Seafood supply chain solutions

Building on local expertise to deliver optimized solutions for seafood storage & distribution

DFDS is today the largest provider of transportation services to the Scottish salmon and seafood industry, offering fully integrated supply chain solutions from packing station to consumers throughout Europe.

Working closely with the industry we have learned to appreciate the importance of honesty, reliability, speed and flexibility.

Through our dedicated and experienced seafood industry teams we continue to develop new solutions, expanding our product range and geographical reach based on the following foundations:

  • Asset based 3PL solutions including own ships, terminals, temperature controlled trailers, trains and depots
  • Collections from processing sites
  • Cross docking, storage and order picking / packing
  • Cold store, blast freezing and tempering
  • Fully integrated trunking network services
  • On-time delivery at the right temperature
  • Larkhall/Glasgow custom built multi temperature distribution centre (55,000 sq ft / 29 loading doors)
  • Aberdeen depot providing collection and cross docking service from North Scotland and Northern Isles
  • Pan-European distribution services through Boulogne Sur Mer DC
  • Dedicated, professional and experienced industry teams
  • Bespoke IT solutions
  • Innovative solutions including introduction of reusable plastic boxes

 

Optimized supply chain solutions for the transport of seafood