Time for Teasport

The family business will now import all of its tea and coffee through Teesport, rather than southern UK ports with further transportation via road to its production facility at Harrogate – saving about 100,000 road miles per year.

“Not only does the move to Teesport help us greatly improve our environmental footprint, it also reduces costs. We’re committed to buying the best tea and coffee the world has to offer for our Yorkshire Tea and other blends, and the partnership with PD Ports ensures we’re able to maintain these high quality standards throughout the import and warehousing process,” says Keith Writer, commodities director at Taylors of Harrogate.

PD Ports has invested more than £350,000 in upgrading two warehouses to store the sensitive products including the installation of dehumidification and specialist handling equipment. From Teesport, the teas and coffees are transported by PD Ports’ logistics team, on demand, the short distance to Taylors’ production facility.