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| Title: | The determinants and spatial variations of freight charges in Nigeria's trucking industry |
| Author: | Alokan, Olabode O. |
| Year: | 1990 |
| Periodical: | The Nigerian Journal of Economic and Social Studies |
| Volume: | 32 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Pages: | 127-139 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Nigeria |
| Subjects: | prices road transport |
| Abstract: | Using data collected from a sample of trucking firms based in Lagos and Port Harcourt, the author investigated the variations in freight charges in Nigeria's road haulage industry, and the determinants of freight charges with respect to the port to hinterland sector. It was found that freight rates of port-based trucking firms in Nigeria are in actual fact group rates, that is, there is a zoning of destinations to which uniform rates apply. Furthermore, though freight charges are determined by several factors, only a few are critical. Thus consignment size, distance of haul and weight of consignment are the most important determinants of the charges of Port Harcourt-based haulage firms, while weight, distance of haul, volume of business and scale of operation are the critical factors considered by Lagos-based hauliers. The freight rate zoning structure indicates that a lot of price discrimination exists, depending on the destination. Places relatively near to the port cities which are charged the same rates as more distant locations are at a disadvantage. The relatively higher rates paid by these locations could be because of poor and/or indirect connections to the freight origin. Bibliogr. |