It’s the real thing… Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), the largest independent bottler of Coca-Cola globally, is making the switch from road to rail to distribute its soft drinks between its manufacturing sites and third-party warehouse locations across London and Yorkshire.

When running at full capacity, the change will see up to 18,000 loads of CCEP’s products – some 2.5million cans and bottles of some of the world’s most popular soft drinks – delivered by rail per day, reducing carbon emissions by nearly 50% compared to previous road operations.

The move represents a further step towards the business’ target of reducing carbon emissions across its value chain by 30% by 2030 and its overall ambition of reaching net zero by 2040.

The bottler has made the transition in partnership with Maritime Transport, a leading provider of integrated road and rail solutions for UK businesses, and GB Railfreight. It represents Maritime’s first domestic distribution intermodal service, which will see the movement of 34’ x 45’ heavily modified containers by rail six days per week, with Maritime’s distribution fleet making final mile deliveries to CCEP’s sites.

The switch will save a total of almost 4 million road miles per year and remove a total of 15,000 lorry journeys from some of the UK’s busiest roads. When running at full capacity 31% of CCEP’s total product volume destined for Yorkshire will now be distributed via rail. Show me more >

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