Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: Key Note Publications Ltd
Published: December 2007
Product Code: R310-1521Description The road-haulage industry is an important part of the freight-transportation system in the UK. In 2006, the volume of goods lifted by road in Great Britain by goods vehicles registered in Great Britain and weighing over 3.5 tonnes increased by 3.7%, to 1.81 billion tonnes, while the volume of goods moved by road rose by 2%, to 155.8 billion tonnes kilometres.
The market consists of three main sectors: own-account distribution, contract distribution and shared-user distribution. Collectively, contract distribution and shared-user distribution are known as public haulage or `hire and reward' haulage and make up the largest sector in terms of both goods moved and goods lifted. However, across the review period (2002 to 2006), own-account distribution demonstrated a slightly higher rate of growth.
Road transport is subject to more legal issues than almost any other industry. Recently introduced legislation affecting the industry covers areas such as drivers' hours and working time, the use of tachographs, record keeping, health and safety, employment law, environmental law and corporate manslaughter legislation. Further legislation to come into force in 2008 and 2009 includes the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence and the Low Emissions Certificate, which will affect hauliers entering the London Low Emission Zone (LEZ).
The major hauliers and logistics companies need to provide their clients with logistics networks that are increasingly global in operation, and this is contributing to an ongoing spate of consolidation and merger activity among the leading suppliers. Following the acquisition of Exel PLC by Germany-based Deutsche Post in 2005, and the merger of ACR Logistics with Switzerland-based Kuehne + Nagel in 2006, 2007 witnessed the acquisition of Christian Salvesen PLC by the French haulage company Groupe Norbert Dentressangle and the merger of Eddie Stobart Group with Westbury Property Fund.
Key Note forecasts that the volumes of freight moved and lifted by road in Great Britain will continue to rise between 2007 and 2011, both showing steady, albeit modest, rates of growth. The main factors affecting the market over the forecast period will be the strength of the UK economy; the buoyancy of the UK manufacturing and retail sectors; the price of diesel fuel (particularly in relation to its cost elsewhere in Europe); general operating conditions; technical advances; and competition from foreign hauliers.
Table of Contents - Executive Summary
- 1. Market Definition
- REPORT COVERAGE
- MARKET SECTORS
- Own-Account Distribution
- Contract Distribution
- Shared-User Distribution
- MARKET TRENDS
- Industry Consolidation
- Increasing Price of Diesel
- Haulage Industry Welcomes Hard-Shoulder Running Plans
- Further Reductions in the Number of Haulage Companies
- Increasing Specialisation
- ECONOMIC TRENDS
- Gross Domestic Product
- Table 1: UK Gross Domestic Product at Current and Annual Chain-Linked Prices (£m), 2002-2006
- Inflation
- Table 2: UK Rate of Inflation (%), 2002-2006
- Unemployment
- Table 3: Actual Number of Unemployed Persons in the UK (million), 2002-2006
- Population
- Table 4: UK Resident Population Estimates by Sex (000), Mid-Years 2002-2006
- Household Disposable Income
- Table 5: UK Household Disposable Income Per Capita (£), 2002-2006
- MARKET POSITION
- Great Britain
- Table 6: Volume of Goods Lifted and Goods Moved in Great Britain by Mode of Transport (million tonnes, billion tonne kilometres and %) 2002-2006
- Europe
- Table 7: Total National and International Road-Haulage Movements in the EU25 by Country (billion tonne kilometres and %), 2005
- 2. Market Size
- THE TOTAL MARKET
- By Volume
- Table 8: Volume of Goods Lifted and Goods Moved by Road in Great Britain (million tonnes and billion tonnes kilometres), 2002-2006
- By Value
- Table 9: The Apparent UK Market for Transport, Storage and Communication by Sector by Value (£m), 2002-2006
- Figure 1: The Apparent UK Market for Transport, Storage and Communication by Sector by Value (£m), 2002-2006
- BY MARKET SECTOR
- Goods Lifted
- Table 10: Volume of Goods Lifted by Road in Great Britain by Sector (million tonnes and %), 2002-2006
- Figure 2: Volume of Goods Lifted by Road in Great Britain by Sector (million tonnes), 2002-2006
- Goods Moved
- Table 11: Volume of Goods Moved by Road in Great Britain by Sector (billion tonnes kilometres and %), 2002-2006
- Figure 3: Volume of Goods Moved by Road in Great Britain by Sector (billion tonnes kilometres), 2002-2006
- OVERSEAS TRADE
- Road Goods Vehicles Travelling to Mainland Europe
- Table 12: Number of Powered Road Goods Vehicles Travelling from the UK to Mainland Europe (000), 2002-2006
- Table 13: Number of UK-Registered Road Goods Vehicles Travelling from the UK to Mainland Europe by Country of Disembarkation (000), 2002-2006
- Table 14: Number of Powered Goods Vehicles Travelling from the UK to Mainland Europe by Country of Vehicle’s Registration (000), 2002-2006
- Overseas Freight Movements
- Table 15: International Road Haulage by UK-Registered Vehicles by Volume of Goods Lifted and Moved on Outward and Inward Journeys (million tonnes and billion tonne kilometres), 2002-2006
- Outward Journeys
- Table 16: International Road Haulage by UK-Registered Vehicles — Volume of Goods Carried on Outward Journeys by Country of Unloading (000 tonnes, million tonne kilometres and %), 2006
- Inward Journeys
- Table 17: International Road Haulage by UK-Registered Vehicles — Volume of Goods Carried on Inward Journeys by Country of Unloading (000 tonnes, million tonne kilometres and %), 2006
- 3. Industry Background
- RECENT HISTORY
- NUMBER OF COMPANIES
- Table 18: Number of UK VAT-Based Enterprises Engaged in Freight Transport by Road by Turnover Sizeband, 2004-2007
- Number of Heavy Goods Vehicles in the UK
- Table 19: Number of Heavy Goods Vehicles in Great Britain by Type (000), 2002-2006
- EMPLOYMENT
- Table 20: Employment in the Freight Transport by Road, and Storage and Warehousing Sectors (000), 2002-2006
- Table 21: Number of UK VAT-Based Enterprises Engaged in Freight Transport by Road by Employment Sizeband (number and %), 2004-2007
- REGIONAL VARIATIONS IN THE MARKETPLACE
- Table 22: Number of Local Units Engaged in Road Transport by Government Office Region (number and %), 2007
- Table 23: Goods Lifted by Region of Origin and Region of Destination (million tonnes and %), 2006
- DISTRIBUTION
- HOW ROBUST IS THE MARKET?
- Table 24: Number of UK VAT-Based Enterprises Engaged in Freight Transport by Road by Age of Business (number and %), 2004-2007
- Table 25: Number of Company Liquidations in the Transport and Communications Industries in England and Wales (number and %), 2002-2006
- LEGISLATION
- New EU Drivers’ Hours Rules
- Digital Tachographs
- The End-of-Life Vehicles Directive
- KEY TRADE ASSOCIATIONS
- British International Freight Association
- Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in the UK
- Freight Transport Association
- Heavy Transport Association
- Road Haulage Association
- 4. Competitor Analysis
- THE MARKETPLACE
- MARKET LEADERS
- Christian Salvesen PLC
- Eddie Stobart Group Ltd
- DHL Exel Supply Chain
- Kuehne + Nagel Ltd
- Ryder Ltd
- TDG PLC
- TNT UK Ltd
- Wincanton PLC
- OUTSIDE SUPPLIERS
- Vehicle Manufacturers
- Oil and Petroleum Products
- Warehousing
- Information Technology
- MARKETING ACTIVITY
- Exhibitions
- 5. Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats
- STRENGTHS
- WEAKNESSES
- OPPORTUNITIES
- THREATS
- 6. Buying Behaviour
- AVERAGE LENGTH OF HAUL
- By Type of Vehicle
- Table 26: Average Length of Haul by Road in Great Britain by Heavy Goods Vehicles by Type of Vehicle (kilometres), 2002-2006
- By Type of Commodity
- Table 27: Average Length of Haul by Road in Great Britain by Type of Commodity (kilometres), 2002-2006
- VOLUME OF GOODS MOVED BY TYPE OF COMMODITY
- Table 28: Volume of Goods Moved by Road in Great Britain by Type of Commodity (billion tonne kilometres), 2002-2006
- VOLUME OF GOODS LIFTED BY TYPE OF COMMODITY
- Table 29: Volume of Goods Lifted by Road in Great Britain by Type of Commodity (million tonnes), 2002-2006
- PUBLIC AND OWN-ACCOUNT HAULAGE
- Volume of Goods Lifted by Type
- Table 30: Volume of Goods Lifted by Road in Great Britain by Type of Commodity by Sector (million tonnes), 2006
- Volume of Goods Moved by Type
- Table 31: Volume of Goods Moved by Road in Great Britain by Type of Commodity by Sector (million tonne kilometres), 2006
- 7. Current Issues
- EUROPE
- EC Adopts Proposals on Commercial Road Transport Regulation
- EC Whole Vehicle Type Approval
- Council of Europe Adopts Euro 5 and 6 Type Approval Regulation
- FTA Casts Doubt on European Diesel Duty Harmonisation
- POLITICAL SCENE
- Conservative Distance-Tax Plans for Trucks
- Freight Transport Association Recommendations to Government
- Powers to Issue Operator Licences May go to VOSA
- DRIVER TRAINING
- Introduction of Driver Certificate of Professional Competence
- POLLUTION CERTIFICATES
- Euro 5 Reduced Pollution Certificate
- Low Emissions Certificate
- UK ROADS
- Lorry Operators Welcome Hard-Shoulder Running Plans
- Britain’s Roads Among the Slowest Moving in Europe
- NEW LEGISLATION
- New Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act
- Road Safety Act 2006
- CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS
- Christian Salvesen PLC
- Eddie Stobart Group Ltd
- TDG PLC
- TNT UK Ltd
- Wincanton PLC
- TECHNOLOGY
- Better Satellite Navigation Systems for Lorries Needed
- 8. The Global Market
- EUROPEAN TRENDS
- National Road-Haulage Movements
- Table 32: National Road-Haulage Movements in the EU25 by Country (billion tonne kilometres and %), 2001-2005
- International Road-Haulage Movements
- Table 33: International Road-Haulage Movements in the EU25 by Country (billion tonne kilometres and %), 2001-2005
- National and International Road-Haulage Movements
- Table 34: Total National and International Road-Haulage Movements in the EU25 by Country (billion tonne kilometres), 2001-2005
- US TRENDS
- Table 35: Number of Truck Registrations in the US by Type, 2000-2004
- Table 36: US Freight Movements by Type of Transportation (billion ton-miles), 2001-2005
- 9. Forecasts
- INTRODUCTION
- Economic Forecasts
- Gross Domestic Product
- Table 37: Forecast UK Growth in Gross Domestic Product in Real Terms (%), 2007-2011
- Inflation
- Table 38: Forecast UK Rate of Inflation (%), 2007-2011
- Unemployment
- Table 39: Forecast Actual Number of Unemployed Persons in the UK (million), 2007-2011
- Population
- Table 40: Forecast UK Resident Population by Sex (000), Mid-Years 2007-2011
- FORECASTS 2007 TO
- By Volume
- Table 41: Forecast Volume of Goods Lifted and Goods Moved by Road in Great Britain (million tonnes and billion tonnes kilometres), 2007-2011
- By Value
- Table 42: The Forecast Apparent UK Market for Transport, Storage and Communications by Sector by Value (£m), 2007-2011
- MARKET GROWTH
- Figure 4: Volume of Goods Lifted by Road in Great Britain (million tonnes), 2002-2011
- Figure 5: Volume of Goods Moved by Road in Great Britain (billion tonnes kilometres), 2002-2011
- FUTURE TRENDS
- Further Consolidation Likely
- Rising Fuel Costs
- Road Pricing
- 10. Company Profiles
- Christian Salvesen PLC
- Eddie Stobart Group Ltd
- Kuehne + Nagel Ltd
- Ryder Ltd
- TDG PLC
- TNT UK Ltd
- Wincanton PLC
- 11. Further Sources
- Associations
- Government Publications
- Other Sources
- Bisnode Sources
- Key Note Research
- The Key Note Range of Reports
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