Friday, May 1, 2015

Peel Ports launches eco-friendly Cargo200 program



This week, UK’s Peel Ports launched a major carbon emission initiative, Cargo200, and is calling on the UK freight and logistics industry to rethink supply chain and services routes with the goal of reducing freight mileage by 200 million miles over the next five years.

According to Peel Ports’ calculations, cargo owners can save up to $600 per container by altering supply chain routes. The company outlined opportunities for cargo owners, importers and exporters to cut the cost of inland transportation by switching the current delivery of ocean freight from Southeast ports to the centrally located Port of Liverpool, if their goods start or end their journey in the north of the UK.

The company aims to recruit up to 200 cargo

owners, importers and exporters to support the campaign.

"This initiative is about efficiency and sustainability," said Peel Ports’ Group Commercial Director, Patrick Walters. "We have looked at the geographical demand for goods in the UK, comparing the point of entry of those goods into the country with the end destination and calculating the carbon emissions and potential savings."

"From our modeling, based on the journeys currently undertaken by these cargoes, it has been possible to project that at least 200 million road miles could be saved over the next five years. We are calling on cargo owners and operators to ‘act green’ and support this very important initiative."


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