Promoting water opportunities

Chris WelshDirector, Global & European Policy

Promoting water opportunities

FTA mode shift centre

Shippers case studies promotingwater

Promoting water in the Media

FTA Activities

• FTA FbW-Working Group quarterly meetings

• 2 focused annual events-sharing best practice and new developments

• October/November 2013 North of England inland water focused event

• Load matching project

• Marco Polo load matching/mode shift project application

• Sulphur directive-campaigning with Chamber of shipping and other stakeholders

• Policy grants-grants review, planning and noise abatement/link with FTA’s wider urban freight agenda

Load matching

Load matching initiative

Figures now the latest round of glitches have been ironed out are: 11 Companies’ data is displayed:

• Sainsburys• Tesco• M&S• Asda• Morrisons• John Lewis• Co-op• Nestle• Kellogg’s• Kraft• Unilever

35 flows 383 trailers per week: therefore almost 40,000 TUE per annum.

Other companies currently interested in sharing data:

• Toyota• Vauxhall• Jaguar / Land Rover• Coca Cola