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Ref: PR435 Date: 25th April 2016

Briggs delivers innovative port handling solution for BAP Group

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Briggs Equipment has landed an important new contract with transport and logistics company BAP Group. It has suppliedthe biggest independent on-port operation of its kindin the UK with an innovative materials handling solution at the Port of Felixstowe.

BAP Groupoperates twodivisions, BAP Transport andPort Centric Services, anddeals witha wide range of import and export products, fromgeneral merchandise, textiles, stationery, paper, timber and ambient foodstuffs to stone imports. It also works closely with supermarket chains, import suppliers and global heavy plant machinery exporters.

Port Centric Services handles 20,000+ containers a year and uptime is therefore critical. Robust, reliable materials handling equipment capable of working outside and on rough ground is therefore essential to maintain the efficiency of its seven days a week, 364 days a year operation.

Previously, the lifting services required by Port Centric Services were provided by the Port of Felixstowe. As the company's operation has expanded, and the port has focussed more on terminal support, BAP decidedto look into acquiring its own reachstacker to support the diversePort Centric Servicesoperation. However, following detailed discussions with Briggs, it was agreed that a CombLift StraddleCarrier represented the most cost-effective handling solution.

James Wyatt, Operations Director at BAP, cites three main reasons for choosing the StraddleCarrier. Cost was an important consideration, but the determining factors were the relationship the company built with Briggs over a short period of time and speed of delivery.

He said: "We providesupply chain services geared around containerised cargo handling of both inbound and export goods and full container movements inland. Thetrading environment in which we operate is demanding, as we strive to provide our customers with maximum flexibility in their contracts. We therefore want to work with a materials handling partner that understands this and offers us real flexibility, too.

"We approached Briggs following a recommendation and were impressed by their ability to understand our business and to make an assessment of what we really needed operationally before proposing several solutions. Briggs also had the new equipment operating ahead of the timescale we had stipulated."

Having assessed the options, BAP Group made its decision based on the flexibility to use the StraddleCarrier internally within its 500,000 sq. ft. of prime warehouse space on port as well as within the conventional external operation. The machine is more manoeuvrable than a reachstacker when operating under a canopy, so is ideally suited to the unique Port Centric Services operation. The StraddleCarrier's ability to handle unusual, oversized and difficult loads with ease was also a key factor.

Sally Quantrill, Key Account Manager at Briggs Equipment, said: "Other suppliers advocated a traditional container moving approach using a reachstacker. However, once we understood how the machine would be used, we concluded that, in view of the usage hours, the CombiLift StraddleCarrier offered the most cost-effective solution. What's more, with our engineering capability, Briggs service and maintain this equipment to ensure maximum productivity at the port facility.

"We are delighted to be working with BAP to deliver important cost savings and an enhanced materials handling solution."

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Editor's Notes

Briggs Equipment

Briggs Equipment is the national distributor of Hyster and Yale Europe Materials Handling equipment. These products provide outstanding quality, productivity and reliability to ensure maximum uptime for your business; from a leading global manufacturer. From outright purchase, lease or short-term hire, Briggs delivers a unique proposition with a range of products and services tailored to your business needs. With expertise across all sectors and fleet sizes, along with 600 engineers for fast service response, Briggs is committed to delivering an unrivalled customer experience with added value through a complete materials handling solution.Follow Briggs Equipment UK on twitter@BriggsUK

BAP Group

Established for over 35 years, BAP Group operates two divisions, BAP Transport and Port Centric Services, and is the largest independent logistics operator in the Felixstowe area. High volume fast moving consumer goods, aggregates, fashion products plus beers wines and spirits are controlled through its bonded warehouse management system, supported by a fleet of vehicles for palletised deliveries nationwide.

The Port of Felixstowe facilities are ideal for handling and devanning urgent hot box containers and large promotional activity and have the potential to fast track and bypass normal inland RDC networks. BAP Group can handle maximised weight containers, including full devan or load lightening, since only the internal port areas are exempt from VOSA limits applicable on all UK highways. It also has the ability to ground and devan distressed containers whilst still on port.

Working with partners overseas BAP Group provides an origin pick and pack solution for major promotional launches. Through its export facilities at Felixstowe, the company pioneered the dismantling of heavy plant machinery, reducing the use of flat racks by packing machinery into standard 40ft containers, and specialises in handling container packing of quality performance vehicles for export.www.bapgroup.ltd.uk

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Caption: The CombiLift StraddleCarrier supplied by Briggs Equipment at work at BAP Group'sPort Centric Servicesfacility in Felixstowe

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