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Recession Hurts Road Haulage
MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwire - Aug. 31, 2010) - The Department for Transport (DfT) has published National Statistics on the activity of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs), that is vehicles over 3.5 tonnes gross vehicle weight, during 2009 including foreign vehicle activity in the UK.
There was a significant decrease in HGV activity in 2009, with the amount of goods moved decreasing by 13% from the 2008 level to 132 billion tonne kilometres, the amount of goods lifted decreasing by 18% to 1,422 million tonnes and vehicle kilometres decreasing by 11% to 18.8 billion vehicle kilometres (11.7 billion vehicle miles). Articulated vehicles over 33 tonnes gross vehicle weight continue to account for the largest share of all goods moved with 73% of the market.
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