Our first shipment was by road to deliver supplies from dover docks to orly airport, paris, where they were urgently required for a global airline’s inflight services.
1996
The Williams Family Establish Priority Freight
1997
Priority Freight start a new chapter as a Limited Company
2000
We changed our name to Priority Freight and were first certified by the International Standard for Quality Management Systems (ISO 9001)
2005
Expanded into Coventry with Our Second Office
2009
We Opened Dover Truck Stop on Menzies Road
2010
Expanded Internationally with our first office out of the UK, in Germany
2012
We opened offices in Heathrow and Wroclaw
2014
We first chartered the world’s largest aircraft, the Antonov AN-225
2016
We opened our Madrid office and had our first entry in the Sunday Times HSBC International track 200 league table
2018
We were internationally recognised for quality and environmental management systems (ISO 9001 & 14001) and opened our Bratislava office
2019
We gained Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) status and opened our Plovdiv office
2020
We opened our Frankfurt office and were awarded the prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise for our International trade, as well as the investors in people accreditation
2021
We opened our second office in Coventry
We changed our name to Priority Freight and were first certified by the International Standard for Quality Management Systems (ISO 9001)
2022
We achieved ISO 45001 standard for occupational health & safety management systems
2024
We were awarded the prestigious King’s Award for Enterprise for our International trade