1 A study of eco-performance of logistics services in food supply chains Dong Li 1 ,Zurina Hanafi 1 1 Management School, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK Dongli@liv.ac.uk, zurina@liverpool.ac.uk Abstract: Transportation is one of the main contributors of greenhouse gases which give direct negatives impact on environment. Management of logistics services plays an important role in maintaining business competitiveness and sustainability as well as social responsibility. Optimizing logistics service with integrated economic and ecological objectives can help to reduce negative impact on the environment by reducing the amount of carbon emissions and improving operations efficiency. This study focuses on multimodal transportation planning and optimal strategies with a UK food supply chain case under carbon emissions control policies. Carbon emissions policy is a driving factor for multimodal transportation planning in eco- logistics management. With differences in the level of carbon emissions control, the different characteristics of the cost structure and carbon emission in different logistics processes will lead to different business performance. The research investigates and identifies impact of the policies on logistics performance. Keywords: Multimodal Transportation Planning, Carbon Emission Control Policy, Fresh Produce, Optimization 1. Introduction Since last decade, over 50% of the fresh produce supplies in the UK market are imported(EFFP,2010). The large volume of import has significant impact on transportation costs and carbon footprint in such global fresh produce supply chains which cross several sectors from farms, logistics to manufacturing and retailing. How to manage the supply chain sustainably to achieve both economic and ecological objectives in such a complex multi-sector, multimodal transportation and international context has been a great challenge. With the negative impacts from the prevalent road-based freight transport in congestion, energy consumption and carbon emission and with a trend of speeding up ISSN 1816-6075 (Print), 1818-0523 (Online) Journal of System and Management Sciences Vol. 3 (2013) No. 2, pp. 1-9