>> South America Trade Briefing The third in the series of trade briefings from MDS Transmodal - the South America Trade Briefing -presents analysis of containerised trade data to 4Q 2009 and forecasts for the next two years using the MDS Transmodal World Cargo Database.

>> North America Trade Briefing The second in the series of trade briefings from MDS Transmodal - the North America Trade Briefing -presents analysis of containerised trade data to 4Q 2009 and forecasts for the next two years using the MDS Transmodal World Cargo Database.

>> China Trade Briefing 2010  The latest China Trade Briefing report from MDS Transmodal highlights key trends in China's containerised import and export trades with near term quarterly predictions for 2010 and 2011.  Although the last 18 months have seen the container markets fall in spectacular fashion, still the words "double-digit growth" have not left the shipping industry's parlance as far as China is concerned.  The China Trade Briefing report shows why.  As well as looking at broad trends in imports and exports the report provides specific details on China's container trades with trading partners and particular commodity groups, drilling down to SITC 5 digit level in some cases.

>>Container Capacity Forecasts, 2nd quarter 2010 for main east/west routes now available; showing anticipated deployment of exisiting and newbuild vessels to 2011 and consequent capacity by trade lane. More...

>>Consolidated UK International Passenger database, available for 2009, describing passenger volumes by mode, route, origin/destination, journey purpose, length of stay and purpose, compatible with IPS, ferry operator and CAA sources. More...

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FREIGHTWISE:  outputs and outcomes

The FREIGHTWISE European Union Research and Development project ended recently with a Final Conference in London that presented the final outputs of the project and its potential long-term outcomes.

MDS Transmodal's main role in the project was to produce the FWF Business Guidelines that explain the benefits of, and implementation strategies for, the FWF to strategic decision-makers within commercial organizations that use or provide freight transport services. More...

Network Analysis of Freight Traffic

During 2009, MDS Transmodal undertook two major projects for the Department for Transport (DfT).  As part of the Freight Modal Choice programme, both projects aimed to quantify and analyse freight demand along the 14 Strategic National Corridors.  The MDS Transmodal GB Freight Model was utilised as the main analytical tool, supplemented by DfT traffic count data and information from other sources.

The first Network Analysis of Freight Traffic study established the current numbers of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) on a link-by-link basis for all major roads along the 14 Strategic National Corridors.  The HGV numbers were differentiated by direction, vehicle type (rigid or articulated), length of haul, commodities being conveyed and the proportion of traffic which is international in nature.  International traffic was further differentiated by type (roll-on roll-off, maritime container) and port of entry/departure.  Freight's contribution to total road vehicle demand was established by comparing total volumes of HGVs with the number of cars, light vans and coaches using each road.  This allowed the links on the national corridors which experience severe network stress to be identified and the contribution freight flows make towards this stress.  Network Rail data was also used to identify volumes, lengths of haul and commodities by direction of freight traffic moving on parallel railway routes.

The second Network Analysis study was essentially an extension of the above project, to provide more detailed and disaggregated data.  It undertook further analysis, examining freight movements along the 14 Strategic National Corridors in terms of origin, destination, length of haul and commodity.  It was designed to give the DfT an evidence base to better understand how freight is using the network and why.  The project also provided similar data for coastal shipping traffic.

Both projects reports are now available to download from the DfT's website at the following link:

http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/freight/freight-modal/

Longer Semi-Trailers Project

MDS Transmodal is part of a consortium including WSP, TRL and Cambridge University undertaking research into the potential introduction of longer semi-trailers to the domestic road haulage market commissioned by the Department for Transport. The research builds on previous work undertaken for the DfT by TRL into the scope for introducing longer and heavier goods vehicles (LHVs) in Great Britain.  The DfT press notice is available at: link. The key aims and objectives of the project are to identify the potential costs and benefits of permitting the operation of longer semi-trailers within the domestic road haulage market. More...