FREIGHT Avoid congestion, improve efficiency, and bring goods closer to the point of consumption in the North, the solution is simple. Choose Port of Tyne.
Working in close partnership with DFDS, operating daily connections to Ijmuiden, the Port of Tyne, can accommodate both accompanied and unaccompanied freight through the port and onwards to Northern markets. Port of Tyne offers excellent connectivity to the North of England, Scotland, and the wider UK, with close proximity to the
national rail and road networks including A1, A19, A66 and A69. Port of Tyne plays a vital role in supporting the wider logistics chain for a number of importers to keep their goods moving through North Shields and on to the consumer, reliably, efficiently and responsibly.
WHY CHOOSE PORT OF TYNE?
FACILITIES:
CUSTOMERS WE WORK
• Congestion-free berths and terminal
• Deepwater berths
• Integrated one-stop-shop offering including stevedoring, warehousing and transport
• RoRo ramps
WITH INCLUDE:
• Dedicated, responsive, flexible team with extensive experience and knowledge of the freight sector • Highly trained work force • Daily connection to IJmuiden • Opportunity to develop a flexible operational model • £4.2 million investment in to Border Operating Model KEY FACTS: • Lock-free access to the open sea • Open 365 days a year
• Open and covered storage • Rail terminal • Seven harbour mobile cranes capable of tandem lifts of over 140 tonnes SERVICES: • A flexible team of highly trained, experienced and competent stevedores • Storage and warehousing • Handling to and from road and rail transport • Modern haulage fleet of tractor units and trailers
“DFDS has worked with the Port of Tyne for a number of years. We enjoy the great collaboration with the Port of Tyne, and being able to sail into the Tyne and being only 10 minutes from the motorway, gives us an great product to offer to our to both our freight customers and year after year return passengers.”
To find out more about the Port of Tyne and what we can do for you, please contact us.
Teun Wim Leene, Route Director, DFDS Logistics
Tel: +44 (0) 191 455 2671 Email: cando@portoftyne.co.uk
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