Being a truck driver is a way of life. There are all sorts of things that just come with the job. Due to the nature of the job, truck drivers will encounter some pretty far out situations from time to time. It could be a result of their cargo. It could be a result of their location, or it could […]
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It’s a pretty wet day in the middle of nowhere and you are all by yourself struggling and battling to keep an 18-gear gigantic behemoth straddled to a rig bearing a 40ton cargo on a long patch of road that looks like a cut-through mud and gravel; wheels sounding like they were getting tired of staying on the road and […]
Continue reading »EFFICIENT EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS Many will say that the success or otherwise of any haulage business has more to do with the quality and specifications of operational assets. They are right! Every asset or vehicle deployed in the execution of haulage business has its peculiarities, uses and suitability for the job at hand. It is therefore important to understand how […]
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FUEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM With fuelling accounting for 30% (if not more) of the operational cost of most haulage businesses, it will make a lot of sense to state that a policy geared towards reducing fuel consumption or getting better mileage for same volume of fuelling will most assuredly impact positively on haulage operational efficiency and performance. Within the haulage industry […]
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Generally speaking, Performance in any business is measured in terms of the relationship that exists between the resources deployed towards the sustenance of that business or enterprise and the end-result as measured by the output or value of product/service thereby generated. Haulage business in Nigeria in the last 5years has witnessed tremendous growth in terms of the quantum of fresh […]
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