UK: Peel Ports has become the first port operator to join the British Retail Consortium

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Port peel set Became the first port operator to join British Retail Consortium (BRC) With the aim of strengthening its relationships with retailers.

The UK's second largest port operator has joined the BRC as an associate member and will use its membership to communicate and engage directly with Beneficial Cargo Owners (BCOs).

Peel Ports appointed former retail supply chain head Jerome Wildsmith as retail sales director at BCO earlier this year to strengthen its relationships with importers.

A recent Peel Ports survey of more than 2,000 retail leaders found that 77% of respondents consider reducing carbon emissions one of their top strategic priorities, while nearly half (46%) are looking to suppliers closer to manufacturers to improve sustainability efforts.

Furthermore, a majority (79%) believe that better sea freight transport to the UK is needed to reduce delays, congestion and emissions in the supply chain, while 71% agree that working directly with supply chain partners would reduce delays.

David Hack, Chief Operating Officer, Peel Ports Group “Our partnership with the BRC will play a supporting role in facilitating our plans to work closely with the BCO and shipping lines, to help make ambitious but informed changes to UK freight flows,” he said.

“Currently, 90% of sea containerized freight arrives at the ports of Felixstowe, London and Southampton in the south of the UK, but 60% of this freight is destined for the north. This makes no sense for a British public company either from an efficiency perspective,” the executive added. Or sustainability.