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Promoting water opportunities. Chris Welsh Director, Global & European Policy. Promoting water opportunities. FTA mode shift centre. Shippers case studies promoting water. Promoting water in the Media. FTA Activities. FTA FbW-Working Group quarterly meetings
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Promoting water opportunities Chris Welsh Director, Global & European Policy
FTA Activities • FTA FbW-Working Group quarterly meetings • 2 focused annual events-sharing best practice and new developments • October/November 2013 North of England inland water focused event • Load matching project • Marco Polo load matching/mode shift project application • Sulphur directive-campaigning with Chamber of shipping and other stakeholders • Policy grants-grants review, planning and noise abatement/link with FTA’s wider urban freight agenda
Load matching initiative Figures now the latest round of glitches have been ironed out are: 11 Companies’ data is displayed: • Sainsburys • Tesco • M&S • Asda • Morrisons • John Lewis • Co-op • Nestle • Kellogg’s • Kraft • Unilever 35 flows 383 trailers per week: therefore almost 40,000 TUE per annum. Other companies currently interested in sharing data: • Toyota • Vauxhall • Jaguar / Land Rover • Coca Cola