The Supply Chain team have celebrated a successful end to 2021 despite the ongoing challenges presented by the Coronavirus pandemic and global supply chain issues.

The team saw zero accidents during the year and the Supply Chain Rail operation is now over 4 years LTI & TRI free – thank you to everyone for continuing to make Health & Safety such a priority.

In the Northwest region:

• Salford had their highest volumes since 2017.
• Dove Holes has broken 2.8 million tonnes by rail for the first time ever. This is the eighth record year for Dove Holes in the last nine.
• Warrington has also performed strongly, improving their volumes versus 2020.

Across Yorkshire

• Attercliffe volumes by rail grew over 20% in 2021.
• Stourton volumes have grown over 54% since 2019.
• Yorkshire, as a whole, has taken 1.1 million tonnes by rail which is the first year over 1 million.

In terms of Home Counties and London

• Growth of over 13% in Home Counties, with volumes now at an all-time high.
• Volumes at Barking hit a record 266Kt and were 6% higher than any other year since the site opened.
• Finally, in Barrington more than 100 trains as part of the HS2 contract were received and offloaded at the landfill operation without incident.

In Summary

During 2021 over 1,600 rail journeys took place the equivalent of saving 16.9kt of CO2 from being released into the air.  Using this sustainable transport mode it is reducing lorry movements and CO2 emissions – contributing to CEMEX’s overall sustainability targets.

Dave Hart commented: “2021 was another successful year for Supply Chain, with some real milestones reached in the rail operation. This was only possible through a concerted and committed team effort by everyone across Materials, Urbanisation Solutions, Commercial and Supply Chain – thank you all for your dedication and support.”