One of the largest privately owned freight forwarders in Ireland has become the latest member of the Pallet-Track Network.
Dublin headquartered Toga Freight Group moves large volumes of palletised groupage shipments between Britain and Ireland every week via its hub in Hams Hall, near Birmingham.
This depot will take the lead in integrating into the Wolverhampton based pallet network, which enables logistics companies to work together to transport freight efficiently around the UK.
Toga Freight, which also operates multiple weekly departures to Ireland and mainland Europe from depots in Kent and Warrington, first expanded into the UK in 2023.
The business said that while it offers blanket next day delivery across Ireland, it did not have that power in Great Britain – and says Pallet-Track is the ‘perfect solution’ for this requirement.
Toga Group CEO Robert Dickinson said, ‘Since our major expansion into Great Britain started in 2023, we have managed to control our volumes using our own resources in the main.
‘However, we needed to shorten the transit times to Ireland to a next day service from most, if not all of Great Britain, rather than just from around our own depots, so we needed to join a network to enable that.
‘We met with a few of the main UK pallet networks, but when we looked closely at what we wanted to achieve – better service, sustainability and reliability – Pallet-Track came out head and shoulders above the rest.’
Stuart Godman, CEO at Pallet-Track, said: ‘It was clear from the moment we started talking to Toga Freight, the collective power and success of our network appealed hugely to the company and likewise its offer to our shareholder member network.
‘Our well earned reputation for offering service excellence and highly efficient palletised freight delivery services across the UK fits perfectly with Toga Freight’s requirements.
‘We are absolutely delighted to welcome it as our latest member, and we look forward to supporting the company with its continued growth in the UK market. Exciting times ahead!’
Toga Freight is also a shareholder membership of the European network Astre Europe and Astre Palet System and has its own Asian entity – Toga Freight Services Asia LLC, based in Vietnam.