PRINCES EXPANDS WATER FREIGHT MOVEMENTS

摘要

Last yearthe international food and drink group Princes signed an agreement with Peel Ports that moved an annual 3,000 teu from the roads on to the Manchester Ship Canal. This proved to be so successful that plans have now been announced to increase the traffic, with the expectation of saving up to 500,000 road miles a year. A Princes spokesperson said: "By importing through Liverpool, we had already reduced our carbon footprint. However we then looked at the possibility of using Peel's Liverpool-Manchester barge service to reduce it even further. This has been a great success, and by removing thousands of containers from the UK's roads we have delivered a real environmental benefit."