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Trucks carry more freight than ever
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TRUCKS NOW CARRY 84% of the UK's freight,with 40% moving by motorway.'The Department for Transport's report Transport Statistics Great Britain 2003 reveals that the amount of goods moved has risen 18% over the past decade from 135bn tonne-kilometres in 1993 to 159bn t-km in 2003. Goods lifted rose 7% to 1.7 bn tonnes.
Between 1993 and 2003 there was a 6% growth in the amount of goods carried by own-account companies — but over the same. period hire-and-reward hauliers enjoyed a 22% growth in business.
The Freight Transport Associa lion welcomes the increase in freight traffic hut warns the road network is unable to take the strain. Motorway traffic has risen by over a third in the past decade, while capacity has risen just 10%.
FTA economist Simon Chapman says:"The IK logistics industry is walking an efficiency tig,htrope.These latest government statistics show that smart logistics practices have driven down levels of empty running and stock holding to all time lows and this must be congratulated. However, industry's options for further efficiency savings are limited."