Issues and Barriers to Sustainable Growth of Malaysian Haulage Industry

摘要

This article explore the issues and barriers to the growth of haulage industry in Malaysia. The objectives of this article are to identify issues and barrier to sustainable growth of haulage industry in Malaysia. The review of literature in haulage industry reveals that not many studies conducted to examine the issues and barriers to a sustainable growth of haulage industry in Malaysia. Secondary data was used to identify issues and barriers for a sustainable growth of Malaysian haulage industries. Issues identified are high and heavy vehicle volume which result in congestion and pollution, poor urban logistics and infrastructure, lack of inter-modal choice, unhealthy competition, poor logistics infrastructure, under usage of ICT in logistics and pollution. The barriers to enter the industry are capital intensive, economics of scale, low profit margins for small and medium operator, distance of the depots from the port and inefficiency in material handling.