Road Freight Transport

Identifies the main issues concerning the functioning and impact of road transport on corridor performance, includes key data, and offers possible solutions to the most common issues. Causes of high transport prices on a corridor can include (1) the fragmented structure of the trucking industries in developing countries; (2) the ways the transport services are regulated and operate; (3) the poor quality of infrastructure and the high level of variable costs, especially the costs of maintenance, tires, and fuel; (4) delays at border-crossing points, especially caused by procedures; and (5) delays at gateways (such as congested access to ports). Measures to improve regulation of the market and liberalization of market access can improve the availability and quality of trucking services within a corridor. One objective of a quality licensing system is to facilitate the creation of small and medium-size trucking companies that can better serve the needs of international traders than can individual truck owners.