Strong partnership between Norfolkline and Kewill delivers successful go live of Kewill Transport
30 June 2010
Guildford, UK – Norfolkline, part of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group and one of Europe’s leading door-to-door transportation service providers, has successfully gone live with Kewill Transport, the best of breed transport management system from Kewill (LSE:KWL), a leading provider of software solutions that simplify global trade and logistics.
The multimodal solution has gone live in the UK and Italy, integrating road, rail and ferry operations. Following the success of this first phase of the project the solution will be rolled out across more than 20 sites in 10 countries. The implementation of Kewill Transport provides Norfolkline with a future-proof transport platform providing increased flexibility and visibility across its logistics operations, which will enable the company to streamline the business and enhance its customer service.
Jacco Schonewille, CIO at Norfolkline, said, “Kewill showed great commitment to this project and worked in partnership with the Norfolkline team to achieve great results. The collaborative nature of the team was second to none and any challenges that we faced were overcome.”
Schonewille continued, “The solution has been integrated with our current systems and provides us with an efficient interface, as well as providing support across the logistics division. We are now keen to begin the second phase of the project, where we will continue to roll out the technology across the rest of the business – in total across more than 20 sites with 384 users. The Kewill software will enable Norfolkline to support its comprehensive business processes, ranging from intermodal operations to non-asset-based third party logistics.”
Jacquie Boast, Chief Operating Officer, Europe, at Kewill, commented, “We have been committed to delivering the first element of this landmark project, working in close partnership with Norfolkline and supporting them throughout. Kewill Transport will not only provide visibility across Norfolkline’s logistics operations, but provide the flexibility for the business to react to new opportunities.”
For further information please contact:
Tanya Pring
Fieldworks Marketing
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About Norfolkline
Norfolkline, part of A.P. Moller-Maersk Group is one of Europe’s leading door-to-door transportation service providers for both full and part-loads to over 5,000 customers, within all types of industries.
It currently employs more than 2,000 employees, in 13 countries across the continent, operating out of 35 different locations.
In 2006 more than 2 million passengers used its ferry services across the English Channel and on the Irish Sea, and it provided over 1.2 million movements for its Quay-Quay and Door-Door freight customers.
Norfolkline is currently operating 18 vessels and it expects this number to grow with the new build projects that are underway. The A.P. Moller-Maersk Group currently possesses over 300 vessels and this number is due to increase substantially by the end of 2009.