{"id":5492,"date":"2023-01-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bpddev2.uk\/clients2023\/metro\/new-appointment-further-strengthens-european-team-and-platform-expansion\/"},"modified":"2024-02-02T08:58:51","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T08:58:51","slug":"new-appointment-further-strengthens-european-team-and-platform-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bpddev2.uk\/clients2023\/metro\/news\/new-appointment-further-strengthens-european-team-and-platform-expansion\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>New appointment\u00a0further strengthens European team\u00a0and platform expansion<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Metro\u2019s award-winning European<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;solutions&nbsp;will be enhanced, expanded and advanced by new European Director, and industry&nbsp;veteran, Richard Gibbs.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commenting on his new role, Richard said. \u201cMetro have a familiar and dependable partner network in place, with the ability to extend&nbsp;overland solutions&nbsp;swiftly across Europe, which is critical, in supporting effective European transport and 3PL&nbsp;and 4PL&nbsp;operations to our customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Metro\u2019s European service template is well established and&nbsp;proven&nbsp;to meet the needs of the most demanding supply chains; by blending the optimum mix of partners, carriers, service design, customs formalities\/compliance&nbsp;and&nbsp;advanced&nbsp;supporting technology, to deliver transparency and consistent reliability of service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By blending partner capacity, specialised equipment and operational excellence in this way, Metro\u2019s European solutions&nbsp;can be quickly and effectively&nbsp;extended to support&nbsp;the transport of any products,&nbsp;components and&nbsp;raw materials, in any geography. Meeting the most rigid timescales and service levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Solutions range from&nbsp;time-definite&nbsp;courier and express van operations, to simple line-haul or&nbsp;specialised trailers operating daily between multiple manufacturing&nbsp;plants, with defined delivery deadlines and GPS tracking to provide full&nbsp;visibility&nbsp;of transit throughout Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are already seeing customers near-shoring to Turkey and the Iberian peninsula, which is increasing interest in our&nbsp;short-sea services, and the port pair, service and rate options they offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Multimodal and short&nbsp;sea services have so much untapped potential, including access to rail and the option of using the container in inventory planning and the option to flex service levels, transit times and rates for the optimum service at the lowest economic rate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To learn more about our European capability, including our road freight template, short-sea services or intermodal solutions <a href=\"mailto:richard.gibbs@metroshipping.co.uk\">EMAIL<\/a> Richard Gibbs.<\/strong> <strong>He will be delighted to share the initiatives, innovation and creative approach we take to your overland movements to ensure that you can deliver your product at the right time, the right cost and in the right way wherever required within the UK or European markets. 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