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CRP has recently launched the River Freight Pilot Part Two – Scaling up: Monthly bulk deliveries on the Thames!

The trial is the second edition of CRP’s River Freight Pilot, which operated one delivery per week, for six weeks, over the summer of 2022.

This year’s six-month trial is focused on the monthly bulk delivery of goods to make river freight more economically viable for the suppliers involved in the trial, and there is an ambition for the service to become a permanent feature of their future logistics operations. The trial is a collaboration between Absolutely Courier, Antalis, CPBS Marine Services, Complete, Transport for London River Services, Mayflower Washroom Solutions, The Northbank BID and the Port of London Authority.

Goods are loaded at TfL’s Woolwich Ferry, Royal Borough of Greenwich, and travel into central London via the Thames to Temple Pier in City of Westminster. Cargo bikes, operated by Absolutely Courier, are then used to deliver goods from Temple Pier to their final destinations.

Read the official press release here and watch our Northbank Business Question & Answer session to find out how businesses in The Northbank BID area can get involved!

For more information, contact CRP Senior Programme Manager Fiona Coull – fionacoull@crossriverpartnership.org.

CRP is continuing its work with the Great British Railways Transition Team (GBRTT), Network Rail (NWR) and the Department for Transport (DfT) to try to get more freight into London via rail rather than via road.

The rise of low-volume, high-margin markets requiring fast delivery, such as fast-fashion, have been identified as being suitable for fast rail freight. 4,000 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) could be saved each year by using rail freight, which could take 8,300 HGVs off the road.

As part of its Clean Air Logistics for London (CALL) and Smarter Greener Logistics (SGL) programmes, CRP has been busy commissioning transport consultants Steer and Intermodality to model the beneficial impacts of bringing more freight into London via rail, and then delivering it across London via zero emission modes such as e-cargo bikes.

Results will be available over the summer, but we are anticipating that they could include significant job creation and economic opportunities as well as huge positive environmental benefits for Londoners.

For more information please contact CRP Director Susannah Wilks – susannahwilks@crossriverpartnership.org or CRP Sustainable Transport Manager Ross Phillips – rossphillips@crossriverpartnership.org

It’s the final month of CRP’s Clean Air Logistics for London (CALL) Programme and CRP has been as busy as ever! Here’s a quick overview of what we’ve been up to this month:

We’ve been working on an event to celebrate the launch of The London Light Freight Walking Trial. As part of this, there is an opportunity for businesses in the local area to see the e-walker in action and hear about how to get involved in the trial.
This month the third drop was successfully completed as part of CRP’s ‘River Freight Pilot – Part 2‘. A Q&A session was recorded to help businesses understand how they can get involved.
The second month of data has been provided for the Westminster City Council Micro Logistics Hub trial. We will be sharing these in a final report once the trial is complete.
The retrofit of ‘The Albert’ (to make the vessel fully electric) is also nearing completion and the vessel has been renamed to Alb-E.
We have also sent out a RFP for a courier to occupy an urban logistics hub in Wandsworth at the Southside Shopping Centre. This will be delivered in a similar way to the hub with Westminster City Council and learnings will be shared as part of CRP’s Smarter Greener Logistics (SGL) Programme.
Several reports and models have also been commissioned in relation to the Waterloo Freight Hub. These are designed to show the impact of a freight hub at Waterloo station and highlight the economic, environmental and social benefits that this would bring to the local area and London more widely.

If you would like to find out more about Clean Air Logistics for London, or any of the initiatives mentioned above, please contact CRP Programme Manager Fiona Coull – fionacoull@crossriverpartnership.org

The CRP team is really pleased to welcome two new starters – Project Officers Charlie Couve and Sobastian Frazer.

They both join CRP with a great deal of fabulous experience, that we know all of the public and private CRP Partners will find invaluable.

Within the CRP Team, Katherine Fairfax has been made a Senior Project Officer, and Fiona Coull a Senior Programme Manager, recognising the amazing work that they are continuing to deliver on behalf of the partnership. Well done both!

For further information please contact CRP Director Susannah Wilks – susannahwilks@crossriverpartnership.org

Last night was our summer celebration at the Portico Rooms, Somerset House!

We launched the Smarter Greener Logistics (SGL) programme, and celebrated the achievements of Clean Air Logistics for London (CALL), both Defra-funded projects to improve air quality across London.

Thank you to all those who came along for such a special evening, and to our event sponsors Defra, Port of London Authority and The Northbank BID, and suppliers Social Pantry and Blue Elephant for making the event a success!

To receive our official event follow up, please contact CRP Communications Manager Rachael Aldridge – rachaelaldridge@crossriverpartnership.org

CRP organised a Clean Air Week this month, to give clean air the required prominence it deserves!

On 8th June, CRP hosted a workshop on Delivering micro logistics hubs: learnings, barriers and future opportunities. This supported local authority and BID officers with identifying challenges and solutions to implement micro logistics hubs in their area.
On 15th June on Clean Air Day, CRP hosted a site visit of Pedal Me’s headquarters in London Borough of Southwark to show local authority and BID officers and decision-makers what spaces and considerations will be required when setting up these projects in the future. Pedal Me have been critical in the success of our Clean Air Freight programme, and we are delighted they could host us on Clean Air Day.
On Clean Air Day, CRP also produced How to Support a Micro Logistics Hub in your Borough: A Guide for Local Authorities. This is a step-by-step timeline of the stakeholders, processes, complexities, considerations and opportunities for setting up a micro-logistics hub on underutilised land in boroughs across London and even the UK.

If you want to know more about our Clean Air Week events, please email CRP Sustainable Transport Manager Ross Philips – rossphillips@crossriverpartnership.org

CRP is working with Lambeth Council to make zero and low-emission transport more accessible to businesses in Streatham and West Norwood, as part of our Defra-funded programme Clean Air Logistics for London (CALL).

Lambeth Council has installed to new charge points in West Norwood on Norwood High Street and Knight’s Hill. The charge points are on each side of St. Luke’s Parish Church which sits between both streets. In the coming weeks, Lambeth will also install charge points convenient for businesses along Streatham High Road to use.

Following the successful shared electric van scheme for businesses implemented in Brixton four years ago, Lambeth will be creating a similar scheme this summer with shared electric vans for West Norwood and Streatham businesses.

CRP spoke with businesses in West Norwood about the charge point installations and the upcoming shared van scheme. Some businesses welcomed the news as they wanted a backup to their current means of transport. Others weren’t sure they would have a use for the shared vans but looked forward to having the scheme in place anyway. Interestingly, none of the businesses we spoke to felt that it would be useful during the ULEZ expansion as they had already prepared for it.

For more information, please contact CRP Project Manager Sefinat Otaru – sefinatotaru@crossriverpartnership.org

The largest LGBTQIA+ celebration in the UK takes over London at the beginning of July, and during Pride month, the city shines a little brighter. As the fabulous festivities begin, Eventbrite have partnered with Grindr to help you make your Pride plan and connect with the LGBTQIA+ community at late-night parties, festive markets, and glittery gatherings throughout the city.

Explore Grindr and Eventbrite’s list of curated London Pride event picks and show the world that you’ve got Pride!

We are excited to introduce a new parcel locker at the Dock Office near South Dock Marina on Monday 3rd July, in collaboration with the London Borough of Southwark and YEEP! Lockers, as part of CRP’s Defra-funded Clean Air Logistics for London project.

The parcel locker, including a customised Transport for London Legible London map, will be located at the South Lock Control Office (what3words location: camera.fairly.voter), near Greenland (Surrey Quays) Pier. This ‘Yeep!’ agnostic parcel locker will aim to encourage active travel and low-emission deliveries to Marina residents as well as the surrounding area 🚶🚴

This parcel locker will also be supporting potential river freight opportunities, due its close proximity to Greenland (Surrey Quays) Pier, a pier which CRP identified as a good opportunity for future river freight services 🚢

For more information, please contact CRP Project Manager Isidora Rivera Vollmer – isidorariveravollmer@crossriverpartnership.org.

On Monday 5th June 2023, World Environment Day 2023 returns as a reminder to care for our planet. And this year, the focus is on ensuring that people’s actions on plastic pollution matters. The steps governments and businesses are taking to tackle plastic pollution are the consequence of this action.

This World Environment Day, #BeatPlasticPollution and share ways that you are reducing your environmental impact of plastic and your ideas for transitioning to a circular economy.

For more information about CRP’s environmental work, please email CRP Sustainable Transport Manager Ross Philips – rossphillips@crossriverpartnership.org

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Scaling Up: Monthly bulk deliveries on the Thames

Rail Freight into London

CALL’s Final Month

New Starters Charlie and Sobastian

Celebrating along the River

Clean Air Week Events

EV Charge Points and Shared Vans for South Lambeth Businesses

Best London Pride Events

Southwark Parcel Locker: Launching Soon

World Environment Day