Bringing Aycliffe Business Park Together | 15
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CHALLENGE PD PORTS
TO SAVE YOU MONEY
With locations throughout the UK including
owning and operating Teesport and the Port
of Hartlepool, PD Ports has the services and
expertise to help improve supply chains.
PD Ports is an awardwinning ports and
logistics company that
have recently acquired
an office in Newton
Aycliffe Business Park.
Many businesses operating in the North-East
have already benefited from using Teesport as
a port of entry for their products.
Barker and Stonehouse switched their port
of entry from Felixstowe to Teesport for their
goods destined for the North.
This shift meant that Barker and Stonehouse
saved 498,897 road miles annually as well as
reducing their carbon emissions by almost 500
tonnes.
Richard Parnell, Commercial Director at Barker
and Stonehouse, commented: “The PD Ports
team provided a very competitive tender that
was backed by a very efficient administration
process.
TEESPORT
THE BEST
CONNECTED
FEEDER PORT
IN THE UK.
GLOBAL MARKETS ON YOUR DOORSTEP
WITH OVER 25 VESSEL CALLS A WEEK AND
CONNECTIONS TO MOST OF THE WORLD’S
LARGEST SHIPPING LINES, TEESPORT CAN
HELP BRING YOU CLOSER TO THE MAJOR
HUB PORTS OF EUROPE AND OVER 13
STRATEGIC MARKETS.
“This helped us to make the decision to begin
to re-use the Tees as our main port of use
and in turn contribute to the local economy
– a strategy we like to champion wherever
possible.
”
Other customers using Teesport to save
money through Northern imports are ASDA,
Argos, Taylors of Harrogate and Unitom.
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