DP WORLD says that it has seen a significant increase in the share of containers transported by rail from its terminal at the port of Southampton in southern Britain.<\/p>\n
Over the six months between September 2023 and February 2024 rail\u2019s share of freight moved through the maritime terminal increased by two-thirds, from 21% to 35%. DP World says the containers would have previously moved by road.<\/p>\n
These positive results stem from a trial modal shift programme that began last September. It is designed to increase the attractiveness of rail for container shippers through carefully-targeted financial inducements.<\/p>\n
The 66% increase in rail traffic at Southampton has been assisted by the introduction of four new train services from the terminal to Cardiff, East Midlands Gateway (Derby\/Nottingham), Hams Hall (Birmingham) and Doncaster.<\/p>\n
Since the programme started, approximately 4500 tonnes of CO2 emissions have been avoided by the choice of rail over road, the equivalent of 13,500 lorry journeys.<\/p>\n
The programme works by offering customers a financial incentive for each inward-bound container transported via rail to a terminal within a 225km radius from Southampton. This covers a wide area, including major centres like Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff and London.<\/p>\n
The incentive (currently \u00a380 per container) is financed by a \u00a310 levy on all inward-bound containers. This fee is repaid on all containers transported by rail outside the 225km incentive zone.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe believe that our modal shift programme at Southampton has allowed our customers to explore how rail can be effectively utilised to achieve lower-carbon international supply chains serving the UK economy,\u201d says Mr John Trenchard, vice president, UK commercial and supply chain, at DP World.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are continually engaging with the market to strengthen this service, so we look forward to providing our customers with new options to meet their decarbonisation goals.\u201d<\/p>\n
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