Delivering excellence since 1947
1947
In 1947, David Moody returned from serving his country during the Second World War, and returned to his job at the local Co-op delivering bread and cakes to the locals in Bedlington by horse and cart.
Shortly afterwards David saw an opportunity to buy a household coal round. Before long David's coal round included collecting sea-coal from
the North East coastline and delivering to customers. He also began delivering coal to local businesses and he branched into transporting bricks.
1953
By 1953, David operated five vehicles, employing six people. It was transporting bricks that initially exposed David to the haulage industry,
with him bringing bricks back from Cumbria as a back load. Towards the late 1950's David's business continued to see growth, and in 1960 the company D. Moody (Haulage) Ltd was born.
1961
Business continued to grow and in 1961, as a fresh faced 16 year old, David's son, Alan, joined the business. He didn't let his age stop him and he set out to learn all he could about the family business. The second generation to begin work on the business that was set for more growth over the coming years.
1971
The business flourished and in 1971 there were over 40 vehicles in constant use and a full-time workforce of over 45. In addition to our core business as coal merchants, we had introduced the sale of DIY materials and our fleet had expanded to include tippers, flatbeds and skips.
1980
Due of the closure of the mining industry in the 1980's and the decline
of coal sales in general, D. Moody (Haulage) Ltd began looking at alternative sources of revenue and activities.
1990
In 1990, the company entered into a partnership with British Rail to develop an overnight parcel operation called Track 29. Although this no longer exists, it was the catalyst into our current work within the overnight multi-drop market.
1995
In April 1995, the company made a commitment to Investors in People. This was viewed by the directors as a tool to assist us in refocusing our business strategy due to our changing market, environment and the requirements to retrain our staff.
1999
Moody's joined the Pall-Ex network to improve transportation of freight across the country.
2005
We purchased and relocated to our current 7-acre site at Bolam Business Park, Cramlington in May 2005.
2007
We made the decision to modernise the trading business name and re-branded in 2007 to Moody Logistics & Storage. However, we're affectionately known in and around the North East area as Moody's.
2019
In October 2019 we were delighted to become a shareholder member of the Pall-Ex network, in an acquisition deal which saw founder Hilary Devey CBE, bought out by a group of members. The acquisition, believed to be the first of its kind, provides UK and European members the unique opportunity to be involved in the development of the No.1 network for quality. The management team at Pall-Ex have also committed to shares within the company.
Present day
Joining the Pall-Ex network in June 1999 was a step in the right direction for Moody Logistics and Storage to build on our successful haulage business. As one of the founding members of the Pall-Ex network we have watched the network grow and become the number one pallet network for quality in the UK, achieving ISO 9001:2015 accreditation in Quality Management System.
Today, we are a FORS bronze accredited business providing award-winning delivery solutions. We provide dedicated loads or pallet network transport to customers across the UK. Through Pall-ExConnect we're also proficient in delivering pallets to 30 different countries across Europe which has extended our service offering. With over 30 vehicles in our fleet, we're a business that is small enough to care, but big enough to cope with any transport or logistics requirements.