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Road Haulage Market Report 2009
Key Note Publications Ltd, Jan 2009, Pages: 110
A significant part of the UK’s freight-transportation system is comprised by the road-haulage industry. The volume of goods lifted by road in Great Britain by goods vehicles registered in Great Britain and weighing over 3.5 tonnes is estimated to have increased by 1% in 2008, to 1.89 billion tonnes. The volume of goods moved by road also grew by 1.5%, to 163.9 billion tonne kilometres.
The three main sectors of the market are: 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. They account for the largest sector of the market in terms of both goods moved and goods lifted. However, own-account distribution demonstrated a higher rate of growth in terms of goods both lifted and moved throughout the review period (2004 to 2008).
The liberalisation of cabotage journeys is to be introduced by the EU. At present, domestic journeys made by a foreign haulier in another member state are restricted to casual work, but under the new plans — due to be introduced on 1st January 2009 — contract work is also going to be permitted, with a limit of three journeys in 7 days. The cabotage restrictions are then expected to be gradually lifted to a maximum of seven journeys in 7 days from 2011, with full liberalisation from 1st January 2014. Owing to the higher cost of diesel oil in the UK compared with mainland Europe, the UK road-haulage industry is concerned that, following liberalisation, domestic carriers will be unable to compete against the continental hauliers and that business could be lost to them.
Consolidation has been a feature of the road-haulage market in recent years, with many of the leading operators — including Exel and Christian Salvesen PLC — being acquired by other companies and other hauliers. The Eddie Stobart Group, for example, has merged with a company involved in port development and rail freight to form the Stobart Group Ltd. This trend was continued in 2008 with the acquisition of another leading logistics operator, TDG PLC. Difficult trading conditions in the road-haulage and logistics markets in 2009 could well encourage further integration activity of this type.
The global credit crunch and deepening recession in the UK are expected to produce challenging conditions for companies involved in the road-haulage market in 2009. Some sectors of UK business, such as that of retail, new car sales and construction, have already been badly affected by the downturn and hauliers supplying services to these markets are likely to feel the impact. In the longer term, a recovery in the UK economy, especially in the construction, manufacturing and retail sectors, along with the price of diesel fuel (particularly in relation to its cost elsewhere in Europe), technical advances and competition from foreign hauliers are all expected to have an impact on the road-haulage services in the UK.
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