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A multidisciplinary research project focusing on decarbonising freight transport

Like energy and automotive before it, UK freight transport is now on the cusp of a socio-technical transition away from fossil fuel dependency. This transition will require major investment to fleet and infrastructure, cause disruption to assets and business models, and will trigger significant reconfiguration. Whilst the scaling up of fossil phase-out is most likely to occur from the 2030s onwards, the next 10 years of investments are critical to enabling the transition, and to mitigating transition risks to the “hard to abate” freight sectors, and by association UK trade.
Decarbonising UK Freight Transport is a network of forty academic and industry partners funded by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. The network is exploring the questions that need to be answered in order to enable the decarbonisation of energy/propulsion across the road, rail, sea and air freight modes.

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DUKFT Final report published today

Accelerating Investment for Decarbonising UK Freight Transport   We are pleased to announce the publication of our end of project report: Accelerating Investment for Decarbonising UK Freight Transport.   The report suggests several ways to overcome the chicken-and-egg problems associated with decarbonising road, rail and maritime freight transport. Collectively these sectors represent nearly 7% of…

Mobilising Investment for Decarbonising UK Freight Transport

Thursday 9th February 2023, 10:00 – 17:00 Southampton Harbour Hotel (pictured above)   ***REGISTRATION CLOSES 16.00, TUESDAY 7th FEBRUARY*** Register now   Join us on 9th February for discussions and to co-create the solutions to enable greater investment in freight transport decarbonisation.   This event will consist of panel-led and group work sessions. The agenda and speakers/panellists…

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