The road haulage sector is still facing rising operational costs, and transport companies have “little choice” but to pass the increase to shippers. 

 

Yesterday’s Transport Intelligence (Ti) road freight survey echoes what has long been reported about the industry. 

 

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https://theloadstar.com/rising-costs-and-lack-of-drivers-means-its-still-a-bumpy-road-for-hauliers/ 

 

The Modal Shift Programme trial, introduced last September, is designed to increase the attractiveness of intermodal rail for customers through carefully considered financial incentives. From September to February the share of freight units being moved by rail instead of road at DP World Southampton has increased by two-thirds, from 21% to 35%. 

 

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https://www.multimodal.org.uk/article/dp-world-achieves-66-increase-in-freight-moving-from-road-to-rail-at-its-southampton-hub?utm_source=feedotter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FO-04-12-2024&utm_content=httpswwwmultimodalorgukarticledpworldachieves66increaseinfreightmovingfromroadtorailatitssouthamptonhub 

 

GBRf has started a new intermodal service this week, connecting London Gateway with iPort Doncaster. 

 

This new service by GBRf will be utilising their brand-new FEA-G intermodal wagons, each of the new high-density twin wagons can carry six twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) on each service, significantly increasing the volume of cargo that can be transported on each journey. 

 

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https://www.multimodal.org.uk/article/gb-railfreight-launches-new-rail-freight-service-connecting-london-gateway-to-iport-doncaster?utm_source=feedotter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FO-02-02-2024&utm_content=httpswwwmultimodalorgukarticlegbrailfreightlaunchesnewrailfreightserviceconnectinglondongatewaytoiportdoncaster 

 

We recently took delivery of a brand new MAN TGX 26.520 to add to our growing fleet. This is the first MAN vehicle we have added to the fleet for over 10 years, and we hope to be adding more in the near future. 

 

This addition reinforces our commitment to investing into new equipment to align with our growth strategy, whilst improving our service offering to our customers. 

 

We are also committed to reducing our carbon footprint and adding more fuel efficient, lower emission producing vehicles to our fleet. This new addition as well as others, reaffirms this commitment for the long-term future sustainability of our operations. 

 

DP World has gone fossil free at both its UK logistics hubs with the removal of fossil diesel from its operations at London Gateway. 

 

Diesel-engine equipment and installations were switched over to run on Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) at the start of January as part of London Gateway’s sustainability drive, which made significant progress last year towards electrification and the use of more carbon-efficient energy sources. 

 

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https://www.multimodal.org.uk/article/dp-world-goes-fossil-diesel-free-at-london-gateway?utm_source=feedotter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FO-01-19-2024&utm_content=httpswwwmultimodalorgukarticledpworldgoesfossildieselfreeatlondongateway 

 

RHA estimates that NOx from HGVs has been slashed by around 70 percent since 2013. 

 

The improvements can largely be attributed to the introduction of cleaner Euro VI trucks onto the UK’s roads in the last decade. 

 

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https://www.multimodal.org.uk/article/nox-emissions-from-hgvs-falls-by-70?utm_source=feedotter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FO-01-01-2024&utm_content=httpswwwmultimodalorgukarticlenoxemissionsfromhgvsfallsby70