WWL to continue shipping Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles

Monday, 08 February 2010

JAGUAR LAND ROVER (JLR) has renewed a contract with Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) to ship its vehicles from the UK to North America and Oceania.

John Speakman, managing director of WWL UK, said: “This new contract is very significant for us. It further extends our relationship with two of the world’s most prestigious vehicle brands.

“Our new long-term contract with JLR reinforces our joint work on quality and product improvements on logistics services. We expect to see a growing co-operation between our two companies on matters such as developing leaner supply chain solutions and new environmental initiatives.”

The contract will see WWL shipping upwards of 45,000 Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles this year from Southampton to the US, Australia and New Zealand.

The company will also provide terminal services for receiving all Jaguar and Land Rover models in Southampton, which is one of WWL’s key hub ports in Europe.

Additionally, the company will be using space it charters on ACL vessels to ship Land Rover Freelander models from Liverpool, close to JLR’s Halewood manufacturing plant, to Baltimore in the US.

In order to reduce emissions, Jaguar XK, XF and new XJ models are delivered by rail to WWL’s Southampton hub from the Castle Bromwich plant. Likewise the Freelander model is also being transported by rail from JLR’s Halewood plant for export through Southampton.