Freight consolidation

Internationally, there has been a move for some local councils to establish urban consolidation centres, typically public-private partnerships located to service high-volume freight areas, such as a CBD or major suburban activity.

Freight consolidation aims to:

• maximise the loads carried by individual vehicles, reducing the number of partially loaded vehicles on the roads
• minimise the number of deliveries to a particular site
• simplify deliveries for freight customers – more efficient ordering and procurement
• enable the use of High Productivity Freight Vehicles (HPFVs)

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Best Urban Freight Solutions (BESTUFS) - an European collaborative network that aims to identify, describe and disseminate best practices, success criteria and alleviate bottlenecks with respect to City Logistics Solutions (CLS).