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:听听
- Address the challenges facing the multimodal freight and logistics sector.听
- Optimise its role in supplying 听the government鈥檚 Plan for Change missions.
The Freight Council meets quarterly.
The Freight Council will:听听听
- raise the status of freight in cross-economy challenges being addressed by government and industry听听
- assist in the development of a refreshed Plan for Freight听
- 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听
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 the鈥�DfT鈥痬inister responsible for Future of Freight and an independent industry representative (currently Isabel Dedring).
Members
Members are:听
- Clare Bottle, Chief Executive Officer,鈥�UK鈥疻arehousing Association听
- Geraint Evans, Chief Executive Officer,鈥�UK鈥疢ajor Ports Group听
- Amanda Francis, Chief Executive Officer, Association of International Courier and Express Services听
- Maggie Simpson鈥疧BE, Director General, Rail Freight Group听
- Richard Smith, Managing Director, Road Haulage Association听
- David Wells, Chief Executive Officer, Logistics鈥�UK听
- Sarah Bell, Director of Public Affairs UK, UPS听
- David Alec Hart, Logistics and Supply Chain Director, Cemex听
- Fiona Hamilton, Head of Public Affairs, Royal Mail听
- Nick Potter, Transport Director, Tesco听
- Andrew Malcolm, CEO, Malcom Transport听
- Chris Welch, Managing Director, Welch Group听
- Stephen Carr, Commercial Director, Peel Ports Group听
- Senior officials from鈥�DfT鈥痑nd other government departments
Freight Council meeting minutes
Terms of reference
The terms of reference of the Freight Council.