If your business is looking for logistic companies in Southampton, rest assured, you’re on the right path.
Southampton is the first UK port of call for container ships plying from the Far East to Northern Europe. It’s the second largest container port in the UK, and by volume of port traffic, ranks as a “medium-port” globally.
When it comes to container shipping, it’s a key location for organisations importing and exporting goods. But that’s why you’re here.
Delamode is a logistics company in Southampton, with decades of experience, and an enormous flagship facility based right here on the Southampton docks. But, before we get to us, let’s take a deeper look at why Southampton is the perfect choice for your bonded and non-bonded warehousing and distribution.
The Benefits of Partnering With a Southampton Logistics Company
- A Southampton facility, especially one on the port-side like ours, enables 3PL’s to offer a port-centric logistics model. This model cuts time, cost and carbon from your supply chain, and minimises double handling and inland haulage costs by positioning stock right at the point of entry.
- Logistics companies in Southampton are perfectly positioned to support time-sensitive retail and e-commerce supply chains needing short lead times into stores or DCs.
- 3PL’s in this region offer more competitive warehousing and labour costs than those based in Greater London and Midlands.
- The strong carrier diversity in Southampton reduces your dependency on a single port or shipping line.
- Southampton port offers the shortest dwell times in the UK.
Our Southampton Facility
Delamode is a Southampton logistics company with a fully AEO-accredited, state-of-the-art, 235,000 sq ft facility located just 200 metres from the quayside.
It boasts 65,000 pallet locations, 32,000 of which are narrow aisle pallet locations, and a huge 467,000 sq ft solar panel system that generates a significant portion of our energy. This means our facility is sustainable and more than ready for looming governmental EPC requirements (which threaten to make 60% of UK warehousing space unlettable by the end of 2030).
This flagship facility houses our skilled and highly experienced operations team that facilitate our bonded and non-bonded B2B warehousing, eCommerce warehousing (including returns/reverse logistics), VAS’s, and is the location from which goods are distributed across the UK and EU and ROW.
One of the key benefits of working with a Southampton logistics company like Delamode, is the port-centric logistics model we follow. Thanks to our dock-side location, this model enables us to cut time, cost, and carbon from your FMCG supply chain, reduce unnecessary road miles by 20% and deliver cost savings of 19% and above.
It does this by removing 3 steps from the traditional inland model:
- No need to trunk your products up from the port to an inland warehouse.
- No potentially costly container unloading deadlines to navigate.
- No bringing the empty container back to the port, all the while increasing your costs
We also offer a 24-hour shuttle service that enables you to seamlessly move your goods between Southampton and our second facility in Roosendaal, Netherlands, More on this below.
Seeking Southampton Logistics Companies Servicing the UK, EU & ROTW?
So, we’ve covered the benefits of working with Southampton logistics companies, and the benefits of our particular state-of-the-art facility, but at Delamode, we can go a step further.
Our second facility, in Roosendaal, Netherlands, is a mirror image of our Southampton UK operations, offering all the same services we covered in the section above.
With our 24-hour shuttle service, you can move your goods closer to retailers or customers in Europe and ROW.
This is perfect for scaling businesses (both B2B and B2B), who have previously felt limited by the need to have significantly higher stock levels to service multiple markets. With Delamode’s buying power behind you, you can do so much more with a far smaller scale.
Contact Delamode today to discuss your logistics requirements, and learn how we can deliver value to your organisation where it counts, via bonded and non-bonded warehousing, ecommerce fulfilment, reverse logistics and transport services. You’ve found your Southampton logistics company.
