Maritime and MSC continue to grow

Maritime Transport Limited (Maritime) has introduced new vehicles to their dedicated vehicle fleet for Mediterranean Shipping Company (UK) Limited (MSC) as they both continue to experience growth in 2017.

The relationship between Maritime, the UKs largest privately owned container haulier, and MSC, one of the worlds leading container shipping lines, started in 2014 and continues to grow at a pace with no sign of abating.

“We have worked with MSC for a number of years now and so we are delighted to be continuing our support as their requirements in the UK grow” said Mark Sivyer, MSC Contract Manager. “We started with 20 dedicated vehicles for MSC in 2014, and this has increased to 45 which really shows how closely our two companies are working together and the strength of our relationship.”

Due to the extensive depot network at Maritime, it has allowed MSC to take advantage by placing the 45 dedicated contract vehicles at various strategic locations around the UK, such as Felixstowe, Southampton, Doncaster, Manchester, London Gateway and Alconbury to ensure operational excellence and continued high service.

"We are delighted to see the new MSC livery trucks being added to our extensive and dedicated fleet.”

“Placing dedicated vehicles at several of our depots means we’re able to continue to support MSC and their requirements quickly and efficiently,” said Paul Heyhoe, Operations Director. “We are delighted that MSC continue to grow and we believe these new vehicles will benefit them.”

“As an established multi-port operator we have grown our volumes with Maritime year on year with them supporting the MSC network in seven of the nine UK ports where MSC call. This coverage gives MSC customers the flexibility and reliability they have come to expect when using MSC and the associated multimodal road and rail product.  We are delighted to see the new MSC livery trucks being added to our extensive and dedicated fleet.” said Paul Garnham, Head of Intermodal – Mediterranean Shipping Company (UK) Limited.

20 of the 45 dedicated vehicles have been liveried specifically for MSC and were purchased by Maritime earlier this year from one of their vehicle manufacturers, Volvo Group UK Ltd.

“Maritime placed another significant vehicle order with us at the beginning of the year,” said David Clibborn, Head of Central Key Accounts – Volvo Group UK Ltd. “We’re really pleased we’ve been able to deliver the 20 dedicated MSC vehicles on time and to both Maritime’s and MSC’s satisfaction and we’re looking forward to delivering Maritime’s remaining vehicles over the course of the next few months.”