Stakeholders from Ireland’s freight, logistics and transport sector gathered in the Castletroy Park Hotel in Limerick on Wednesday 28 May, to discuss how the Limerick-Shannon region could become a strategic freight logistics hub with direct connections to some of the world’s global logistics hubs.
The ‘Sustainable Freight Gateway’ Stakeholders Workshop is being co-financed by the Weastflows INTERREG IVB EU Project which aims to improve and enhance freight logistics in North Western Europe. The project also aims to encourage a move from an over-reliance on road haulage to the more ‘sustainable’ modes of rail freight, short-sea shipping and river transport.
Facilitated by the Mid-West Regional Authority (MWRA), one of the 22 partners in the EU project, the event is also being supported by Limerick City & County Council, Shannon Airport, Irish Exporters Association, Shannon Foynes Port Company, Irish Road Haulage Association (IRHA) and the National Transport Authority.