News / A 'freight first' approach is needed to beat road and rail congestion in the UK

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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 some £539m every year.

In addition, capacity limitations in the rail ...