Cleaner shipping should be powered by port optimisation, says PortXChange
Cleaner shipping should be powered by port optimisation, rather than the currently favoured slow-steaming strategy ...
Electric cargo bikes provide a cleaner, quicker solution for urban deliveries, but clearer regulations and dis-incentivising fossil-fuelled vehicles is key to encouraging their uptake.
These were the conclusions of The Promise of Low-Carbon Freight report, which, using data from logistics operator Pedal Me, found that adopting cargo bikes not only reduced carbon emissions by 90%, compared with diesel vans, but also increased urban delivery times by 60%.
The lead author and member of University of Westminster’s Active Travel Academy, Ersilia Verlighieiri, said: ...
European port congestion now at five-to-six days, and getting worse
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