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Vessels begin next phase in Clean Air Thames project

25th February 2020 / Posted by Sefinat Otaru

Clean Air Thames moves into its next phase with vessels, Driftwood II and GPS Anglia which belong to the Port of London Authority (PLA) and GPS Marine Contractors respectively.

Clean Air Thames is a £500,000 pilot project funded by the Mayor’s Air Quality Fund, Round 3. CRP has partnered with the PLA, the City of London Corporation and the Greater London Authority to enable operators to reduce dangerous pollutants in their vessels’ emissions, including sulphur oxides, nitrogen oxides and particulate matter.

Driftwood 2 and GPS Anglia will undergo emissions monitoring for six weeks before being fitted with post-exhaust treatments. Following the retrofit, the vessels will undergo a second round of monitoring. The difference in emissions before and after the installation will be calculated to gauge the effectiveness of the exercise.

CRP is planning a workshop for operators early this summer to discuss its progress, as well as allow participants an opportunity to address barriers to greening their fleets.

A second round of applications for match funding will open up to operators on 6 April 2020.

For more information, please contact CRP Project Manager, Sefinat Otaru.

Action on Engine Idling in Westminster

25th February 2020 / Posted by CRP Team

It’s great to see Westminster City Council rolling out signage reminding drivers to switch off their engines as part of their ‘Don’t Be Idle’ campaign. CRP worked with the council on the concept and wording on a similar initiative as part of the Marylebone Low Emission Neighbourhood (LEN) project which ran from 2016 to 2019. LENs and other pilot projects are great ways to test new initiatives before wider rollout, and it’s always a pleasure to see how our partners develop these interventions as they work to improve air quality. It’s Tip number 1 in our list of 10 LEN Top Tips!

The Future of Fleet Electrification at Move 2020

25th February 2020 / Posted by CRP Team

The topic of fleet electrification was a feature of the recent MOVE 2020 conference at London’s ExCel centre. CRP’s Tom Linton-Smith was on a panel with Innogy Ventures and Ingka Group (IKEA) discussing the question ‘Will fleets foster effective EV adoption?’ In the city freight sector, the panel agreed that this decade will see a significant transition, with the decisions taken by large fleet operators helping to shape the makeup of the new and second hand vehicle market as cities in particular move to improve air quality. Tom referred to our recent Smart Electric Urban Logistics, which demonstrated the effectiveness EVs in urban settings, and highlighted the need for cross-sector collaboration and planning to develop the most effective and sustainable infrastructure solutions.

For more information about CRP’s fleet electrification projects, please contact Tom Linton-Smith.

We are now an accredited London Living Wage Employer

25th February 2020 / Posted by CRP Team

Great news! CRP is now officially a London Living Wage employer.  In accordance with its accountable body, Westminster City Council, CRP pays all its employees, including apprentices, the London Living Wage or above.

For further information, please contact Carol Quamina.

Clean Air Villages partners visit consolidation hub in Dartford

29th January 2020 / Posted by CRP Team

As part of the Clean Air Villages project, we are always looking for ways to reduce the quantity of freight vehicles coming into London and consolidating deliveries in an efficient way. Whilst working on the project, CRP have come across best practice from St Guys & St Thomas NHS trust who have started to consolidate their deliveries through the Dartford based hub, owned by CEVA logistics. This is a great example to show how an organisation could reduce up to 90% of deliveries by using a consolidation method. We invited the partners of the project to come and visit the new facility to see consolidation in action!

For more information please contact Laura Jacklin, Business Engagement Officer.

Clean Air Thames announces first vessels to receive funding

28th January 2020 / Posted by Sefinat Otaru

Cross River Partnership announced the first set of successful applicants for Clean Air Thames funding at the Thames Vision Environmental Conference on 28 January 2020. They are GPS Marine Contractors and the Port of London Authority, for their vessels GPS Anglia and Driftwood 2 respectively.

The announcement was well-received at the conference by an enthusiastic and diverse group of stakeholders. The conference itself was themed around achieving net-zero on the Thames, and touched on biodiversity, air quality, trade and economy and water, thus making an excellent setting for the news.

Clean Air Thames is a three-year, £500,000 project funded by the Mayor’s Air Quality Fund (Round 3) to retrofit 6-11 vessels operating on the Tidal Thames. Vessels will be monitored before and after the retrofit ( limited to post-exhaust treatments), and best practices and lessons will be shared throughout the project set to end in March 2022.

The second round of applications will open from 6 April – 17 September, 2020. Applications will be available at the Clean Air Thames project page.

For more information, please email project manager, Sefinat Otaru.

Upcoming events for Clean Air Villages

28th January 2020 / Posted by CRP Team

February will see the launch of our Clean Air Villages cargo-bike delivery schemes. By providing a bike and rider – free for businesses to use – we hope to raise awareness of cargo-bikes and their suitability as a sustainable alternative to cars and vans for urban deliveries. These schemes are designed to help support local businesses, as well as enabling them to minimise the impact of their deliveries on local air quality and congestion. Each service is tailored to the business area within which it will operate.

With Euston Town and WEGO Couriers, we are launching a local zero-emission delivery service in the Euston area. This will help raise the profile of independent restaurants, such as those on Drummond Street, looking to provide catering to nearby offices in a more sustainable way.

In collaboration with London Borough of Lewisham and ecofleet, businesses in Deptford will be able to deliver their goods locally, without the impact on emissions and congestion.

With London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham and e-cargobikes.com, we are extending the Parcels Not Pollution scheme, which aims to reduce traffic, ease congestion and improve air quality by minimising freight movements in Hammersmith town centre. Businesses in Shepherd’s Bush will now also be able to benefit from this scheme, and can register here.

For more information on any of the services mentioned, or to find out about other schemes due to launch, please contact Kate Fenton. If you’re a business in the areas mentioned, and would like to be involved, you can register here.

New CRP team member

28th January 2020 / Posted by CRP Team

Eleri Paterson Hughes joined CRP this month as an intern as part of her Masters degree in Climate Change at Kings College London. She will be working on various CRP projects, particularly in the Clean Air Villages team working to try and improve London’s air quality within our villages.

She has really enjoyed her first month working in the team and is already getting stuck in with all the projects she is working on. She is excited to continue this work and get to know the team further!

Yasin bids farewell to CRP

28th January 2020 / Posted by CRP Team

After a year and eight months, Yasin – CRP’s Business Apprentice, has come to the end of his time at the partnership. He has really enjoyed working with the team and wishes to thank everyone for supporting him with valuable experiences as part of his level 3 business administrator qualification.

Yasin’s best highlights of CRP was being part of the new CRM tool ‘Insightly’ and the CRP 25th year anniversary.

After graduating, he plans to pursue a career in local government and looks forward to the opportunities ahead.

For further information please contact CRP’s Business Support Apprentice, Yasin Mahmood.

Buddy programme in action – Rachael Aldridge shares her learnings

28th January 2020 / Posted by CRP Team

CRP’s buddy initiative allows past and present CRP staff to connect and learn from each other. At the end of last year, my buddy Alistair Huggett (London Borough of Southwark) took me on the grand tour of Bankside! I got to see the legacy of CRP’s projects along the river, and even current projects CRP is working on, such as the Illuminated River. Alistair reminded me that CRP was originally formed to deliver the Millennium and Hunbergord Footbridges across the Thames, and it was interesting to see the walkway from Bankside to Southbank that CRP and its partners installed along the river. I am looking forward to meeting with the whole CRP Buddy group soon to discuss plans for 2020 and beyond!

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