SIMPLE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES CAN SAVE ROAD HAULIERS SIGNIFICANT FUEL COSTS – IEA CONFERENCE
June 1st, 2007
BY PHILIPPA JONES, in Paris
SIMPLE cost-effective actions can help road hauliers run more efficient businesses, reduce their fuel bills and improve their environmental credentials, expert speakers have told an international conference on fuel efficiency in Paris.
Fuel accounts for at least 30% of operating costs in most road transport operations, but few, if any, haulage companies are really maximising the potential to be more fuel efficient, according to Jonathan James, a consultant with Faber Maunsell.
Speaking at the Paris-based International Energy ...
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