Assessing the cost and CO2e impacts of rerouteing UK import containers

Sanchez Rodrigues, Vasco ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3375-3079, Beresford, Anthony ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5368-2752, Pettit, Stephen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7265-4079, Bhattacharya, Syamantak and Harris, Irina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0622-5123 2014. Assessing the cost and CO2e impacts of rerouteing UK import containers. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 61 , pp. 53-67. 10.1016/j.tra.2013.12.002

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Abstract

Among the most important trade-related issues currently confronting the UK are the environmental implications of very large volumes of containerised freight being handled at a small number of ports while there appears to be significant potential for using other ports and water-rail intermodal connections. Six UK ports are selected for the analysis: Hull/Immingham, Liverpool, Felixstowe, Southampton, Dover and Bristol. Through an origin-destination analysis, the cost and CO2e impacts of UK port trade patterns are compared using the actual situation against three proposed Scenarios: (1) the re-direction of containers by a combined expansion of Hull and Immingham; Liverpool; and Bristol, (2) moving containers by rail facilitated via expanded capacity at Southampton, and (3) moving containers by rail through expanded capacity at Felixstowe. The research found that transporting containers from Felixstowe and Southampton to the northern regions by rail has the lowest CO2e impact, and is the most feasible option, although constraints exist in terms of infrastructure provision, water depth and rail network capacity.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Business (Including Economics)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	UK port capacity; Northern gateway; Economic and environmental cost
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Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0965-8564
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 March 2016
Date of Acceptance:	3 December 2013
Last Modified:	09 Nov 2023 11:27
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/58613

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