UPN Pallet Network

First Class Travel for Palletised Freight!

Our membership of The United Pallet Network (UPN) accompanies our own UK fleet services and complements them with the same high levels of quality and performance. Next time you need first class travel for palletised freight throughout the UK and Europe contact UPN. We achieve 99.9% on time, safe, secure delivery and offer the widest range of service options available.

UPN provide a ‘one stop shop’ for UK palletised freight delivery with a comprehensive range of options to meet any needs including the widest range of pallet definitions available in the UK. Users can choose from the 150kg micro pallet, two metre half pallet through to a maximum pallet height of 2.2 metres, length of 3.0 metres, and weight of 1,200 kg. Tail –Lift and oversized services are also available.

UPN was founded in 2001 in response to the changing demands of the UK’s palletised freight market, and we joined in 2010 in order to offer our customers the benefits of being part of such a network.

UPN’s hub and spoke system operates from a central facility in Lichfield to provide a palletised freight transhipment and administration service. Its IT systems link with ours to ensure seamless and integrated processes and the maintenance of the highest standards. As a result, both our customers and ourselves are reassured that a reliable, professional palletised delivery service can continually be offered across the UK.

How it works

  • UPN operates a simple and effective hub and spoke distribution system, designed specifically for palletised freight. They have a national network of over 60 member depots that collect and deliver freight every day from across the UK, Eire and Europe, before transporting it to their central hub.
  • The new UPN hub is centrally located near Lichfield, Staffordshire, providing superb transport links to the rest of the UK and minimising the number of road miles travelled. UPN members work closely with each other and the hub to ensure peak efficiency and maintain industry-leading service levels.
  • Each member collects freight daily from their allocated postcode area and consolidates it onto its trunk vehicles. They then travel to UPN’s central hub, where every pallet is checked and scanned. Each pallet is unloaded and sorted into its specific delivery area.
  • The outbound freight is loaded onto the vehicles of the member responsible for delivery. It is then carefully checked and every pallet scanned out of the hub for delivery back to the local member.
  • Freight is transported to the local delivery depot on trunk vehicles, unloaded, checked and sorted into delivery areas, to ensure that requests for time-specific deliveries are serviced accordingly.
  • All pallets are then delivered by a fleet of over 4,000 local delivery and collection vehicles, with drivers using the latest XDA online systems to capture real-time digital proof of deliveries. Proof of delivery can be emailed automatically to customers or depots as required, using UPN’s advanced web-based systems.

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Our services

General Haulage

With more than 50 years clocked up in the transport business you can depend on our vast knowledge and experience. Whatever your needs, we can provide you with the perfect solution to all of your transport requirements.

Pallet Network

Our membership of The United Pallet Network (UPN) accompanies our own UK fleet services and complements them with the same high levels of quality and performance.

Moving Floor Haulage

With more than 50 years clocked up in the transport business you can depend on our vast knowledge and experience. Whatever your needs, we can provide you with the perfect solution to all of your transport requirements.

Specialist Transport

While it isn’t exactly true that no two jobs are ever the same, being leaders in the transport field means that we have to be ready when unique or specialist requests come our way.

Fleet and Maintenance

In order to continually meet the ever-changing needs of our clients, we have invested heavily to build up a modern, reliable and efficient fleet of vehicles.