Day: 1 July 2020

P&O Ferrymasters today announces it is joining forces with Scan Global Logistics to improve the daily service between the Benelux region and Sweden as it further strengthens its pan-European logistics network. The partnership with a leading Nordic-based global freight forwarding provider will improve and strengthen both companies’ multimodal logistics footprints in two key northern European economic areas.

P&O Ferrymasters’ General Manager in Amsterdam, Marcel Manshanden, said: “This new partnership will further strengthen our capacity to find the right solutions for customers who face logistical challenges in transporting goods across Europe in a context of time-critical, cost-constrained supply chains. Our vision is to continue expanding our network into new geographies, enabling trade to flow more effectively and efficiently both for our customers and the economies which rely on the goods they supply. We look forward to the success this partnership will bring and to expanding our cooperation in the future.”

Scan Global Logistics’ Managing Director for Scan Global Logistics Road Sweden, Peter Anderson, said: “It is a strategically responsible partnership, which goes to show that even in times of uncertainty, opportunities arise and with our combined efforts, the customers of both companies will experience even better logistic options.”

P&O Ferrymasters and Scan Global Logistics will offer daily truck departures for Full Truckload (FTL), Less than Truckload (LTL) and Groupage services between the Benelux region and Sweden. The partnership will use a combined cargo model, increasing the operational frequency and efficiency of the route, lowering costs for customers and expanding their range of logistics solution options. This latest step follows the introduction of a number of new P&O Ferrymasters services in the last 12 months, including connections between Budapest, Duisburg and Rotterdam, and also between Oradea and Lodz.

P&O Ferries is a leading pan-European ferry and logistics company, last year sailing 27,000 times on eight major routes between Britain, France, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Holland and Belgium. Together with its logistics business, P&O Ferrymasters, the company also operates integrated road and rail links to countries across the continent including Italy, Poland, Germany, Spain and Romania, and facilitates the onward movement of goods to Britain from Asian countries via the Silk Road. P&O Ferries is part of DP World, the leading provider of smart logistics solutions, enabling the flow of trade across the globe.

Scan Global Logistics is a global full-service logistics provider headquartered in the Nordic, who excel in uncomplicating logistics through tailored solutions made by skilled specialists, proud problem-solvers and passionate entrepreneurs. Since 1972, the core of Scan Global Logistics’ DNA has been a ‘can-do-attitude’, agility and the willingness to always go the extra mile, and sometimes to go left when others go right. For Scan Global Logistics, every challenge is an opportunity and at the core of the company lies the willingness to go above and beyond to bring anything to anywhere – whether by road, rail, ocean, air or any other modes of transportation.

Cimcorp, a manufacturer and integrator of turnkey robotic order fulfilment and tyre-handling solutions, is to move to a new, larger US office today, July 1, to accommodate its continued market expansion and serve its growing customer base across the United States, as well as Mexico. Moving from Norcross to Alpharetta, Georgia, the new office includes an added workshop space for quicker, more localized aftermarket services. As such, the facility is designed to be a centre of service excellence to help both current and prospective customers realise long-lasting benefits from their automated material handling solutions.

Rick Trigatti, President, Cimcorp Automation, Ltd., said, “While our previous Norcross location served us well in establishing our U.S.-based operations and services, it offered only room for office space. Since its opening in 2016, we have seen tremendous growth in the United States, as more organizations have recognized the operational and business benefits of automating their plants, warehouses and distribution centres.”

Joel Kuusman, Manager of U.S. Operations and Technology Services, Cimcorp, added, “We found we needed a larger facility that would allow us to expand our local service offerings and further uphold our commitment to quality support. The new Alpharetta office provides us all that and more, including the new workshop for managing repair work, spare parts storage, et al. With this greater capacity and these expanded capabilities, our customers can continue to trust in the reliability, accuracy and speed of our solutions long into the future.”

In addition to space for offices and the workshop, the facility will also provide a showroom for Cimcorp’s 3D Shuttle solution, an automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS) for goods-to-person order picking ideal for e-commerce, retail and food service distribution. Customers and visitors can see how the 3D Shuttle uses gantry robot technology together with a unique shuttle device to rapidly store and retrieve goods stored in stacked plastic crates, totes, bins and containers—with the ability to handle up to 1,000 totes per hour from a storage area.

The new office is located at:
Cimcorp USA, Inc.
1867-B McFarland Parkway
Alpharetta, GA 30005
To contact the office, please call: +1 888-797-3703