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This may appear a slightly doubtful article for me to be writing at first. Working in the road transport industry as i do , many people assume it is immediately impossible to have a green conscience. This is not surprising, given that my job depends upon tons of haulage automobiles pulling loads up and down the country, producing all those environment damaging carbon emissions on the way. In actual fact the reality is that my job allows me to be both a vocal green advocate and a road haulage representative while still helping me claim a regular income.
No, I haven't invented a miraculous gadget that changes exhaust emissions into pure oxygen - it's simply thanks to the character of the freight exchange.
It works in this way : under normal circumstances, owner operators or haulage firms manage their own loads with their clients, make their delivery and then come home to the depot for the following load. Environmentally and on a human level, this is in no way efficient.
The driver is, in effect , only being paid for the outwards bound journey, and in these instances when the price of fuel appears to be rising on an almost daily basis, this is financially crippling. Now consider a haulage bristol exchange - a network of suppliers and haulage drivers / corporations who distribute their loads between them suggesting the return journey can contain another job. This suggests the trip is paid for ( all ways ) and so the haulage company is not operating at a wasteful loss ( even for a minute ) and profits can rise.
All hunky dory, but this still isn't looking particularly environmentally friendly is it? Wait, I am getting to that part. Now, if this return load is being distributed back to someone who is out on the road, it won't be given to an owner operator for whom that will be the only purpose of the trip. This means that there are less wasted journeys ( each mile concerned has a delivery attached ) and therefore less unnecessary carbon emissions all over the place.
Better still, if this collaboration for potency continues across the industry, then less road haulage cars will be needed to shift all the work, and we may even see the decommissioning of these carbon-emitting behemoths. The environment will certainly jump for joy.
Unlike most ecologically friendly solutions which require an element of self sacrifice and extra work, the freight exchange really creates benefits across the board : the haulage firms and owner operators make more money, the roads get less congested and the environment becomes less polluted. Efficiency shines thru and everyone wins - and because of that, we have seen impressive pick up for our online freight exchange for the 7.5tonne and above market : Haulage Exchange.
i can't tell if our buyer base is growing for monitory or environmental reasons ( it's probably both ), but whichever it is, the steady migration to haulage bristol Exchange and other freight exchanges is great news for the environment. And if our drivers save themselves important money as well , then all the better. What harm is a little motivation when the environment is at risk?
