Freight Council
The Freight Council is a cross-modal freight forum to drive collaboration between government and the freight sector.
The Freight Council is a partnership between government, business and trade associations that provides strategic leadership to:聽聽
- Address the challenges facing the multimodal freight and logistics sector.聽
- Optimise its role in supplying 聽the government바카라 사이트檚 Plan for Change missions.
The Freight Council meets quarterly.
The Freight Council will:聽聽聽
- raise the status of freight in cross-economy challenges being addressed by government and industry聽聽
- assist in the development of a refreshed Plan for Freight聽
- take action to ensure freight plays the right role in addressing the challenges and opportunities including, but not limited to, growing the economy and the transition to net zero聽
The Freight Council sits at the top of government engagement with the freight sector, but the government will continue to develop and embed cross-Whitehall and industry engagement at all levels as it implements its long-term plan for freightdevelops a new Plan for Freight.
Chair
The council is co-chaired by the바카라 사이트�DfT바카라 사이트痬inister responsible for Future of Freight and an independent industry representative (currently Isabel Dedring).
Members
Members are:聽
- Clare Bottle, Chief Executive Officer,바카라 사이트�UK바카라 사이트疻arehousing Association聽
- Geraint Evans, Chief Executive Officer,바카라 사이트�UK바카라 사이트疢ajor Ports Group聽
- Amanda Francis, Chief Executive Officer, Association of International Courier and Express Services聽
- Maggie Simpson바카라 사이트疧BE, Director General, Rail Freight Group聽
- Richard Smith, Managing Director, Road Haulage Association聽
- David Wells, Chief Executive Officer, Logistics바카라 사이트�UK聽
- Sarah Bell, Director of Public Affairs UK, UPS聽
- David Alec Hart, Logistics and Supply Chain Director, Cemex聽
- Fiona Hamilton, Head of Public Affairs, Royal Mail聽
- Nick Potter, Transport Director, Tesco聽
- Andrew Malcolm, CEO, Malcom Transport聽
- Chris Welch, Managing Director, Welch Group聽
- Stephen Carr, Commercial Director, Peel Ports Group聽
- Senior officials from바카라 사이트�DfT바카라 사이트痑nd other government departments
Freight Council meeting minutes
Terms of reference
The terms of reference of the Freight Council.