In Nigeria, it is not uncommon to find non-commercial alcohol being sold in or around the motor parks. They are sold as herbal concoctions against malaria or low back aches popularly referred to as ‘jedi-jedi’. Often the buyers are unaware of the components of such herbal drugs especially the alcohol content.
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The main concern regarding drugged driving is that driving under the influence of any drug that acts on the brain could impair a truck driver’s motor skills, reaction time, and judgment. Drugged driving is a public health concern because it puts not only the truck driver at risk, but also every other vehicle and pedestrian that shares the road as […]
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In spite of the reality of the above established facts, driving under the influence of psychoactive substances has continued unabated in Nigeria. This cannot be said to be for reasons of poor or inappropriate sensitization. In fact, the Federal Road Safety Corp and other civil organizations have continued to put up campaigns against drunk-driving. The Beer Sectoral Group (BSG) of […]
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In Nigeria, heavy duty truck drivers (HDT) are often involved in road traffic accidents which are often associated with colossal damage to lives, properties and infrastructures. In 2011, the FRSC in its Traffic Digest reported that Nigeria has an average of approximately 5,000 tankers involved in wet cargo haulage, moving about 150 million litres of fuel, and 2,500 trailers in […]
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The Managing Director of Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Engr. Ibrahim Abdulsalam at a recent media chat speaks on why the agency did not ground airlines indebted to the organisation, the alleged overstaffing of NAMA, its plan to do calibration business and several issues:
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ICAO security audit is around the corner. How prepared is NAMA? We are working together with the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). NCAA is actually the arrowhead. We are all working with the Ministry of Aviation. We have attained a level in this industry that we cannot go down. And I can […]
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Conoil Plc said it has placed orders for two new world-class, state-of-the-art bowsers to deepen its quality service delivery to leading domestic and international airlines operating in the nation’s airspace. The company said in a statement that the new bowsers have combined storage capacity of 62,000 liters and the ability to refuel aircraft at 1,500 liters per minute.
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No fewer than 25 officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has been sanctioned, Lagos State Solicitor General, Lawal Pedro (SAN) said. Pedro said the erring officers of the agency appeared before the disciplinary committee in his Ministry for various offenses which includes irregular issuance of fine tickets, refusal to put on uniform while on duty, illegal extortion […]
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The Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) has faulted the claim by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) that it has a stock of 1.2 billion litres of petrol, saying such huge volume of products, equivalent to about 300 imported cargoes, could not be stored anywhere in the country! Earlier this month, the NNPC had stated that its downstream […]
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In 2014, trucking brought in over $700 billion — the highest revenue ever for the industry, according to an American Trucking Associations report. The report, American Trucking Trends, compiled data on the trucking industry’s size and performance. In it, ATA found that the $700.4 billion generated by trucking last year accounted for 80.3% of all freight transportation spending.
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A Carlisle man suffered serious injuries when he was run over by the cab of an articulated lorry in a haulage yard where he worked at Stainton, near Penrith. On Tuesday 13 May 2015, Carlisle Magistrates’ Court heard Graham Robinson was working as a transport manager for The Haulage (Holdings) Organisation Ltd, which is the transport arm of the Omega […]
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Excerpts from the recent interview Punch had with the Chief Executive Officer of Transnational Haulage Limited, Mr. Akinola Ososanya. Being a major stakeholder, would you say the haulage sector has grown positively over the years? Well, it has improved in certain aspects like the use of technology to track the movement of trucks and the availability of mobile phones by […]
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