have appointed a local expert to lead Waberer’s UK Limited. Owing to the decades of experience Mr Dougles French has acquired in the management of the largest local logistics companies, customers will receive a personal guarantee for the quality of the services we can provide.” He added that he expects double growth figures in the medium term from the new head in the UK. n

Eurotunnel leads the way with additional capacity and security for hauliers

Eurotunnel will deliver extra terminal capacity for hauliers from the summer of 2015, with c200 extra spaces in Folkestone and 370 secure spaces in Coquelles. The company has also ordered 3 new freight shuttles, enabling it to run up to 8 departures an hour from 2017. The first of the German built, 32 truck capacity shuttles will be delivered in late 2016.

Any further information, please contact Eurotunnel freight Commercial teams on +44 (0) 1303 282 244 or visit www.eurotunnelfreight.com