Interview with Brian Anderton, Ops Director, Trans-Bridge Freight Services

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Brian has grown up with trucks and vehicles and the transport industry. Right from a very early age from being a 'truck wash Saturday lad' with a local family business, his aspiration was to be an international truck driver, much to my father's dismay back in the 80s.
He later decided that life on the road wasn't for him but secured a job with a company that specialised in moving freight to Ireland.
At the time, there were still borders in place, pre the common market, so he was dealing with exports and imports from GB into Ireland and vice versa.
Then he got an opportunity to join two other guys he worked with, to set up Trans-Bridge Freight Services. And 30 years later, here we are, TFS has evolved into one of the leading operators from the UK into Ireland.
Pharmaceuticals is a big area of focus for Trans-Bridge, and the technology they deploy has to keep pace with the expectations of not only the customer, but also the regulatory authorities such as the MHRA in the UK.
Moving pharmaceuticals is highly regulated, they have to keep the products at a certain temperature. And that's not just vaccines, temperature requirements extend to anything that has a labelled temperature condition on it.
When they move a consignment, they have to be able to validate and prove the temperature of that consignment right through from from start to finish. Telematics is a key component for Trans-Bridge where they have to be able to see that the doors are closed, that the temperature in the compartments are correct that the vehicle is following the route that they intend it to.
The tech enables them to monitor 24 seven, with sophisticated systems that send text messages and email alerts if there's any deviation on the temperature or if there's any issue with the truck.
Brian sees the blockchain programme as being sort of an additional layer of security that can bring all those components together, the customs components, the temperature components, the security components, and you can have all that in one accessible platform. That's a real big sell for them and to their pharmaceutical customers.
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