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UK Road Freight Outlook 2008 (Datamonitor)
- Market: Logistics
- Published Date: 30/04/2008
- Report Title: UK Road Freight Outlook 2008
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- Report Type: Market Report
- Country: UK
- Number of Pages: 38
Table of Contents 2
Table of figures 3
CHAPTER 1 THE UNITED KINGDOM ECONOMY 4
CHAPTER 2 ROAD TRANSPORT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 8
2.1 Road Transport Indicators 8
2.2 Top Road Freight Companies in the UK 27
2.2.1 Wincanton 27
2.2.2 Gist 28
2.2.3 Norbert Dentressangle / Christian Salvesen 28
2.2.4 TDG 29
2.2.5 Business Post Group 29
2.3 Major Events, Impacts, Challenges & Opportunities 32
2.3.1 Increasing Operating Costs 32
2.3.2 Competitiveness Challenges 33
2.3.3 Road Congestion 34
2.3.4 Increased Carbon Emissions 34
2.3.5 Shift: Road to Rail; Asia to Europe; Big to Small 35
2.3.6 The London Low Emission Zone 36
APPENDIX 37
Methodology 37
Further reading 37
Ask the analyst 37
Datamonitor consulting 37
Disclaimer 37
List of Figures
Figure 1: The United Kingdom: Economic Indicators (%), 2004-2008 5
Figure 2: The United Kingdom: Economic Indices (%), 2004-2008 6
Figure 3: The United Kingdom: Retail Sales Index Y-O-Y Growth Rate (%), 2004-2007 7
Figure 4: The United Kingdom: Motorway and Trunk Road Network 8
Figure 5: The United Kingdom: Road Length by Type of Roads (Km), 2006 9
Figure 6: The United Kingdom: Road Freight Performance (Billion Tonne Kilometres), 1990-2006 10
Figure 7: The United Kingdom: Road Transport Performance by Commodity (Billion Tonne Kilometres), 2006 11
Figure 8: The United Kingdom: Road Transport Performance (Billion Tonne Kilometres) by Commodity (%), 2006 12
Figure 9: The United Kingdom: Structure of Transport Performance (Billion Tonne Kilometres) by Mode excluding Air (%), 2006 13
Figure 10: The United Kingdom: Road Transport Performance by Mode of Working for Vehicles over 3.5 Tonnes (Billion Tonne Kilometres), 1996-2006 14
Figure 11: The United Kingdom: Road Transport Performance by Weight of Vehicle (Billion Tonne Kilometres), 1996-2006 15
Figure 12: The United Kingdom: International Road Transport Performance by UK Registered Vehicles over 3.5 Tonnes (Million Tonne Kilometres), 2006 16
Figure 13: The United Kingdom: Structure of Outward International Road Transport Performance by UK Registered Vehicles over 3.5 Tonnes (%), 2006 17
Figure 14: The United Kingdom: Structure of Inward International Road Transport Performance by UK Registered Vehicles over 3.5 Tonnes (%), 2006 18
Figure 15: The United Kingdom: Volume of Goods Transported by Road (Million Tonnes), 1992-2006 19
Figure 16: The United Kingdom: Volume of Goods Transported by Mode excluding Air (%), 2006 20
Figure 17: The United Kingdom: Volume of Goods Transported by Mode of Working for Vehicles over 3.5 Tonnes (Million Tonnes), 1996-2006 21
Figure 18: The United Kingdom: Volume of International Road Haulage by UK Registered Vehicles over 3.5 Tonnes (Thousand Tonnes), 2006 22
Figure 19: The United Kingdom: Structure of Outward International Road Haulage by UK Registered Vehicles over 3.5 Tonnes (%), 2006 23
Figure 20: The United Kingdom: Structure of Inward International Road Haulage by UK Registered Vehicles over 3.5 Tonnes (%), 2006 24
Figure 21: The United Kingdom: Outward International Road Haulage by UK Registered Vehicles over 3.5 Tonnes by Commodity (Million Tonnes), 2006 25
Figure 22: The United Kingdom: Inward International Road Haulage by UK Registered Vehicles over 3.5 Tonnes by Commodity (Million Tonnes), 2006 26
Figure 23: The United Kingdom: CO2 Emissions by End User Category (Million Tonnes), 2001-2005 35
Table of figures 3
CHAPTER 1 THE UNITED KINGDOM ECONOMY 4
CHAPTER 2 ROAD TRANSPORT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 8
2.1 Road Transport Indicators 8
2.2 Top Road Freight Companies in the UK 27
2.2.1 Wincanton 27
2.2.2 Gist 28
2.2.3 Norbert Dentressangle / Christian Salvesen 28
2.2.4 TDG 29
2.2.5 Business Post Group 29
2.3 Major Events, Impacts, Challenges & Opportunities 32
2.3.1 Increasing Operating Costs 32
2.3.2 Competitiveness Challenges 33
2.3.3 Road Congestion 34
2.3.4 Increased Carbon Emissions 34
2.3.5 Shift: Road to Rail; Asia to Europe; Big to Small 35
2.3.6 The London Low Emission Zone 36
APPENDIX 37
Methodology 37
Further reading 37
Ask the analyst 37
Datamonitor consulting 37
Disclaimer 37
List of Figures
Figure 1: The United Kingdom: Economic Indicators (%), 2004-2008 5
Figure 2: The United Kingdom: Economic Indices (%), 2004-2008 6
Figure 3: The United Kingdom: Retail Sales Index Y-O-Y Growth Rate (%), 2004-2007 7
Figure 4: The United Kingdom: Motorway and Trunk Road Network 8
Figure 5: The United Kingdom: Road Length by Type of Roads (Km), 2006 9
Figure 6: The United Kingdom: Road Freight Performance (Billion Tonne Kilometres), 1990-2006 10
Figure 7: The United Kingdom: Road Transport Performance by Commodity (Billion Tonne Kilometres), 2006 11
Figure 8: The United Kingdom: Road Transport Performance (Billion Tonne Kilometres) by Commodity (%), 2006 12
Figure 9: The United Kingdom: Structure of Transport Performance (Billion Tonne Kilometres) by Mode excluding Air (%), 2006 13
Figure 10: The United Kingdom: Road Transport Performance by Mode of Working for Vehicles over 3.5 Tonnes (Billion Tonne Kilometres), 1996-2006 14
Figure 11: The United Kingdom: Road Transport Performance by Weight of Vehicle (Billion Tonne Kilometres), 1996-2006 15
Figure 12: The United Kingdom: International Road Transport Performance by UK Registered Vehicles over 3.5 Tonnes (Million Tonne Kilometres), 2006 16
Figure 13: The United Kingdom: Structure of Outward International Road Transport Performance by UK Registered Vehicles over 3.5 Tonnes (%), 2006 17
Figure 14: The United Kingdom: Structure of Inward International Road Transport Performance by UK Registered Vehicles over 3.5 Tonnes (%), 2006 18
Figure 15: The United Kingdom: Volume of Goods Transported by Road (Million Tonnes), 1992-2006 19
Figure 16: The United Kingdom: Volume of Goods Transported by Mode excluding Air (%), 2006 20
Figure 17: The United Kingdom: Volume of Goods Transported by Mode of Working for Vehicles over 3.5 Tonnes (Million Tonnes), 1996-2006 21
Figure 18: The United Kingdom: Volume of International Road Haulage by UK Registered Vehicles over 3.5 Tonnes (Thousand Tonnes), 2006 22
Figure 19: The United Kingdom: Structure of Outward International Road Haulage by UK Registered Vehicles over 3.5 Tonnes (%), 2006 23
Figure 20: The United Kingdom: Structure of Inward International Road Haulage by UK Registered Vehicles over 3.5 Tonnes (%), 2006 24
Figure 21: The United Kingdom: Outward International Road Haulage by UK Registered Vehicles over 3.5 Tonnes by Commodity (Million Tonnes), 2006 25
Figure 22: The United Kingdom: Inward International Road Haulage by UK Registered Vehicles over 3.5 Tonnes by Commodity (Million Tonnes), 2006 26
Figure 23: The United Kingdom: CO2 Emissions by End User Category (Million Tonnes), 2001-2005 35
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