Cargo ship on the River Thames at the Greenwich power station.
Johanna Cuomo

DHL Express is targeting a roll-out of delivery barges on the Thames this year, as part of its “go green” strategy.

Chief executive John Pearson confirmed to The Loadstar the company’s UK division was working on a scheme similar to that in Amsterdam.

“Over the past three or four months, Paul [Hampson, UK operations director] and the team have been exploring moving stuff up and down the Thames,” said Mr Pearson. “From there the packages would be put onto bikes to get to their ...

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