News / Maersk and Unipart team up for five-year JCB supply chain contract

In the clearest indication yet of Maersk’s intentions to expand into the supply chain, the Danish carrier has signed a five-year contract to be lead logistics provider for UK construction equipment manufacturer JCB.

The Loadstar understands the contract was previously held by DHL Supply Chain and, in a novel move, JCB decided to split the contract between Maersk and the UK’s Unipart, which will operate JCB’s UK logistics sites.

They include the JCB World Logistics warehouse in Staffordshire and UK in-plant operations, ...