Challenges and Potential Solutions in the Trucking Industry

The trucking industry in Pakistan faces numerous challenges such as decentralized operations, lack of regulation enforcement, and inadequate infrastructure. Major issues include non-implementation of penalties, axle load discrepancies, and absence of insurance laws. To address these problems, there is a need for centralized governance, formation of a dedicated ministry, modernization of fleets, and promoting healthy competition through strategic partnerships.

• Trucking Industry
• Challenges
• Solutions
• Pakistan
• Logistics

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1. Topic Overal picture of Trucking Industry and its Problems MuhammadAwaisCh.Adv. Date:27- Oct- 22

2. Transport is a complex business in Pakistan, a mix of formal and informal service providers, vendors, freight forwarders, formal and informal manufacturers, lack of a comprehensive Trucking Policy that is implemented in letter and spirit and absence of a dedicated Ministry of Transportation Overview makes it a much neglected sector. Thetrucking sectorcarries 96% oftotalfreighttraffic Therearemore than350,000registeredtrucks Bodies were mostly manufactured in Pakistan by local Industrynotfollowingproperdimensions KeyPoints

3. Major Problems Currently Facing the Trucking Sector Unstandardized Decentralized Non-Implementation of Minor Penalties on Traffic Violations Existing Laws

4. Some Other Main Porblems Absence of Axle Load Non-Implementation of Regime on Ground Dimension Regulations of Vehicle Absence of Insurance Laws Absence of Model (Vehicle and Cargo) Condition Lack of Training and Halting Charges of Vehicles Awareness Among the Drivers

5. Decentralized Transport Industry in Pakistan Scattered Into Many Parts on Governmental Level,WhichNeeds tobe Centralized. Ministry of Commerce Ministry of Communications Ministry of Maritime Affairs Ministries of Tranpsort (Provincial) Provincial Departments Federal Departments

6. Some PotentialPointsfor Improvement Formation ofCompetentAuthorityForImplementation of Laws Relating toTransport Sector Transport SectorNeeds tobe Identifiedas Industry by Government(DedicatedMinistryfor Transport) Phasing out of obsolete trucks, by providing subsidies to the owners for alternatives, special schemes and investment injectionsfrom thegovernmentinthis sphereareessential Need Barriers to entry or exit in Transport Industry for HealthyCompitition Onboarding of stakeholders from public and private partnerships to develop a phase wise strategy to digitize the trucking landscape

7. Thank you MuhammadAwaisCh.Adv. GeneralSecretary AllPakistan Goods TransportOwners Association jz.awais@gmail.com 03008568688