ECS teenindab 80% Ühendkuningriigi jaemüügist

Zeebrugge, 23. juuni 2021 – alates 1. jaanuarist 2021 on kaupade vedu Ühendkuningriiki ja Suurbritanniast Brexiti mõju tõttu oluliselt muutunud. Nii logistiliselt kui ka administratiivselt tekitavad Euroopa ja Suurbritannia meetmed uusi väljakutseid. Vaatamata keerulistele oludele suurendas tarneahela logistika ja ühendvedude turuliider ECS viimase kuue kuu jooksul oma turu ulatust Ühendkuningriigi jaemüügis 80%-ni. Vahepeal hoiatab logistika võtmefiguur, et Brexiti tegelik mõju avaldub alles 1. jaanuaril 2022.

Pärast Brexitit on Zeebrugge muutunud logistikaväravaks enamjaolt Suurbritanniasse, kus ECS on peamine logistikategija. Mitte vähem kui 90% äriüksuse tarneahela äritegevuse kogumahust liigub üle Kanali. Lisaks suutis ECS kogu Brexiti üleminekuperioodi jooksul kasvada 80%-ni kogu Suurbritannia jaemüügisektorist tänu lepingulistele partnerlustele seitsme peamise supermarketiga: Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's, Morrisons, Coop, Lidl ja hiljuti Aldi.

Ühendkuningriigi sahver 
​“By working with major UK retailers and having such a large market share, we start to become a one-stop shop for many manufacturers,” says Hugo Donche, supply chain & development director at ECS. “Producers find us as a logistics solution for all UK retailers. That is how we became the pantry of the UK.”

„Euroopa tootjad varustavad oma kaupu meie juures, pärast mida saavad Briti jaemüüjad neid tooteid meilt tellida. Kogume tellimused kokku ja toimetame need õigeaegselt Suurbritannia jaotuskeskustesse. See pakub tohutut paindlikkust jaemüüjale, kes vajab ka laovarude hoidmiseks vähem laopinda,“ rõhutab Donche. «Alates selle aasta 1. jaanuarist on Brexitiga tekkinud täiendav takistus. ECS hoolitseb kogu tollideklaratsioonide ja sertifikaatide koormuse eest, mis vabastab jaemüüjad täielikult.

"195,000 XNUMX ruutmeetrit laopinda on pühendatud Briti jaekaubandussektorile." – Hugon donche, ECSi tarneahela ja arendusdirektor

Järkjärguline väljumine
​Currently, ECS has 195,000 square metres of warehouse space dedicated to the British retail sector, accounting for 220,000 pallets in the ECS network and three million pallets transported annually. Hugo Donche does however notice a change in the import and export behaviour of the British. “The figures for both imports and exports are 10% lower than last year and it remains to be seen whether these figures will normalise. Many Brexit rules are currently not yet applicable in Great Britain. There, they are working with a phased exit. At the end of this year, they will enter phases 2 and 3. We will therefore only feel the real impact of Brexit after January 1st 2022.”

Doveri vältimine
​In order to compete with other logistics players, ECS puts maximum effort on its intermodal network. Road transport is avoided as much as possible, which benefits both the environment and the punctuality of deliveries. “We avoid the classic bottleneck between Dover and London and instead deliver to port terminals that are as close as possible to the final destination,” explains Donche. “We ship our cargoes unaccompanied, which allows us to use British drivers upon arrival in the UK. Not only does this avoid problems with the language and driving on the left, it also allows drivers to make several deliveries a day as they only have to travel a distance of around ten kilometres between the terminal and the distribution centre.”

„Täiendav eelis on see, et saatjata tarnides väldime juhtide covid-testimist. Nii ei kannatanud me eelmisel aastal karmide koroonameetmete käes, samas kui Doverist Calais’sse sõitnud autojuhid pidid seisma järjekorras kuni viis päeva. Pealegi ei häiri Zeebrugge sadamat etteteatamata streigid, mis teeb meid väga usaldusväärseks.

Kaubanduslikult atraktiivne
​This reliability makes it possible for ECS to deliver stockless. “This means that the retailer’s own depot does not keep any stock and fully distributes the delivery we make to the shops within 24 hours. It is crucial that we deliver on time, otherwise the shops will not receive their products. What is unique to ECS is that we combine light and heavy loads in the same cargo. We do this by making optimal use of the dimensions and weights of the products in trailers that are higher than normal. This ensures that the average cost price can be up to 12% cheaper, which makes our delivery method very attractive from a commercial point of view.”

Maksimeerides meretranspordi kasutamist ja optimeerides koormaid, lahendab ECS keskkonnasõbralikul, usaldusväärsel ja jätkusuutlikul viisil ka Brexitist tulenevaid tulevasi logistilisi väljakutseid.