Jigsaw wins contract to import and distribute glass bottles from Dubai

A current shortage of glass bottles in the UK is being addressed after consortium Jigsaw won a contract to import and distribute bottles from Dubai.

The agreement sees Jigsaw, Allport Cargo Services (ACS) and CM Downton working together to handle 200 containers of glass bottles a month shipped from the Al Tajir manufacturing facility.

The containers will arrive into the country via Bristol, Southampton and Felixstowe ports and Jigsaw is responsible for managing the transport to customer sites.

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ACS will handle customs clearance and transport to warehouses and CM Downton will control the storage.

Andy Humpherson, Jigsaw MD said: “We welcome Al Tajir as a new Jigsaw customer and are proud that we’ve been able to offer them a seamless solution by uniting and leveraging the combined expertise of EV Cargo companies.”