HOW TO OBTAIN BACKLOADS Within the context of Nigeria, several yet untapped opportunities abound for any company interested in finding backloads for empty or partially laden return journeys. Operators can maximise the utilisation of returning vehicles by developing or becoming part of a business partnership that shares knowledge of load and vehicle locations, thus enabling them to be matched. General […]

REASONS FOR BACKLOADING The unethical drivers’ practices facilitated by the empty or partially loaded space on vehicles as earlier enumerated is one clear reason why haulers should formally embrace backloading. The question is why would you create opportunity for leakages or breaches that can be commercial harnessed for the overall financial benefit of your organisation? Or simply put, why leave […]

INTRODUCTION A haulage practitioner narrated his ordeal: A truck in his fleet had been dispatched for a delivery of 30ton cargo in Uyo in Akwa-Ibom State three (3) days earlier. That sunny afternoon, while going through the exception report from the Tracking Department, he discovered that the referenced truck had disappeared from the tracker the night before. Other reports confirmed […]