THE Knights of Old Group, the logistics specialist based in Northamptonshire, offers an operations experience that covers the UK, Ireland, Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Australia, and North and South America.
With 350,000 square feet of warehousing, export packing and e-fulfilment facilities, the company offers a total in-house supply chain service.
THE Knights of Old Group, the logistics specialist based in Northamptonshire, offers an operations experience that covers the UK, Ireland, Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Australia, and North and South America.
With 350,000 square feet of warehousing, export packing and e-fulfilment facilities, the company offers a total in-house supply chain service. A fleet of 240 trucks and 280 trailers supports the group’s services that include UK and Ireland transport, European transport, Air & Ocean, logistics, export packing, full loads, same day deliveries, supply chain management, and contract logistics.
The Knights of Old partnership with Agropharm dates back over 40 years. The requirement over the years has extended to export, import and bespoke projects. Knights of Old’s expertise in handling hazardous goods has enabled them to manage most of Agropharm’s deep sea and air shipments as required.
About 50 per cent of Agropharm’s export market share is from overseas sales. Knights of Old’s Air and Ocean Division handle their global consignment shipping to the Middle East, North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean, and Vietnam, of which all is palletised hazardous freight. They also handle air consignments and the occasional road shipment of one or two pallets to European destinations such as Turkey and Portugal. Typically, the freight is presented to Knights of Old at Agropharm’s Telford production site and trunked in full or part loads to Felixstowe or Southampton, usually a week before onward overseas movement.
The seamless transition is made possible by the extensive knowledge of the Knights of Old team, who will have all the required documentation, timelines and any anomalies ironed out prior to freight departure. The air-freight shipments are trunked to
Heathrow or Birmingham and consigned. With international regulations and IATA airport codes of practice for the movement of hazardous goods proving challenging, the Knights of Old team keeps Agropharm up to date with any changes in order to avoid unnecessary delays.
Knights of Old take responsibility for importing globally sourced products on behalf of Agropharm, shipping them directly to the UK. Assuming full responsibility for clearing the product via customs and thereafter trunking consignments direct to the Telford site. In providing an import service, Knights of Old complete Agropharm’s supply chain in an end-to-end streamlined process.
Nick George, Customer Logistics Manager at Agropharm, said: “From the outset, Agropharm, which prides itself on its family values, has been working with a company that shares our values. Knights of Old’s handling of hazardous goods, adherence to the regulations involved and all-round professionalism makes this a long and respected partnership.”
For further information contact Knights of Old on 01536 533533 or visit the website at www.knightsofoldgroup.com