发布时间：2008.4

摘要

Introduction

The UK Road Freight Outlook is part of the European Road Freight series, which assesses the road freight industry, key road transport indicators, major trends and challenges affecting the road freight sector and the key road freight service providers. The report also forecasts the outlook for road freight transportation in the UK.

Scope

• An assessment of the United Kingdom's road freight sector, including an analysis of the current trends and future challenges.

• A quantitative breakdown of the industry through analyzing key road freight indicators such as transport performance and volume.

• Detailed profiles of the leading road freight service providers operating in the UK.

Report Highlights

The UK road freight industry is amongst the largest and most developed in Europe, with an extensive and well connected road transport network. The industry has matured over the years, with the share of outsourced business rising steadily over the past decade.

The industry has witnessed hectic activity at the company level, with one of the biggest road freight firms in the UK, Christian Salvesen, being acquired by the French giant, Norbert Dentressangle, making the resultant entity one of the largest players in the European road freight market.

However, the industry has been facing tough times with increasing operating costs, as well as costs of compliance with government directives. High levels of taxes on petrol mean that the price of fuel in the UK is higher than the EU average, which affects the competitiveness of UK road freight providers vis-à-vis foreign operators.

Reasons to Purchase

• Gain an analytical insight into the major factors currently affecting the market and trends set to shape the future of road freight industry in the UK

• Understand the current situation in the UK road freight market through top level economic and freight data.

目录及图表

Table of Contents	2
Table of figures	3
CHAPTER 1 THE UNITED KINGDOM ECONOMY	4
CHAPTER 2 ROAD TRANSPORT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM	8
2.1 Road Transport Indicators	8
2.2 Top Road Freight Companies in the UK	27
2.2.1 Wincanton	27
2.2.2 Gist	28
2.2.3 Norbert Dentressangle / Christian Salvesen	28
2.2.4 TDG	29
2.2.5 Business Post Group	29
2.3 Major Events, Impacts, Challenges & Opportunities	32
2.3.1 Increasing Operating Costs	32
2.3.2 Competitiveness Challenges	33
2.3.3 Road Congestion	34
2.3.4 Increased Carbon Emissions	34
2.3.5 Shift: Road to Rail; Asia to Europe; Big to Small	35
2.3.6 The London Low Emission Zone	36
APPENDIX	37
Methodology	37
Further reading	37
Ask the analyst	37
Datamonitor consulting	37
Disclaimer	37
List of Figures
Figure 1: The United Kingdom: Economic Indicators (%), 2004-2008	5
Figure 2: The United Kingdom: Economic Indices (%), 2004-2008	6
Figure 3: The United Kingdom: Retail Sales Index Y-O-Y Growth Rate (%), 2004-2007	7
Figure 4: The United Kingdom: Motorway and Trunk Road Network	8
Figure 5: The United Kingdom: Road Length by Type of Roads (Km), 2006	9
Figure 6: The United Kingdom: Road Freight Performance (Billion Tonne Kilometres), 1990-2006	10
Figure 7: The United Kingdom: Road Transport Performance by Commodity (Billion Tonne Kilometres), 2006	11
Figure 8: The United Kingdom: Road Transport Performance (Billion Tonne Kilometres) by Commodity (%), 2006	12
Figure 9: The United Kingdom: Structure of Transport Performance (Billion Tonne Kilometres) by Mode excluding Air (%), 2006	13
Figure 10: The United Kingdom: Road Transport Performance by Mode of Working for Vehicles over 3.5 Tonnes (Billion Tonne Kilometres), 1996-2006	14
Figure 11: The United Kingdom: Road Transport Performance by Weight of Vehicle (Billion Tonne Kilometres), 1996-2006	15
Figure 12: The United Kingdom: International Road Transport Performance by UK Registered Vehicles over 3.5 Tonnes (Million Tonne Kilometres), 2006	16
Figure 13: The United Kingdom: Structure of Outward International Road Transport Performance by UK Registered Vehicles over 3.5 Tonnes (%), 2006	17
Figure 14: The United Kingdom: Structure of Inward International Road Transport Performance by UK Registered Vehicles over 3.5 Tonnes (%), 2006	18
Figure 15: The United Kingdom: Volume of Goods Transported by Road (Million Tonnes), 1992-2006	19
Figure 16: The United Kingdom: Volume of Goods Transported by Mode excluding Air (%), 2006	20
Figure 17: The United Kingdom: Volume of Goods Transported by Mode of Working for Vehicles over 3.5 Tonnes (Million Tonnes), 1996-2006	21
Figure 18: The United Kingdom: Volume of International Road Haulage by UK Registered Vehicles over 3.5 Tonnes (Thousand Tonnes), 2006	22
Figure 19: The United Kingdom: Structure of Outward International Road Haulage by UK Registered Vehicles over 3.5 Tonnes (%), 2006	23
Figure 20: The United Kingdom: Structure of Inward International Road Haulage by UK Registered Vehicles over 3.5 Tonnes (%), 2006	24
Figure 21: The United Kingdom: Outward International Road Haulage by UK Registered Vehicles over 3.5 Tonnes by Commodity (Million Tonnes), 2006	25
Figure 22: The United Kingdom: Inward International Road Haulage by UK Registered Vehicles over 3.5 Tonnes by Commodity (Million Tonnes), 2006	26
Figure 23: The United Kingdom: CO2 Emissions by End User Category (Million Tonnes), 2001-2005	35