LONDON: ISS Palumbo UK, part of Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), the world’s leading maritime services provider, has acquired UK freight forwarding specialist Union Transport (Newcastle) Ltd.
The merger of the Union Transport business with ISS Palumbo and its worldwide network will enhance the unique combination of global project freight forwarding and integrated logistics ISS Palumbo offers to its customers, including ENI, SAIPEM and Air Products.
Based in Newcastle, the combined new venture will have commercial and operational capability and be responsible for managing existing and future projects, as well as winning new business in the UK and internationally. Union Transport is very well established in project cargo freight forwarding and has excellent contacts for sea, air, trucking and agency services.
Said Andrea Palumbo, President of ISS Palumbo: “I’m very pleased with our new acquisition which combines the global network of ISS and ISS Palumbo with the capabilities of Union Transport in international freight forwarding services and logistics, especially in the offshore sector. Union Transport has a long established relationship with ISS Palumbo as their agent and we can now offer our customers a global solution from the UK.”
