The Palletways hot air balloon that recently crossed the English Channel in a successful Guinness World Record attempt has made another appearance.

This time it visited the Transland Group Depot in Naas, Co. Kildare.

It made this appearance to help celebrate the one millionth pallet delivery by Transland Group through their Irish Hub.

Now that’s a lot of pallets!

Transland Group has been Palletways Southern Ireland member since January 2010. The Palletways website says this partnership has helped accelerate the achievement of the 1000000 Irish pallet delivery.

Managing Director of Transland Group, Kieran Conlon, says:

“We at Transland are very proud to have reached this milestone. We have all worked hard to establish a pallet distribution service that is second to none, through service features such as online booking and electronic proof of delivery. With the help of Palletways, we look forward to celebrating the two millionth pallet delivery.”

The Palletways network has more than 100 members (of which Transland Group is one) making it the UK’s largest pallet network. It is also collectmyparcel.com’s chosen pallet partner. The Palletways network

“provides a range of express distribution services for small consignments of palletised freight, including next day, economy and timed delivery options across the UK and Ireland, as well as a daily cross-Channel distribution service to mainland Europe.  Utilising each other’s’ resources, all the member companies deliver goods to market faster and more cost effectively than traditional haulage methods”.

You can read the full story here: http://www.palletways.com/en/united-kingdom/about-us/news-detail/article/280/transland-gr.html

Earlier this month Palletways – our pallet distribution partner – announced their involvement in a successful world record attempt which has been officially recognised by Guinness World Records.

Back in April a group of 49 hot air balloons successfully crossed the English Channel between Dover and Calais – the largest number to do so.

This group of hot air balloons was both led and sponsored by Palletways.

The Palletways’ balloon was hard to miss. Measuring 61ft tall it was shaped like a smoke-breathing dragon. What’s more the dragon balloon was the only shaped balloon to participate as well as being the first hot air balloon in the UK to have a glass bottomed basket (I hope the passengers weren’t afraid of heights!)

Amongst the dragon passengers was Andy Turner, the Managing Director of Palletways Owned Operations. He said:

“We are absolutely delighted to receive this official recognition from Guinness World Records.  The fact that we broke the World Record meant all the efforts of those involved were worthwhile.”

Event organizer and balloon pilot Ian Sharpe said:

“Flying across the Channel in a hot air balloon is a very special experience and the fact that we ended up breaking the world record has made the flight that extra bit special.”

Well done Palletways for this fantastic achievement and for being a record breaker!

If you want to see some pictures of the green dragon balloon more information can be found here:  http://www.palletways.com/en/united-kingdom/about-us/news-detail/article/280/palletways-d.html

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