Sea transport is an important sector, with freight transportation showing a rapid increase since World War II.
To better understand changes to China's economy under its green transformation and to unlock large potential sources of finance, it is necessary to undertake a fuller examination of all of China's infrastructure sectors, particularly freight rail infrastructure and ports.
Technologies such as radio frequency identification (RFID) and automated guided vehicles (AGVs) are an expanding sector within the freight service market, from which light rail freight systems could largely benefit.
All regions have seen rail growth, while the rail freight sector has also flourished.
The fund will provide matching grants to encourage private sector investment in freight and other logistics technologies in east Africa.
During the past year, BSR has convened the Future of Fuels Forum, comprising 184 fleet operators, energy producers, retailers, truck makers, oil companies and environmental advocates to develop a roadmap towards a more sustainable freight sector.
Edmunds adds: "One of Beeching's legacies is a rail freight sector that can transport goods in a cost-effective way, helping tackle road congestion and reduce the environmental impact of haulage.
Construction, jobs in the freight sector and money-saving improvements in transportation networks could be among the results of efforts to create what environmentalists call "ecological separation" between Lake Michigan and the rivers and canals leading to the Mississippi River, the source of the voracious carp that have made their way nearly to the lake.
In the email, Hoare wrote: "While appreciating that DCLG is a quasi-judicial role viz-a-viz the public inquiry, anything your department can do to press the case for a speedy and supportive decision would be a real shot in the arm to the rail freight sector".
In the freight sector, macro transport flows, political issues and behavioural issues were considered.
