A global manufacturer and maintenance provider of medical scanners called on Priority Freight’s reliable and cost-effective services to deliver a replacement part from the Netherlands to Namibia within 48 hours. The hospital faced problems when the only scanner on-site suffered a rare breakdown. Despite repeated visits from local engineers, the only way to resolve the...
The challenge An urgent call one February morning prompted an emergency AOG (Aircraft on Ground) movement from Marmande, France, to Tunis Carthage airport in Tunisia, dealt with by Priority Freight’s international night team in Coventry. The client required assistance in delivering a crucial component to the aircraft in Tunisia, which needed to be transported straight...
Priority Freight’s expertise was required by a mainstream vehicle manufacturer that needed to transport over 11 tonnes of die casting machines from its factory in the north of England to a facility near Stuttgart, Germany, for routine re-chroming. The parts then needed to be transported back to the UK for installation back on the production...
For production to continue, the manufacturer required daily collection of parts, from up to 30 UK and EU suppliers. Due to the ever-changing schedules, there was limited knowledge of parts quantities, packaging dimensions and some supplier locations, making this challenge seem impossible. COVID-19 closures had altered the operating hours for many suppliers which limited collection...
When the call came in from the customer in Spain on Thursday evening, the relevant Chinese manufacturers and airlines were already closed. However, scenario planning began immediately and the client was offered the express tariffs that Priority Freight already had secured with airlines operating out of China in advance. The cargo needed to be collected...
The six most hard-hit nations – China, Korea, Italy, Japan, US and Germany – account for 60% of the world’s manufacturing and half of the world’s manufactured exports. As the virus originated from China, and they reacted so quickly, with no air traffic to or from the country, it became near impossible to source the...
With a reaction time to client enquiries averaging 15 minutes, a fleet of over 6,000 specialist freight vehicles and our bespoke specialist logistics technology, we’re proud to say that 99.6% of all Priority Freight deliveries are completed on time, globally.
