BIFA Awards
consolidations, directly into the UK and Northern European hub ports to reduce shipping costs. Childs added: “We proposed that many Europe-destined products would be better served by a Euro Distribution Centre (EDC), and due to the geographical location of stores, combined with port locations and running costs, we recommended Poland.” To prove the EDC concept to the customer, the company worked closely with its own network for a trial period, receiving products into a Polish warehouse and using its internally developed APGL Insight supply chain software to control and manage the process. The client has now committed to its own warehousing lease in Poland, and Atlantic Paci fi c is helping to manage the operation. “The programme continues to develop,” said Childs. “Right now a major sportswear brand is hosting pop-up shops within the client’s stores, which has meant another layer of logistics services.” Navigating Brexit Childs observed: “Documents and controls have increased since Brexit, but initiatives like Regime 42 help the fl ow. “We believe that the challenges have affected truckers and niche European forwarders more, as they were not used to Customs controls,” he said, whereas “global forwarders like us have been handling Customs procedures to and from the rest of the world for years. “Our centralised Customs hub for Europe is working well. In fact, our development of European services has been led by Brexit and the need for Customs declarations; we were not focusing on it prior to that, and saw Brexit as an opportunity to develop and expand our European market share.” • As well as winning BIFA’s European Logistics Award, Atlantic Paci fi c Global Logistics was recently awarded the King’s Award For Enterprise for International Trade. This rounded off an excellent six months of accolades for Atlantic Paci fi c Group, which made the 2023 FEBE 100 fastest-growing companies list, along with the 2024 Fast Growth 50 and Growth Index 100 lists.
Christine Nichols – Atlantic Pacific Group director and co-founder
Simplifying a complex distribution project
The winner of the 2023 BIFA European Logistics Award was Atlantic Paci fi c, which has developed creative and fl exible solutions for today’s post-Brexit market
A tlantic Paci fi c Global services to support the store fi tting, installation and refurbishment of 75 shop fi ts across Europe, with hundreds of items shipped by road, ocean and air freight from numerous global suppliers. “The shipments were moved under DDP terms through a French entry point to simplify Customs formalities, which included registering the client for Regime 42 procedures to expedite clearance, while improving fi nancial Logistics provided logistics and supply chain control administration and cash fl ow,” explained director Kevan Childs. “Using this method avoids duties and taxes being paid immediately upon arrival.” Products were stored and picked as individual equipment sets for each outlet. In some cases, Atlantic Paci fi c coordinated the main kit to arrive simultaneously with individual products being expedited directly from overseas suppliers. The longer-term view was to establish a sustainable and cost- effective supply model for the
re fi tting and maintenance of over 400 stores on the continent. Much of the material was coming from Asia to the UK, where it was stored at off- port locations to avoid incurring storage and demurrage costs. Synchronised movements Atlantic Paci fi c also worked closely with the customer to arrange synchronised full-load container movements, along with buyer
Ashley Nichols – Atlantic Paci fi c Group chairman and co-founder
European Logistics Award
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