An Estimation and evaluation of the need for a cargo consolidation terminal for the Southern part of Luzon

• Main Authors: Emata, Romulo O., Golez, Jose Enrico T., Ugalino, Angelo Michael T.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1993
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/16898
• Institution: De La Salle University

Currently, there is a significant number of trucks which travel without any load. This occurrence is, most of the time, a given rather than a variable. Because of this, many truckers charge for the roundtrip. This great inefficiency in the local distribution system is undoubtedly a quandary to solve if the objectives of Ramos' Philippines 2000 is to be achieved. One possible solution is the creation of a consolidation terminal to act as a hub where all cargo will converge, be sorted, loaded into trucks and subsequently delivered. In essence, a truck that wants to have a load will simply be needing to pass by the terminal to have such. This study has proved the need of such a facility for cargo trucks with destinations or homebases in Southern Luzon. This has been achieved through the incorporation and analysis of five variables. These are: (1) the estimation of daily existence of load (2) the estimation of hourly load (3) the estimation of total truck average daily capacity (4) the estimation of the number of truck types going south, or heading Manila, from the south, and, (5) Interviews with trucking owners and groups pertaining to their existence of backload, and willingness to avail of the services of such a facility. All data have been gathered through tallying of such data at the Canlubang tollgate, except that of the interviews with truckers, which were obtained through personal contact with the subjects. Among other things the study has determined primarily a significant number of trucks without load which would be an indication of a possible market for the cargo terminal. It is to be reminded however, that the results of this study must not immediately be made the basis of an actual feasibility of the terminal project. Instead, it may be used as a supplementary data for further market and/or feasibility studies.