About Freight Emergency

What happens to your load / cargo / freight if you or your driver has an accident? How do you protect your supply chain and not let your customer down?

What happens to your service level agreements / payment agreements if your loads don’t reach their destination on time? What happens if they don’t get there at all?

The solution is Freight Emergency, an idea born from a brainstorming meeting of transport professionals.

What is a freight emergency?

Your vehicle is unfortunate enough to be involved in a Road Traffic Accident (RTA). The goods you are carrying are on transportable condition on to your customer, or back to your (or ours) warehouse.

For you (and for us) that’s load in need of rescue and therefore an emergency!

Give us a call on 0844 884 3331, 07816 528421 (out of hours, yes we really are 24/7) and we will collect your load, sift the damaged items and take it on to your customer, all in confidence.

As peace of mind goes, this services is priceless… Freight recovery and load rescue plays a vital part in the supply chain when delivering goods. Think of it being like the AA for your goods or cargo…

How does it work?

  • Your vehicle is involved in accident
  • The driver cannot take the vehicle to it’s destination
  • Place a call to us
  • Within 60 minutes, you will have professional freight recovery specialists trans-shipping your items and couriering them on to their end destination
  • If the accident isn’t your drivers fault, then this is a recoverable cost from the other parties insurers

With Road Traffic Accidents up year on year, this kind of service is vital to keeping your goods on the road and helping you meet your deadlines.

In 2006 39 LGV drivers were killed and 429 were seriously injured.  Also 13 passengers in those vehicles were killed and 135 were seriously injured.  Source : Your Road Risk

What does it cost?

You will be charged a loading and unloading, plus mileage fee for the delivery plus the call out charge of £50+VAT. If you are a member of Rubs, then as a membership benefit, the call out fee is waived.

If the accident is wholly the fault of another driver, then these costs may be recoverable from their insurers.

How do we book?

Just give us a call on 0844 884 3331 or 07816 528421 (24/7, 365 days of the year)

Kevin

Freight Recovery - it’s greener and money saving! can you afford not to?