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Eco Friendly Haulage
Having missed the repeat of Dragons Den, I also missed the pitch by JPM Eco Logistics about green haulage. On the face of it it seems like a great idea, but in reality haulage firms are hugely efficient to start with and have many green practices. Many fail to understand that being ‘green’ doesn’t cost you money, it saves you money. A transport company has three big expenditures - their vehicles, their fuel and their staff. A haulier who hasn’t maintained their fleet to optimum efficiency wont last very long in the business, quite simply, if you don’t maintain your vehicles they breakdown, you become unreliable and you lose customers. Loss of customers means no business. Drivers have to carry out checks on their vehicle every time they commence work, so the vehicles are nearly always operating to the best of their capability or they don’t leave the yard. Yes, you can get fuel from bunkers and pay an average price per gallon / litre, and heavy haulage vehicle have speed inhibitors so they can only be driven at a maximum 56 mph. Given that a vehicle has to be driven a speed of 50-55 mph for peak fuel consumption, there isn’t any chance to squander fuel by driving at high speed.
Which brings me onto bio-fuels. A little know fact about bio fuels is that they can invalidate the vehicle warranty by using them. There are also ethical reasons as to why the use of bio fuels is not to be recommended. What is a good idea, is the recycled trucks that they use. An older truck that is maintained well can be as equally fuel efficient as a truck straight from the production line. Thats still not a new or unique proposition, you only have to look at the trucks already on the road to see that this happens. Green practices from haulage companies include recycling the rainwater collected from their vehicles, investing in planting on their premises to absorb noise pollution, extensive safe driving training for staff as well as recycling many items in their back offices. And finally perhaps you can help me with this last quote from their website -
In addition, as far as possible, all consumable vehicle parts (filters, brake-pads, tyres etc), are fully re-cyclable or bio-degradable. Tyres are one of the hardest things to recycle, yes they can be re-molded in certain instances, but how come they aren’t shouting from the highest mountain about what they are doing with their tyres? The cynic in me thinks, they cannot do very much with them at all, so I will email them and ask them to share, because if they have a great idea they should share their practice so we can all benefit and I don’t just mean own our business, but our environment. |
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