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ANDREW TINKLER Chief executive officer for Stobart Group • Do
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more to encourage retailers to share their transport anc logistics requirements. This would help us increase our utilisation which in Stobart's fleet is now 84% and reduce empty miles and harm to the environment. The government could also look at making more grants available for the development of railand sea-linked transport facilities.
• Put an end to waste: trucks travelling with empty loads, containers going back to ports empty and slots on the rail network that aren't used.
• Support Stobart's initiatives for increasing trailer lengths by less than a metre. This would give an additional 13% of fast-moving consumer goods cage capability and significantly reduce road congeston and pollution.