Institute of Couriers set a historic back drop to the very latest electric and gas final mile vehicles in Express Logistics at the prestigious Derby University, heart of logistics England geographic, centre of the UK heartland for roads.
University of Derby, eighty per-cent of the UK within four hours drive in the logistics hot spot of Junction 24 M1 hosted a logistics conference week with a highlight clean air lo-emission, zero emission vehicle event on Thursday March 6th
Setting the scene with a large rigid truck electric Volvo unit, the front door car park of the University was adorned with every form of final mile from two wheel prototype electric Yamahas to four wheel quadricycle, clean air electric vans and a giant truck articulated truck tractor unit powered by LPG gas.
Brands from Evri to DPD and FedEx
The next generation of clean air circled a historic petrol based eighties CX 500 Honda courier bike provided by the Inst of Couriers, estimated to have delivered half a million parcels in the eighties, IOC chair Carll Lomas, liveryman of the Carmen explained the courier bike livery board of the City of London, the oldest vehicle taxation ceremony in the World with oak board branding for the City of London.
Dr Tracey Worth spoke final mile, sixty billion deliveries to door in 2024 across the four streams of express logistics, ail, parcel, food and meal delivery to the door, she explained the Lascelles multi LSP model and the triangle diagram of final ile sector that had been prepared for cabinet office at the time of Covid.
Maritime rail head, East Midlands gateway J24 park and East Midlands Airport were all in view for the final mile focus of transport.
Guests of the University from the hot-spot geographic of the D2N2 postcode were in for a treat of logistics day with round table discussion groups, student interaction and an end of Conference masterclass.
Thursday 6th March – middle of Derby Logistics Week
Professional Round Table
Thursday 6th March, 11am – 2pm, Track and Field Meeting Room at the Sports Centre.
This event will be attended by leading logistics and supply chain companies to engage in meaningful discussions. Companies involved include Amazon, Wincanton, Toyota, McDonalds, Yusen Logistics, and several other businesses. Two student volunteers will also be involved in this event.
Conference: Data Futures for Logistics and Supply Chains
Thursday 6th March, 5pm – 8pm, HEAP Lecture Theatre
Keynote speeches from Toyota and Rolls Royce. Registration and refreshments in the Lower Atrium from 4.30pm. Andrea Ward will be opening the conference.
Electric Vehicle Demonstration
Thursday 6th March, Outside KR Reception. arrival 11:00 leaving 16:45 (@This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. please confirm)
- DPD – Latest electric vehicle (EV)
- Evri – LPG gas truck tractor
- FedEx – EV quadracycle
- Dawson Group – Electric 26-tonne large rigid zero-emission truck
- Yamaha – Prototype two-wheel electric delivery vehicle
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Dpd Team with Derby Uni - employer engagement person Maria
