Wincanton has seen off rivals in a competitive tender to win a new five-year contract with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency to provide warehousing for around 500,000 litres of aerial dispersant chemicals.
Wincanton will also be responsible for managing the sampling and testing of these chemicals to ensure that they remain effective and ready for immediate distribution whenever they are needed.
The contract will be operated from Wincanton’s shared-user facility at Middlewich. The company said that the site provides “significant operational capability and the highest levels of compliance” which combined with its expertise in bulk storage solutions will ensure that in the event of an incident the chemicals are able to be rapidly deployed.
Carl Meewezen, Wincanton public and industrial MD, said: “We are very pleased to have been chosen to work with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.
“This contract sees us dealing with chemicals that require carefully managed storage and the ability to quickly prepare them for deployment, both of which are enabled by the expertise of our people and operations.
“This contract win is a further demonstration of the strong reputation we have built in the public sector and the trust that major institutions place in us.”
