Driving Solutions for Infrastructure Improvements to Support Belgium-UK Trade
European road freight specialist Europa Road BV in Belgium is working to ease congestion between the EU and the UK to ensure the seamless movement of goods.
Ostend-based specialist UK road freight operator, Europa Road BV, provides premium full load, part load and groupage services between Belgium and the UK.
Part of Europa Worldwide Group, Europa Road BV is continuing to demonstrate its commitment to safeguarding smooth trade by welcoming UK Member of Parliament Jim Dickson at its UK transit facility in Dartford (Kent), where discussions focused on how best to reduce bottlenecks impacting EU freight.
The conversation concentrated on the Dartford Crossing close to the transit hub, which supports almost half of goods vehicles moving between the UK and the EU, making it a vital connection for trade. The only fixed crossing across the Thames is 32km east of London. The Dartford Crossing is an essential hub for freight coming into and out of Europe, being just 110km from the main channel crossing and the busy Dover Strait.
This is the latest in a line of initiatives the firm has invested in to ensure goods from EU customers are not delayed. Europa has also come out in support of a new "Lower Thames Crossing" infrastructure development. Costing over €10 billion, the new route will improve trade through a tunnel beneath the River Thames, doubling road capacity.
Strategically located, giving it fast access to the EU, Europa's state-of-the-art 27,000 sq. m transit hub - the largest European groupage facility in the UK manages over 40,000 consignments of goods every month between the EU and the UK.
Tom Jenkins, Central Services Director at Europa Worldwide Group, said, "We are committed to providing solutions for our customers which reduce delays, tackle congestion and ease any challenging pain points for our operation. This latest meeting with Jim Dickson MP shows our approach to focus on actions which support the optimum quality of service for our customers."
Europa has had a presence in Benelux since 2018, when it acquired unaccompanied trailer operator Continental Cargo Carriers (CCC) in Ostend. The operator was rebranded and relaunched as Europa Road in 2022. Latterly, Europa Road expanded further by establishing a Dutch office in Rotterdam in 2023.
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Europa Worldwide Group is an ambitious independent logistics operator with three divisions, Europa Road, Europa Air & Sea, and Europa Warehouse, and has been featured in The Sunday Times Top Track 250 for three years.
Europa's Road Freight division is now the UK market-leader in European Road Freight, having invested over £5 million in its innovative market-leading product, Europa Flow. The product, which has successfully provided a frictionless flow of goods between the EU and UK post-Brexit, is now available on goods being transported between the UK and the Republic of Ireland. Europa Road was also the first road cargo company to offer a Money Back Guarantee on all European road freight operations post Brexit.
Recognising the need for local Benelux-based teams to handle shipments to and from the UK, Europa acquired the full load unaccompanied operator Continental Cargo Carriers in 2018. In 2022 it rebranded to become Europa Road, expanding its service to include groupage, part-loads, and express vans. The following year, Europa Road opened its first branch in the Netherlands. Now, the Belgium and Netherlands operations are the first to create a DDP customs solution for Benelux customers, complete with a Money Back Guarantee.
Its 3PL division, Europa Warehouse, has over one million square feet of state-of-the art automated and manual fulfilment facilities in Corby, Birmingham and Dartford. Having been awarded both HMRC wet and dry bond authorisation, and British Retail Consortium certification, it is strategically located to optimise supply chains throughout the UK and Ireland. In 2023 and 2024, Europa Warehouse demonstrated its excellence across the "Golden Logistics Triangle' at the Northampton Logistics Awards being recognised as Big Logistics Company of the Year, achieved an accolade for Health, Safety & Wellbeing and its Director won the Logistics Person of the Year in 2024.
Europa Air & Sea has grown rapidly over the past two years, significantly increasing its branch network in the UK and opening strategically located branches in Hong Kong, Dubai, Shanghai, Shenzhen and India to service its international customer base. With a worldwide agent network and a proprietary software solution, LeoWeb, Europa provides customers with complete visibility, tracking and order management facilities.
The group employs over 1,300 people with 17 sites across the UK and Ireland, plus Europa's own teams in Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Czech Republic, Hong Kong, China, India, the UAE and South Africa. The global operator has an annual turnover of £300m+.
