Freight Consolidation For Norwich 
Norwich is a thriving regional city, combining a major commercial, retail and tourist centre with a contemporary medieval city that boasts a rich historic, cultural and architectural heritage. Much of the central road system is not well suited to use by large goods vehicles and several streets have restrictions on vehicle access.
The PortalNorwich Freight Consolidation Centre aims to reduce the number of goods vehicles delivering into the city. It is one of a number of measures that were originally implemented in Norwich as part of the European Union CIVITAS initiative for cleaner and better transport in cities. PortalNorwich has the potential to deliver significant benefits to businesses and to the general public in the city and surrounding area.
Benefits to business in Norwich:
- Helping to reduce congestion
- Allowing more frequent deliveries
- The opportunity for a single consolidated delivery from a number of suppliers
- Offering more convenient delivery times
- The potential to reduce stockholding in store, warehouse or factory
- The potential to increase retail space or production space
- The option for out of hours delivery (early and late)
- Making the city even more attractive to business, residents, visitors and shoppers
Benefits to people in Norwich:
- Deliveries in "clean" low emission vehicles to improve air quality
- Consolidation means fewer vehicles delivering into the city centre which in turn gives:
- A reduction in goods vehicle movements
- Less congestion, Improved traffic flow
- Improved journey times
- A reduction in noise pollution
- A reduction in carbon emission
- Reduced wear and tear on the city roads
- A reduction in goods vehicle movements
Norfolk County Council and Norwich City Council have selected Foulger Transport to develop and operate the PortalNorwich Freight Consolidation Centre.
The PortalNorwich operation is able to provide a range of logistics services to support businesses in Norwich including:
- Holding stock remotely
- Providing added value services such as break bulk, pick and pack, pre-retail
- Delivering into central Norwich using low emission vehicles
- Offering frequent consolidated deliveries in and around the centre of Norwich
- Offering out of hours deliveries
- Giving a flexible service that can deliver boxes, totes, roll-cages, pallets and handle their return
- Dealing with stores' dry packaging waste for re-cycling
- Arranging delivery times so that businesses are able to optimise the use of their resources
- Arranging collection from distribution centre, warehouses or suppliers through the Palletline or Foulger Transport networks for delivery via PortalNorwich to businesses throughout Norwich and into Norfolk
- Working with prospective customers to find the right, potentially unique solution for each individual business user
To discuss your involvement in the PortalNorwich freight consolidation initiative please contact Graham Mayes, Development Manager, for more information.
Tel: 01953 715069 Mobile: 07725 957853 Fax: 01953 715078
Foulger Transport and the PortalNorwich Freight Consolidation Centre - a solution for the benefit of Norwich and for Norfolk.
