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| Event title | Low Carbon Vehicle Technology – The Heavyweight Challenge |
| Description | The event will be held at the University of Huddersfield, 26th May 2010, 09:00 to 16:00 While passenger cars continue to make the greatest contribution towards road transport emissions, there is a growing focus on the role played by goods vehicles and road passenger transport. 2007 estimates of the total domestic transport gas emissions place Heavy Goods Vehicles at 24% and Light Goods Vehicles at 12%, and combined they represent around 8% of the total UK CO2 emissions. While more demanding emissions legislation is expected in 2016, cost effective technologies which give fuel savings are highly attractive in this market due to the mileages and operating costs involved. As part of an on-going activity around low carbon vehicle technology, the AEM Innovation Network and the Transport KTN are hosting an event to help companies understand and capitalise upon the opportunities that are being presented in this area. The event will focus on four main themes, all of which are central to meeting the future challenges: * Reducing the losses – powertrain efficiency improvements * Not only diesel –meeting the need for compatibility with multiple fuel types * Lighter and smoother – light-weighting technologies and aerodynamic improvement * A hybrid future – hybrid technologies and all electric vehicles Following a series of keynote speakers from across the industry, delegates will get a chance to exchange knowledge on existing and potential development areas. This event is the perfect platform to raise your needs, showcase your technologies and find partners for future R&D collaborations. The AEM Innovation Network will also provide support on the innovation process and selective guidance on accessing funding to accelerate your development programmes. Registration and attendance is free so put the date in your diary today and start planning to meet the challenge. To book for this event please contact nicola.radford@namtec.co.uk or call 01709 722477 |
The Co-operative Food is trialling the use of rail to take lorry loads
of freight off the motorways, a move the company claims will save more
than a third of a million road miles a year.
A daily rail service is carrying produce between Daventry, close to the
Co-operative's National Distribution Centre at Coventry, and a rail
freight terminal at Mossend, near its depot at Cumbernauld, in Scotland.
It is the first time The Co-operative has used rail freight on such a scale.
Each train takes two large containers, carrying the same volume that
would normally require two HGVs to each make round trips of almost 650
miles – an annual saving of around 338,000 miles.
Instead, containers are taken each weekday afternoon by road from
Coventry to the rail freight terminal at Daventry. The daily train,
operated by freight carriers W.H. Malcolm, travels overnight, arriving
at Mossend, in Lanarkshire, in the early hours of the following morning.
From Mossend, the containers are taken by road the short distance to
Cumbernauld, before, ultimately, the contents are delivered to
Co-operative food stores across Scotland.
Eventually, the switch from road to rail could save as many as eight
HGVs making return journeys each day, saving more than 1.3 million road
miles each year, the company says.
Mark Leonard, regional head of logistics for the Co-operative Food
Supply Chain Logistics, said: "We're trialling this to see how effective
it is. It's still early days, but so far it's going well.
"It has the potential to save significant amounts of carbon each year,
while at the same time ensuring efficient deliveries to Scotland."
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Title: Co-operative switches to rail to save food miles
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Irish Ferries Promote Faster Link To Cork via Rosslare
Irish Ferries are keen to point out the advantages of their Pembroke to
Rosslare route to civilian and freight traffic alike, shipping to and from
the Emerald Isle.
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Maxx Intermodal opens in Istanbul
Maxx Intermodal Systems is continuing to expand its network by opening an
office in Istanbul. The company has been offering intermodal container
shipments to and from the Commonwealth of Independent States and all over
the world from its office in Turkey since 1 March 2010.
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KN pulls out of inland terminal
Logistics giant Kuehne& Nagel (KN) has ended its contract with Associated
British Ports (ABP) to operate an intermodal facility at ABP¿s Hams Hall
terminal in the UK after just three years
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News on Transport and the Environment
Companies are invited to apply for Marco Polo funding to fight road
congestion and make freight transport greener
The European Commission has published the fourth call for proposals for the
creation and upgrade of freight transport services under the second Marco
Polo programme. The projects to be chosen will fight congestion on European
roads and improve the environmental performance of the freight transport
system, which are two main objectives of the EU transport policy
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EESC calls for a green and competitive transport sector
European transport policy needs to face the challenge of maintaining the
sectors competitiveness whilst curbing emissions of greenhouse gases. This
can be achieved through steps having a rapid, direct and tangible effect on
costs.A future European transport policy must pursue four goals: the
promotion of low-carbon transport modes, energy efficiency, security and
independence of supply and the reduction of traffic congestion
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Rail has a key role in tackling climate change, says European Parliament
Voting in Brussels on 16 March, members of the European Parliaments
Environment Committee emphasised the importance of more
environmentally-friendly transport when adapting the European Unions
policies to climate change challenges. The European rail sector
particularly welcomes provisions to encourage the use of lower carbon modes
of transport, and to ensure that all modes abide by the polluter pays
principle.
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UK – FRANCE – It has been a tough year for the shipping industry overall and this is epitomised by Eurotunnel who have had to face not only aggressive marketing by cross channel ferry services but the double debacle of the September 2008 fire, partially closing the tunnel for five months, and the Eurostar “wrong kind of snow” incidents in December and January. Despite the shipping of freight carrying vehicles being relatively unaffected by the bad weather the public perception was somewhat different. Financial losses which can be recouped by a hefty insurance claim do not always account for loss of credibility.
Eurotunnel saw its share of UK – French road freight traffic drop to around 24% of total truck movements in their financial year and now the company has expressed publicly its determination to recover the lost revenue – and then some. The company have set their sights on a rapid return to their previous market share of Anglo – French road freight, said to be not far short of 40%. There is talk of a vastly improved high speed rail network stretching throughout Europe and Eurotunnel are the only game in town as regards the UK end of such an operation.
Industry watchers will know that such ambitious schemes often vanish in the mists of economic reality. Just last month the European Union supported Euro Carex (Cargo Rail Express) project, with which Eurotunnel have been publicly linked, and designed to revolutionise express cargo by rail throughout the continent, anticipated a possible three year delay in introducing the inter modal links with French airports despite being part of the French Governments “Rail Freight of the Future” plan announced in September.
The fact remains however that Eurotunnel have lowered their interest on loan payments by a reported €62 million this year. Their reduced overall debt levels, which seemed unfeasibly high by 2007 at well over €9 billion, and now apparently stand at around €3.65 billion, are an encouraging sign that the group is on a slow track to the long awaited success which has been anticipated for a cross channel link literally for centuries.
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Title: Ferry And Frost Cast A Shadow On The Undersea Freight Link - Latest industry shipping news from the Handy Shipping Guide
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It is all too easy to assume that a shipper either wants the lowest price or the fastest transit. Yet it is becoming increasingly apparent that things are far from being as straightforward as that.
Andrew Traill | Mon, 15 Feb 2010
Solutions providers Kewill and e-customs are working on a system to help customers adapt to new European customs regulation.
The Excise Movement Control System (EMCS) comes into force in the UK in April and companies will have to electronically exchange customs information on excised goods such as alcohol, tobacco and mineral oils moving within the EU.
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