Blogger on Haulage activities in Nigeria

  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