How To Avoid Empty Back-loads .
Are you trying to reduce your transporting costs? Do you want an affordable yet effective solution for your international shipment? If yes, then back-loading is a perfect option for you. Back-hauling is a practice in which a truck picks up an additional load once a haul is completed and transports it back to a location near or at the truck’s initial starting point. This increases vehicle and driver utilization, improves productivity and eliminates additional trips, cutting down on unnecessary fuel use.
Back-hauling requires more planning than sending trucks out to complete one haul at a time, but the benefits add up. Planning efficient loads prevents wasted fuel, which translates to cost savings and minimizes environmental damage. It also improves operational efficiency from maximizing equipment and labor utilization, which in turn means improved productivity and boosted revenue.
As a fleet owner, the last thing you want is your trucks driving around empty, burning costly fuel transporting just your drivers on the roads when they could be moving more goods. That’s why Musanga is dedicated to finding shipments within Zambia traveling on the same route and pools your freight together.Essentially, back-hauling involves carefully planning routes so trucks aren’t empty on return trips, maximizing productivity on the road. This also allows Musanga to serve and provide an affordable solution for many shippers running on a low budget and transporters that have no internal back-hauling within Zambia. In South Africa alone an estimated 40% of the cargo space is not used. This comes at a large cost to international logistics and transport companies, who are currently under pressure as fuel prices rocket.
With the help of Musanga freight management is easier because we are able to provide accurate ETAs due to the GPS tracking on our application. This allows transporters to accept jobs faster from shippers thanks to better insight into drivers’ locations and available hours. For proactive transporters, the single most important thing that can be done to avoid deadhead miles is to seek and plan your hauls ahead of time. Always having a return load organized, before you even leave for your initial trip, this guarantees your trailer is always full and could help you grow your fleet business and increase productivity with our application.
