Blogger on Haulage activities in Nigeria

  This is no longer news that the price of Automotive Gas Oil (Ago) also known as diesel has gone up in a geometric progression in the last six months from around N250 to N850 in the month of June,2022 that is a whopping 29.41% in less than six months! This increase is not only a domestic issue but a global problem which was made worse by the Russian-Ukraine war. This situation has deeply affected the global and local supply chain activities. It has destroyed global economy and made many countries fall into recessions that has never being seen in decades. The inflation figures continue to skyrocket and to make matters worse for Nigerians it has affected the supply of petrol which has presently resulted to petrol scarcity in the major cities. The future doesn’t seen bright as it is projected that diesel is likely to be sold between N1200 -N1500 in 2 weeks (first week of July, 2022) since the product has been deregulated for some years now. We do not need a soothsayer to inform us that t

  O ne of the challenges faced by the logistic companies and those in the haulage value chain in Nigeria is the inability to have an acceptable, universal and comprehensive trip rates/diesel charting rates that is acceptable to all. This problem has lead to variations in trip rates and diesel allocation across every industries within Nigeria. It then begs the question(s), how much money should be given to a Third Party Logistic Company to move from point A to point B? How much diesel should a 3PL allocate to his/her driver to deliver goods from point A to point B et al.  The Diesel price is a key determinant in fixing the trip rates. Presently the price of Diesel has continued to increase at the global market due partly to the Omicron covid-19 virus which ravaged several countries in the first quarter of the year which distorted the global fuel supply chain, coupled with the Russian-Ukrainian war (which started some weeks ago), then the deregulation of diesel in the Niger

  Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) are devices that reduce toxic emissions (air pollution) from diesel exhaust. Specifically, these filters prevent solid particles that are harmful to breathe (i.e. soot), which are created by burning fuel, from leaving the truck and getting into the air. They also keep an engine more fuel-efficient by recycling the soot that gets caught and re-using it for fuel again. It was documented that the DPF was introduced into the trucking system in year 2007.  The term “ diesel particulate trap ” is sometimes used as a synonym for “diesel particulate filter”, especially in older literature. The term “trap” covers a wider class of particle separation devices. Several particle deposition mechanisms other than filtration are commonly employed in industrial dust separation equipment. Examples include gravity settling, centrifugal separation, or electrostatic trapping. None of these techniques could be adopted to control diesel PM emissions, due to the small partic

             Road safety is a serious global issue. According to the United Nation’s global status report on road safety conducted in 2008, over 1.2 million people die each year on the world’s roads, and between 20 and 50 million suffer non-fatal injuries. In most regions of the world this epidemic of road traffic injuries is still increasing. Over 90% of the world’s fatalities on the roads occur in low-income and middle-income countries, which have only 48% of the world’s vehicles.   The haulage sector in Nigeria and indeed every part of the world is characterized by truck owners and investors who invested a lot of money to get their business running and would do anything to ensure they get back their investment and profit in the shortest possible time. It then begs the question, at what point do stakeholders in the trucking industry choose between safety and profit? The haulage world’s success is measured in terms of capacities, mileages, rates, revenue generation and l