Insight 13 www.aftermarketonline.net FEBRUARY 2025 Navigating global shipments for automotive parts Shahzad Akram, of transportation specialist World Options, on how the firm is helping UK firms supply spare parts and tools to the global aftermarket when time is of the essence — and business reputation matters The UK trade in aftermarket parts sold online is thriving. Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories is a top-five category of products shipped through World Options, with over 100,000 shipments made via our portal in the last year alone. Part of MBE Worldwide, World Options is the biggest provider of its type in the UK, allowing customers sending goods nationally and internationally to book deliveries through the mainstream courier and shipping companies such as DHL, FedEx, UPS and many more. We automatically advise on which carrier is best for each individual package, pallet or crate, and provide on-the-phone customer service before, during and after shipping, helping report on all items’ whereabouts in transit. World Options customers include Tewkesbury-based Litchfield Motors, whose world-renowned service and upgrade centre has been featured extensively in performance motoring press and boasts customers including Formula 1 bosses, Olympic gold medallists, motoring journalists, and track-day enthusiasts. As well as providing expertise for other large tuning firms, motorsport companies and OE manufacturers, including Morgan, Nissan, Praga and Subaru UK, Litchfield specialises in the fine-tuning of vehicles from marques including Audi, BMW, Ferrari, Subaru, and Volkswagen. Litchfield Motors director Iain Litchfield said: “We have a diverse understanding of what makes the very best performance cars. Our reputation was originally garnered for our critically acclaimed upgrades to the Subaru range and, more recently, the Nissan GT-R, BMW M cars and Porsche models. “Our vast experience has allowed us to invest in the very best facilities, training and equipment. Commercial success has seen us forge strong partnerships with the best brands in the industry and build strong relationships with the finest engineering firms in the UK. “As an international exporter, World Options provides us the perfect solution to ensure our shipments arrive at their destinations with the fastest turnaround, using the most appropriate carrier with all paperwork sorted. “We look forward to working with them to maintain the highest standards of customer satisfaction into the future.” Ludlow-based Tanc Barratt is an internationally renowned expert in the restoration and maintenance of classic Italian cars, specifically the Lancia Delta Integrale. The firm is an official distributor for a wide range of specialist spare parts used by enthusiasts all over the world. Director Tanc Barratt said: “We have been buying and restoring Lancias and other Italian cars for more than 30 years. What started as a hobby in my garage has grown into a performance centre for specialist Italian cars which is known globally. “Enthusiasts and collectors from all over the world send their complete cars, engines and other components to be restored and worked on in our specialist facility by marque experts. We also source quality classics for clients and prepare them to exacting standards. “Known internationally as experts of the marque, especially the Delta Integrale, we sell almost every component for a Delta. We have new Robby Abuaita of World Options and Litchfield Motors Team Shahzad Akram
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