Safe Vehicle Vehicles used in the workplace should be suitable for the purpose for which they are used. You should carefully consider the working environment in which a specific vehicle will be used and the suitability of that vehicle for the people using it. Consulting with those who will use it is a key part of developing a vehicle specification. […]
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WORKPLACE TRANSPORT SAFETY- PART ONE
Introduction Every year, there are over 5000 accidents involving transport in the workplace. About 50 of these result in people being killed. The main causes of injury are people falling off vehicles, or being struck or crushed by them. Sometimes, the monetary value of the damage resulting from these accidents could be ear-shattering! Within the last three months, we have […]
Continue reading »SOUTH-SOUTH YOUTHS PROTEST OVER DEPLORABLE CONDITION OF ROADS
Worried by the deplorable situation of the Calabar-Bakassi road in Cross River State, the South-South Solidarity Forum has staged a protest by blocking the federal highway to draw government’s attention. It is the fifth time in the last two months that various groups would be staging protest over the bad state of the road.
Continue reading »ISSUANCE OF NEW LICENCES FOR VEHICLE ASSEMBLY PLANTS PLACED ON HOLD BY FG
The Federal Government on Friday said it had suspended the issuance of new licences to automobile companies applying to establish vehicle assembly plants in Nigeria. This is coming after it had reportedly registered about 35 firms to start the production and assembling of new vehicles and motorcycles in different parts of the country.
Continue reading »CROSS BORDER HAULAGE BETWEEN TWO WEST AFRICAN COUNTRIES: THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS
Cross border haulage is worlds apart from Local or interstate haulage. The documentation requirement alone makes all the difference. It is the sound knowledge of the intricacies involved in putting the right papers together and positioning the right agents at the border points that defines the success level of haulage firms engaged in the transportation of cargoes across national borders.
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