GBS Freight Argues that Sea Freight is Under Used as a Means of Transporting Goods

Sea freight has long been recognised as a more environmentally friendly way to transport cargo than road freight. However, now that sea freight has also been discovered to be safer than road freight, GBS Freight (the UK’s leading freight forwarding company) believes that a higher percentage of goods should be moved by water.

In the UK, around 2 billion tonnes of freight is transported annually. However, of this amount only 7% is transported by water whilst the majority is moved by road. There are a number of reasons why it would be beneficial to industry to move more freight by sea. Sea freight is much more environmentally friendly than road freight and it is a sustainable form of transportation.

More importantly however, is the fact that UK sea freight is much safer than road freight. Although there have been a number of improvements in road safety levels over the last few decades, sea transportation still has much lower death rates from accidents than road transport. Indeed, in the UK, nearly all passenger transport deaths occur on roads rather than on water.