News / Warehouse operators asked to share the load as imports stack up

Davies Turner

Forwarders and warehouse operators are seeking to maximise space to accommodate imported, but not-yet-required stock.

Davies Turner chairman, Philip Stephenson said yesterday: “We are reconfiguring some of our logistics warehouses to increase capacity and make available a greater number of pallet positions for customers with stock that has been imported, but is not required by end-users at the moment.

“For example, this has created several thousand more pallet slots at our Dartford distribution centre for anyone with an urgent requirement for additional storage ...