The dispatcher is responsible for the effective management and coordination of a fleet of drivers and vehicles. The trucking industry relies on safe drivers to complete deliveries. Many may believe that truck drivers are the nucleus of the system. Well, it is definitely true that without drivers, deliveries would never happen. However, without dispatchers, drivers would be at a loss […]
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DPR SAYS MARKETERS ARE CAUSING ARTIFICIAL SCARCITY
The country’s long running intermittent fuel scarcities are artificial, and the handiwork of unscrupulous oil marketers and depot owners. This statement was made by the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR).
Continue reading »FG GRANTS KADUNA CONTAINER DEPOT PORT STATUS
The Federal Government has declared Kaduna Inland Container Depot a port of origin and final destination to extend shipping services to hinterlands and landlocked areas to decongest the ports.
Continue reading »DANGOTE CALLS ON FGN TO CONSTRUCT ROADS WITH CEMENT
The Dangote Cement Plc has called on government to use cement concrete in road construction in line with global best practice. The company said concrete roads are more durable, safes lives and cheap in the long run.
Continue reading »ROADS CONSTRUCTION: FGN SET TO ADOPT ALTERNATIVE FUNDING MEASURE
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he would adopt alternative fiscal measures of funding the construction of roads aside the country’s budget. The president also hinted yesterday that his administration would implement essential reforms to protect Nigerian manufacturers from unfair competition from abroad.
Continue reading »“FOR LAGOS TO ACCOMMODATE 57 TANK FARMS AND 1000 TRUCKS, TANK FARM OWNERS MUST COME TO THE ROUNDTABLE”— Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday met with tank farm owners in Apapa on how to resolve the perennial traffic jam in the area, vowing that the state has the capacity to make parties involved play by the rule. He said the State Government will take a second look at the truck park at Orile with a view to […]
Continue reading »FRSC TO IMPOUND AND PROSECUTE OWNERS AND DRIVERS OF POORLY LATCHED AND FALLING TRUCKS
The Federal Road Safety Corps has said it will henceforth prosecute drivers and owners of falling trucks as part of measures to curb frequent road accidents caused by articulated vehicles. The Corp Marshal, FRSC, Mr. Boboye Oyeyemi, had on Sunday arrested a truck driver in the Oluyole area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway for towing an improperly latched truck and ordered […]
Continue reading »RECKLESS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY (PICTURES)
Obviously, some truck drivers are still not fully conscious of the enormous threat facing the haulage and logistics industry in the face of the unending spate of extremely fatal accidents involving truck/trailers/tankers in recent times.
Continue reading »HORROR AS TRUCK CRUSHES OKADA RIDER TO DEATH
A commercial motorcyclist died on Tuesday in the Iwo Road area of Ibadan after he fell into the path of a fast moving truck. He was said to be carrying a female passenger who escaped death. His death led to a protest by his colleagues, while his remains was deposited at the Adeoyo State Hospital morgue, Yemetu, Ibadan.
Continue reading »EMIRATES, HAK AIR COLLIDE AT LAGOS AIRPORT
Disaster was averted on Monday night at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos as passengers aboard Emirates flight to Dubai escaped a ground crash after their aircraft collided with a stationary plane belonging to Hak Air. It was learnt that the Boeing 777-200R aircraft with over 300 passengers collided with another Boeing 737-400 while taxiing for take-off and this led to […]
Continue reading »INTERNATIONAL TITBITS: TRUCKING IN UNITED STATES ADDS 7,400 JOBS IN JUNE AS UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FALLS TO 7 YEARS LOW
According to a report credited to Bloomberg News, the Labor Department has declared that the trucking industry in United States of America added 7,400 jobs in June as the unemployment rate fell to a seven-year low of 5.3% as more people left the labour force.
Continue reading »12 PASSENGERS AND 20 COWS DIE, 16 INJURED IN KOGI ROAD CRASH
No fewer than 12 people died and 16 others sustained varying degrees of injuries on Monday following a road crash at Irekpeni village, along the Lokoja-Abuja Highway.
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