THE LEADING price-comparison website for shipping, transportation and courier services, deliveryquotecompare.com, has praised proposals for night-time delivery services as a \u201cgreat idea\u201d.<\/p>\n
The free referral site, providing new business opportunities for logistics firms, said plans to relax curfews for night-time deliveries and reduce noise pollution could also help transport and pallet delivery companies cut carbon emissions.<\/p>\n
They said that by bringing down road congestion, night-time deliveries could reduce a single lorry\u2019s carbon emissions by as much as 300% based on the International Road Transport Union\u2019s calculations.<\/p>\n
The fact that deliveries would be quicker and more reliable, they added, may encourage customers to choose more economical delivery options over express solutions.<\/p>\n
deliveryquotecompare.com is therefore keen to promote the campaign alongside other green business practices to its users, who range from couriers and road hauliers, to air freight and shipping transport providers.<\/p>\n
Managing Director for deliveryquotecompare.com, Daniel Parry, said: \u201cThis is a great idea from the FTA and DfT, who are members of the consortium overseeing the campaign.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is so much pressure on logistics and transport providers to reduce carbon emissions, however in my opinion, more needs to be done to help them achieve their goals.<\/p>\n
\u201cPlans to relax curfews for HGV drivers so that they can carry out some of their deliveries at night when the roads are quiet amounts to a big step in this direction.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will be raising awareness of the campaign to our users via the website and email alerts in the hope of gaining more support.\u201d<\/p>\n
The consortium for promoting night-time deliveries, the Quiet Demonstration Project Consortium, is set to establish the viability of quiet night-time deliveries at six quiet delivery demonstration trials in the coming months.<\/p>\n
To make night-time delivery operations feasible and achievable for local authorities, they have developed a thorough set of guidelines and processes detailing how the scheme might work.<\/p>\n
For more information on the plans to relax curfews for night-time deliveries contact:<\/p>\n
Department for Transport: www.dft.gov.uk<\/a><\/p>\n Freight Transport Association: www.fta.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n