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Transport for the North (TfN) says that the regional freight and logistics sector could be worth more than £30bn, according to a new report.
A Freight and Logistics Strategy for the North of England says that more than 33% of goods enter the country through the Northern ports, 25% of Great Britain’s freight starts in the North, and the same proportion of journeys end there.
By 2050 it could be worth more ...
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Transport for the North (TfN) is hosting a free webinar on a Freight & Logistics Strategy for the region on 12 January.
Industry experts will talk about the importance of the efficient movement of goods, and the urgent need for decarbonisation and at how ensuring the right multimodal networks are in ...
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Emissions from freight traffic on road and rail should be reduced to zero by 2050 and there should be a complete ban on the sale of diesel-powered heavy trucks by 2040, said the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) in a report published on 17 April.
Sir John Armitt, the Commission chairman said ...
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The Rail Freight Group (RFG) has welcomed Transport for the North’s draft Strategic Transport Plan, which sets out a blueprint for developing the network across the region for passengers and freight, including a new transpennine route between Manchester and Leeds. RFG executive director Maggie Simpson said that plans for large ...
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The Transport for the North (TfN) partnership of business leaders and local authorities has today published the evidence for its Strategic Transport Plan, which aims to transform the regional economy through investment in infrastructure.
It includes a Position Statement, Initial Major Roads Report and Initial Integrated Rail Report and is a ...
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Transport for the North called for more freight network capacity to, from and within the North on railways and waterways, strategic freight interchanges and distribution centres and improved links for ports in a report published on 7 September.
The Northern Freight and Logistics Report also called for pinch-points on the ...
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Transport for the North, the body set up by the Government last October to improve links across the region, is to develop a Northern Freight and Logistics Strategy. Following the publication of The Northern Powerhouse report in March 2015, which set out the ambitions of Transport for the North (TfN), ...
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