JST SERVICES GROUP AWARDED A KING’S AWARD FOR ENTERPRISE FOR INNOVATION
JST Services Group (JST), based in Ayrshire, Scotland, has been honoured with a King’s Award for Enterprise for Innovation.
JST is one of 252 organisations nationally to be recognised with a prestigious King’s Award for Enterprise. Announced today (Monday 6 May), JST is one of only 59 UK companies recognised for its excellence in Innovation.
Employing 63 people, JST Services (Scotland) Ltd was founded in 1993, and a separate Floating Piers division was established in 2007.
JST is a logistics company active in the port services sector, providing operations throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland. The company is particularly active in delivering asset-based logistic solutions to the forest sector. JST’s innovative mobile Floating Piers have made it possible for large capacity cargo ships to berth directly adjacent to remote forests. With a network of three Floating Piers, JST’s technology has created economies of scale that enable Scottish logs to move to from estates in the remote Highlands to markets in the Central Belt, Southern Ireland, and South Wales.
JST’s Floating Piers are part of the broader drive towards Net Zero, with each cargo ship loaded at one of the piers removing some 200 HGV truck journeys from Scotland’s rural roads.
Richard Jennings, Managing Director of JST Services Group, said, “As a service business, receiving the Kings Award for Innovation is an absolute honour for the company and a huge testament to our employees, partners and customers.”
A Royal reception will be held for award recipients during the summer of 2024.
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The King’s Awards for Enterprise, previously known as The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise, were renamed last year to reflect His Majesty The King’s desire to continue the legacy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth by recognising outstanding UK businesses. The Award programme, now in its 58th year, is the most prestigious business award in the UK. Successful companies can use the esteemed King’s Awards Emblem for the next five years.
JST Services Ltd was founded in May 1993 as a haulage company by John Scott. In 2002, JST built and put into service its first ‘In forest’ low-ground pressure vehicle. In 2003 the company acquired its first Liebherr port handling mobile cranes and developed the unique Doll system for moving them quickly around the UK. In 2005, JST’s Shipping Division began with a full-time charter on the MV Red Duchess, launching a timber shipping service running along the West coast of Scotland and across to Ireland. In 2007, JST (Floating Piers) Ltd was incorporated. This saw the assembly of the company’s first of three mobile floating piers.
In 2020, Richard Jennings led an MBI of the business alongside Shard Credit Partners. Three years later, in 2023, JST acquired the management of Fishnish Pier on the Island of Mull, as well their timber and general haulage activities.
JST’s core activities are:
Mobile Port Handling
Floating Piers
Coastal Shipping
Timber Haulage
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