UK Major Ports Group

Whitehall must factor ‘overlooked’ freight into long-term infrastructure planning

Logistics stakeholders have welcomed the UK National Infrastructure Commission’s (NIC) latest report, which urges government and industry to factor freight into long-term transport and planning.
Chief executive of UK Major Ports Group Tim Morris said freight was the “essential lifeblood” of the UK economy.
“Yet the freight industry has too often been overlooked by policy makers – a victim of its highly efficient success,” he added.
“The recommendations on better factoring freight into …

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UK Ports’ mega-plan for Post-Brexit period

The UK’s ports sector is laying out a ten-point plan of simple reforms that can turbo-charge UK’s ports industry at this vital time for trade in the UK and boost investment, jobs and prosperity in coastal communities all around the UK.

The plan, developed by the UK Major Ports Group (UKMPG) in combination with the British Ports Association, lists a number of changes to planning law and other legislation that will allow ports to invest more quickly and flexibly, and with greater confidence.

“This...

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A ‘freight first’ approach is need to beat road and rail congestion in the UK

A new report from UK Major Ports Group (UKMPG) has established what most container truckers and their customers know from everyday experience: that vast amounts of time are lost due to road congestion.
A Strategic Freight Network for the UK report by industry consultant MDS Transmodal found that an astonishing 50,000 HGV hours a day are wasted, amounting to 19m a year.
And combined, road and rail congestion costs the UK’s economy …

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Whitehall unveils its vision for UK as the ‘world’s leading maritime nation’

The UK government has outlined plans to develop the country as a “global test bed of emerging technology, enabling it to capitalise on the economic potential of maritime innovations”.
A 338-page document, Maritime 2050 – Navigating the Future, was published yesterday afternoon which includes proposals to establish “an innovation hub at a UK port by 2030, look at ways to clean up emissions from the industry and build on the world-class …

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5-point plan launched to boost UK ports

The UK Major Ports Group (“UKMPG”), has launched a 5-point plan to build on the success story that is UK ports sector.

The plan calls for policies that will:

  1. Ensure the UK has a major ports sector than can continue to thrive in a changing world
  2. Promote connectivity that boosts trade, productivity and sustainability
  3. Create a positive planning and development framework to boost investment and jobs
  4. Deliver a balanced environmental approach that delivers both sustainability and growth
  5. Makes sure the...

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