TIL Logistics Group (TIL) has recently expanded its warehouse capacity to meet demand and signed a three-year agreement with a large New Zealand company to service ethanol transport needs.
The company was recently awarded a three-year contract by Lactanol to service its ethanol transportation needs and has set up a new division to carry out the task.
TIL chief executive Alan Pearson says the company is going strong across all its transport divisions with lots of growth ahead.
“We have identified a number of opportunities to expand our offer and grow demand from both new and existing customers, including in our bulk liquid division.
“In line with this, we are introducing a new brand for this division, ‘Pacific Liquid Logistics’, with sub-brands for each of our service areas – fuel, edible, chemical and fuel,” Pearson says.
Ethanol is a by-product of the dairy industry and is used for industrial purposes and in beverages.
Lactanol is the world’s leading expert in producing sustainable, high-quality ethanol from whey. The quality of the milk it comes from is important and the whey used by Lactanol comes from naturally grass-fed New Zealand cows.
Approximately half the ethanol produced by Lactanol is used in New Zealand and the remainder is sent offshore.
Pacific Liquid Logistics will play a key role in the transportation of ethanol which is a highly flammable liquid requiring specialist training and trucks to freight the product from its storage facilities.
The Lactanol contract is the second significant deal for Pacific Liquid Logistics in the last twelve months, following the signing of a long term, exclusive, strategic supply contract with Z Energy in July 2018.
Pacific Liquid Logistics will be collecting and carting approximately 15 million litres of ethanol every year from the Lactanol plants in Edgecombe, Tirau and Reparoa and transporting it to bulk storage facilities in Mount Maunganui, Auckland and the South Island.
The containers used to export ethanol are also provided by TIL, through its Liquid Logistics business.
