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3 April 2012
British road freight operators are still running short of capacity, with only one in six lorries full on return journeys, writes Elizabeth Bellamy.
The Report on Freight survey from logistics operator Lex Transfleet found that, although 80 per cent of truck fleet managers said their vehicles were no less than 71 per cent full on outward journeys, only 39 per cent of trucks are more than half full on their return. And nearly one quarter carry no load at all on these trips.
The results confirm the findings of...