>> BoxTradeIntelligence has released an analysis of Asia-Europe Westbound trade lane.  It is available here .

>> MDS Transmodal's presentation to Intermodal Europe 2011 conference in Hamburg is available for download.

>> MDS Transmodal's presentation on Port Infrastructure Development to RenewableUK 2011 conference in London is available for download. 

>> The 2011 competition for funding for international sustainable distribution services from the European Commission's Marco Polo Programme has now started and the deadline for submissions is 16 January 2012.   For a description of the main changes to the Programme this year and how MDS Transmodal can help you to develop a successful application, please see the attached White Paper

>> Longer lorries.  On the 30th March, the Department for Transport (DfT) published a consultation on a proposal to allow a 2.05m increase in the length of semi-trailers and a maximum overall length for articulated HGVs of 18.75m.  Read more

>> The UK Government's Comprehensive Spending Review has been very significant for the transport market.  MDS Transmodal produced freight traffic forecasts for the Freight Transport Association's submission.

For FTA's submission click here.

The current and forecast road and rail traffic maps are our work.

>> 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.

>> Consolidated UK International Passenger database, available for 2010, describing passenger volumes by mode, route, origin/destination, journey purpose, length of stay and purpose, compatible with IPS, ferry operator and CAA sources. More...Italiano...

 

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Mistley Quay Viability Assessment

Tendring District Council (the Council) is preparing its Local Development Framework. One of the initial local development documents being prepared is the Mistley Waterfront and Village Urban Regeneration Area Supplementary Planning Document (the SPD). The Council is also in the early stages in the preparation of its Core Strategy Development Plan Document, including the compilationof the necessary evidence base.  Mistley Port lies at the core of the historical heart of the village, providing a source of local employment in a commercial port handling approximately 150,000 tonnes of cargo a year.

In order to inform the Council's preparation of the SPD, including the consideration of potential options, and subsequent policies and allocations in the Core Strategy and other DPDs, the Council commissioned Adams Hendry Consulting Ltd and MDS Transmodal Ltd to undertake an assessment of Mistley Port and to provide advice to the Council on the future of the Port.

The overarching objective for the study is to provide the sound evidence base necessary to support the Mistley SPD, which will provide a positive planning framework for the future of the area. The report will also inform the preparation of new policies for Mistley Port through the Local Development Framework, and may form part of the evidence base for the Core Strategy and subsequent DPDs.

The agreed objectives for the study were to:

  • Appraise the small port industry and provide information about current and likely future market demand (taking into account the current economic downturn)
  • Provide a thorough analysis of the port in its present state, as it currently operates, to provide useful baseline information
  • Test the options to be set out in the draft Mistley Waterfront and Village Urban Regeneration Area SPD currently being prepared by another consultancy on behalf of the Council, recommending which one should be the preferred option to help regenerate the area in accordance with the requirements of Policy LMM1 in the Adopted Local Plan
  • Test the benefits of adding value-added processes on site and how this would affect the overall performance of the port (in particular, whether there would be an increase in the number and/or quality of jobs)
  • Provide advice as to whether the port allocation to the east of Mistley Quay should be retained in the LDF for long term future port uses. Confirm what the site could be used for if retained for port uses, given the constraints of the site and adjacent environmental designations