Freight

The Department for Transport helps the freight logistics industry to be efficient, resilient, environmentally friendly and safe. These pages contain information on road freight and encouraging a shift from road to inland waterway, short sea shipping and to rail. They also cover regulation, research and Government initiatives and the resilience of supply chains.

To find out more about what we do, read our 'Introduction to freight'.

Freight Modal Choice Study Final Conclusions

This report identifies in which market sectors there is potential for growth in rail and water freight and might encourage businesses transporting products in these sectors to make greater use of these alternative modes.

Published:: 24 January 2011

Freight Modal Choice Study

This report is a review of the existing evidence on the addressable market for rail and water freight, specifically with regard to commodities which are currently transported by road but could be transported by other modes.

Published:: 01 April 2010

Review of low carbon technologies for heavy goods vehicles

The report presents an analysis of a number of HGV technologies with carbon saving potential and evaluates these technologies in terms of CO2 benefits, technology costs, environmental costs arising from production of the technology, safety and other limitations, and the maturity of the technology within the market. The report then provides a summary of which technologies are the most promising in terms of CO2 benefits when all these other factors are taken into consideration.