Dartford’s Europa Road strengthens German connection with new partnership

By Tom Kilkelly

5 April 2023

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Europa Road, the Dartford-headquartered logistics firm, has announced a new partnership with logistics company Noerpel, strengthening the company’s continued expansion in Germany.

This partnership reflects Europa’s ambition to reduce export and import lead times for customers shipping to and from Southern Germany.

Working with Noerpel allows Europa to add a daily round trip connection to Southern Germany, creating a route between Ulm and Dartford. The company aims to add further capacity for predicted growth as 2023 goes on.

Operations director at Noerpel Andreas Scholten said: “We welcome this new partnership which will enable us to strengthen the markets between the UK and Germany in terms of safety, lead times, sustainability, and expertise.

“A number of our branches will use the daily managed line between Ulm and Dartford, ensuring short and reliable transit times for imports and exports. Both ourselves and Europa offer customs clearance and smooth transport services which means we can guarantee a prompt delivery service to local customers.”

The additional German service routes to Europa’s purpose-built transit hub in Dartford. Known as the ‘1Hub,’ this £30million groupage depot is located close to the Dartford Crossing and has seen a 15 per cent increase in volume year on year.

Operations Director at Europa Worldwide Group Dan Cook said: “Noerpel is a well-established, independent forwarding company with several platforms in the South of Germany. Similarly to Europa, Noerpel has a dedication to European road freight and focus on innovative business processes so offer the perfect partner to boost our presence and reach in Germany.

“Noerpel stood out to us as a new German partner as their prime location allows us to transport directly between Ulm and our 1Hub facility within 24 hours, offering another seamless European road freight solution. This new partnership offers a more local service driving down distribution rates to local postcodes.”

By Tom Kilkelly

Tom Kilkelly started working as a freelance journalist for The Business Magazine following his graduation from UCL in 2022.

During his studies Tom became very interested in the works of Irish authors including Samuel Beckett and Flann O'Brien (Brian O'Nolan).

His current role as a freelance business reporter is his first exposure to the world of business journalism. Working at TBM has given Tom the chance to really get to grips with the goings-on in the business hive that is the South East.