Preferred Operator Status Helps Reduce Time AOG
We understand how vital it is to reduce AOG time in the aviation sector. We have been working closely with clients in Belgium delivering highly valuable and critical components using our Express service, direct to the airports. As AEO and Preferred Operators, we are able to provide you with secure transportation services and we have satisfied the stringent security criteria that airports require.

Providing a bespoke solution for each client in this specialised sector ensures we meet your expectations.

For the industry that introduced the concept of Kanban/JIT deliveries as part of the extended supply chain management to support lean production, knowing you can rely on a logistics service provider to deliver the right goods, to the right place, and at the right time as part of that machine is so important.

Middlegate has long established relationships with some of the largest and most highly respected names in the sector including Jaguar Land-Rover, Continental, Michelin and BMW. Key to this is our ability to schedule your collections and deliveries when you need them.

Our new, specialised, twin-curtain mega tyre trailers ensure load security whilst maximising load volume.

Your Catalyst For Savings
With a range of trailers available, each designed for different load types, you can rely on us to provide the best solution. Whether your materials are in sacks, are palletised or in IBC containers, our team works hard to ensure your goods are delivered on time and in perfect condition. Our On-Time Delivery record is surely evidence enough. Over 98% of our deliveries arrive on time or ahead of schedule.

Whether or not your goods are hazardous, full loads or Limited Quantities, we, or our very carefully selected partners, always aim to provide the best service. Satisfied customers include Exxon Mobil, BASF, Imerys and

Helping You Build Better Business
“Proper Planning and Preparation Prevents….”, well, you know the saying – and so do we.

When your logistics provider understands the importance of scheduling and the flow of materials from supplier to site you are one step ahead of the competition. Well planned, co-ordinated and, let’s face it, flexible transportation and logistics solutions are essential in an industry fraught with difficulties. Whether you are a supplier or a developer, our experience serving the construction sector helps you maintain control of budgets and builds, and retain your valuable strategic position.

Our Track And Trace and GPS satellite tracking of your cargo ensures we are able to provide up-to-the-minute communication on the whereabouts of every consignment we handle.

Demonstrable High Standards
Does your current storage and transportation provider offer AIB certified storage and bonded facilities? Our storage facilities in Hull and Zeebrugge have both achieved high scores on the AIB audits, which means we offer you peace of mind. Our bonded warehouses ensure secure storage for your dutiable imports ready for release, allowing you to pay duty on goods only as and when they are required.

Additionally, we are able to offer ambient storage at our dedicated warehouse in Zeebrugge, with a guaranteed minimum temperature of 15°C, as well as temperature controlled distribution.

With years of experience gained through working with importers and exporters of ingredients, food grade packaging (flexible OPP film, paper-based products and metals) and finished produce, we are able to offer you cost-effective solutions to all your storage, transportation and shipping needs.

Interested in finding out more? Then click on the Quotation Request button below, fill out our simple form, and we’ll contact you to find the solution that best fits you.

Benefit From Our OTD Guarantee
What’s important to you? A fair price? A reliable service? Consignments booked in with your customer? Secure handling of your goods? Simple ordering and the knowledge that you are using a professional service provider that you can trust? Goods loaded and delivered on time?

When you use us you know that we will help answer “Yes” to all those questions.

Here at Middlegate we understand your concerns over the secure storage, handling and transportation of what is often high-value loads. We use a bespoke version of Microsoft Dynamics NAV to manage all our planning, financial and warehouse management, allowing our teams to source information instantly. We have also developed our own Track and Trace solution, working closely with a Belgian GPS tracking device manufacturer to create a real-time satellite tracking solution for our trailers.

There is no need to worry about security either. Carefully selected routes, secure and bonded warehouses, CCTV monitoring and regular security patrols out of hours are all designed to mitigate risk. As evidence of our commitment to ensuring the safety of your produce, we have been given AEO Security status in Zeebrugge, which offers peace-of-mind over your precious cargo.

As a manufacturer of goods designed for the life sciences and healthcare sector, or as a pharma producer, you expect only the best from your logistics partners.

From storage to final delivery to your customers it is imperative that you feel your concerns over load quality, traceability, cleanliness and reliability of service, and on-time delivery are being addressed. Here at Middlegate Europe we have demonstrated our commitment to meeting those needs time and again, with customers across Europe able to testify to this. Temperature controlled storage and distribution (ambient range 10-25C) is available at our Zeebrugge hub, and our dedicated teams of logistics professionals are always there to answer your questions. Our clean storage facilities in Hull and Zeebrugge are also ideal for medical supplies that are not temperature controlled. Our Track and Trace solution, ERP systems and operating procedures provide traceability of your goods in real-time.

Galvanising Relationships for 30 Years

LOAD: “Anything that causes an external force to be exerted on a structural member”

LOAD: “A burden of responsibility, worry or grief”

We have been providing transportation services (FTL/LTL and groupage) to the metals industry for over a quarter of a century. Time-sensitive alumimum and tin can loads destined for food and beverage processors require a delicate touch. Our Mega trailers provide the additional height to transport over 20% more product than a standard trailer, which dramatically reduces your transportation costs compared to other carriers.

Compare this to slabs, alloys, coils, and wire-drawn products where safe and secure transportation is vital.

Domestic loads and those for export are handled proficiently and professionally by our team, who will plan deliveries direct to your customers at agreed times, further lightening your load.

Packaging
Supply Chain Solutions Worth Investigating
As one of Europe’s leading providers of Third Party Logistics (3PL) services to the packaging sector, especially OPP film, our well-proven business model provides true cost savings.

Increase production capacity, streamline your supply-chain, reduce your overheads by using a specialist provider with over 30 years’ experience in the field. Modern converters, many with limited on-site storage capacity, need JIT deliveries to ensure the continuous production of packaging and labels for their customers. Our distribution models ensure timely and flexible deliveries, allowing you to call off raw materials from stock for delivery within 24 hours.

With two distribution hubs strategically located in Zeebrugge and Kingston upon Hull you have two options: store in either hub for both domestic or international delivery, and, for a premium, call off goods for same-day domestic delivery.

As an added benefit, we are able to provide temperature-controlled storage and distribution, with ambient temperatures not falling below 15°C.

You certainly won’t have to stop the press with our FTL service. Whether domestic or international delivery is required to your customers our record speaks for itself.

Over 97% On-Time Delivery. Experience in movements of all types of paper including:

• Paperboard
• Packaging
• Offset
• Label
• Coated
• Newsprint

Waste Management Licence

In the UK we are registered “Upper Tier Carrier Dealer” with the Environment Agency [Registration Number: CB/JN5470QR].

Distribution Solutions for Importers and Exporters
With constant business changes and seasonal fluctuations, FMCG suppliers need a specialist partner that is flexible and able to meet their customers’ demands. Offering a multitude of Supply Chain Model options that match your requirements is what we do best. Following a FREE initial SC Consultation, where we study your existing model and aim to provide a solution tailored to your business, we will then work closely with you to optimise efficiencies, costs, or both.