News / Forest Freight offers truck-switch service to ease container congestion

Forest Freight

The container haulage crisis in the UK has led companies to explore new avenues to avoid congestion and extra costs.

For example, haulier Forest Freight has introduced a “premium container delivery service” out of London Gateway to reduce delays, and storage fees at the port.

The new service will see Forest bring containers from London Gateway to its 10,220sq metre depot in Rainham, Essex, where they will be unpacked and repacked onto curtain-sider trucks for onward delivery.

This will enable the company to ...