Most corporate haulage firms render non-exclusive services to 2 or more FMCGs or other categories of major haulage services users. These relationship or partnership are premised on some terms and conditions legally crafted in the form of contractual agreements. Since those contracts are renewable every 2 or 3 years and in some cases 5years, it makes a lot of sense […]
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ROUTING & DOCUMENTATION: YEAR-END CONCERNS FOR HAULAGE BUSINESS
So most of your trucks did long haul in the outgoing year? Good. But what was the turnaround time like? What feedback did you get matching repairs history for each truck against the choice of routes? Any repeated cases of misdemeanour or wrongful behaviour associated with any particular route? What is the popularity of the route among peers in the […]
Continue reading »INSURANCE AND TRACKING: YEAR-END CONCERNS FOR HAULAGE BUSINESS
Your GIT (Goods-in-transit) and Comprehensive Insurance are probably expiring at about now. How responsive was your Underwriter or Insurance Company during the year? What about claims payment- how much of what you deserve to get was knocked off on the basis of some independent assessor’s re-computation and extant clauses? What was the response time to claims payment? How many accidents […]
Continue reading »FUEL MATTERS: YEAR-END CONCERNS FOR HAULAGE BUSINESS
How many rotors and nozzles did you lose and had to replace during the year? How many times did you have your fuel injector pump serviced or outrightly replaced? Did you lose any turbo charger or a number of them during the year? Affirmative answer to any of the above is a sure signal to take a second look at […]
Continue reading »TRUCKS’ HEALTH: YEAR-END CONCERNS FOR HAULAGE BUSINESS
At about this time of the year, every proactive trucker will naturally bother about the performance and fit level of one of the most valuable haulage assets – trucks. Although the outward physical appearance may seem okay, but a more careful examination may reveal otherwise. Loading operations are generally light during the yuletide and therefore present an opportunity to ground trucks for repairs […]
Continue reading »TRUCK DRIVERS: YEAR-END CONCERNS FOR HAULAGE BUSINESS
Capacity building or training for Truck Drivers has never been one of the strong points of haulage companies in Nigeria. Many believe that training truck drivers is none other than a clear waste of scarce resources. Some even believe that Truck Drivers are ‘untrainable’! (We will be coming up with an extensive study of this unhealthy paradigm in some weeks’ […]
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