| The road haulage industry is an essential and vital | | | | Normally these services are used for transporting iron |
| part of any transportation system of a country. It is | | | | ore, coal, supplies, and waste material. Road haulage |
| important in both developed and developing markets. | | | | service also amounts to carrying agricultural |
| It is important to manage even at places where the | | | | equipment, international, tankers, temperature |
| market is mature and there is little real growth | | | | controlled transport, tipping and constructing, |
| potential. | | | | warehousing and distribution. The cost incurred in |
| The industry mainly comprises of three main sectors | | | | loading such raw material into the machines at the |
| including | | | | mine site and then transporting the same to the |
| * The own-account distribution | | | | processing site is called as service cost. |
| * Contract distribution | | | | The main tasks include: |
| * Shared-user distribution | | | | * Warehousing: Providing enough space for storage |
| Contract distribution and shared-user distribution | | | | of freight and goods |
| together are known as public haulage or hire and | | | | * Distribution: Ensuring proper distribution of goods to |
| reward haulage. Contract distribution companies are | | | | the proper customers |
| mostly involved in the broader area of supply chain | | | | * Transportation: Proper handling of freight to ensure |
| management and logistics management. | | | | minimal losses during transit and faster delivery |
| The services that are provided on the road by the | | | | These provide different services and normally |
| road wheeled vehicles. These services are sold from | | | | specialize in different areas like some of them are |
| companies to companies. The word haulage refers to | | | | specializing in abnormal loads, crane vehicles, heavy |
| the charges made for transporting goods on carts or | | | | and time critical assignments. Some of them also |
| trucks and is nothing but the business of transporting | | | | provide full and part load options. |
| goods from one place to other. | | | | Also these include providing specific services for the |
| Different types of services include: road, local, | | | | chilled and frozen food markets. Many companies |
| overseas, refrigerated, group age, national, | | | | simply concentrate in the area of general food, retail |
| international, express, backloads and European | | | | goods and automotive product markets. |
| haulage. | | | | |