Analysis of factors threatening the success of freight movement in Malaysia

Abstract

Freight movement by truck is the common mode in freight distribution due to its flexibility and cheap prices. However, the importance of freight movement by trucks is often not fully understood. This paper thus seeks examines the factors threatening freight movement by trucks that influence the delivery effectiveness. The prescription in this paper is based on the syntheses of critical analyses of the quantitative data (70 industrial responses) received from the haulage companies and review of extant literature. The findings establish that poor road condition access to port, congestion access to port and inconsistency of fuel price are the major factors that influence the effectiveness of freight movement.