Pasaran Pengangkutan membangun seiring dengan Perkembangan Negara.

Encik Anndrew MLH, Pengurus Pengangkutandari Briliant Decade Transport Agency Sdn. Bhd berbesar hati untuk berkongsi tentang Briliant Decade. Beliau telah berkerja lebih kurang lima tahun di Briliant Decade telah menjadikannya salah seorang yang penting di dalam syarikat itu.

Sejarah
Hiap Teck Venture Berhad (HTVB) adalah sebuah syarikat yang dinamik dan merupakan syarikat keluli terkemuka di Malaysia. Beroperasi pada tahun 1993, ia adalah sebuah syarikat awam tersenarai di Bursa Saham Malaysia dan telah disenaraikan diperingkat atas syarikat-syarikat keluli Malaysia. Ia mempunyai rekod perkhidmatan yang cemerlang dan hasil melebihi bilion Ringgit.

Menerusi anak-anak syarikat milik sepenuhnya, HTVB memegang 19 tahun pengalaman di dalam industri keluli, yang menawarkan penyelesaian produk kelu

li untuk asas pelanggan samada tempatan atau antarabangsa di dalam sektor seperti pembinaan bangunan, pembuatan, kejuruteraan serta minyak dan gas. Kami mendekati salah satu daripada anak-anak syarikat HTVB iaitu, Brilliant Decade.
Ditubuhkan pada tahun 1993, Briliant Decade Agensi Transport Sdn Bhd kini memiliki 30 unit trak antara 6 tan kepada 20 tan. Daripada jumlah itu, 27 unit trak dilengkapi dengan pengesanan GPS & pemantauan sistem. Briliant Decade sentiasa menaik taraf pengakutanya untuk seiring dengan keperluan yang semakin meningkat dalam industri pengangkutan.

Syarikat Briliant Decade lebih mementingkan pengangkutan dalaman. Syarikat ini mengutamakan barangan syarikat dan kawasan utama mereka ialah Klang Valley. Barangan yang biasanya dibawa ialah keluli, paip dan lain-lain. Syarikat ini menggunakan beberapa buah jenama trak. Trak yang lebih lama yang masih digunakan seperti trak Nissan, Hino, Izusu dan Scania manakala trak baru mereka adalah Sinotruk dan Auman.

“Pada pendapat saya, jenama trak China semakin mendapat permintaan dipasaran dan penggunaan trak ini juga agak memuaskan, jenama ini juga semakin memenuhi kehendak dipasaran,” kata Encik Anndrew.

Utamakan Keselamatan
Asian Trucker mempersoalkan tentang isu keselamatan yang paling diutamakan dan beliau menjawab “saya mengambil isu muatan berlebihan sebagai suatu isu yang serius. Di dalam Briliant Decade, kami begitu tegas dalam mengikuti had yang ditetapkan untuk setiap muatan trak kami, kerana kami bukan sahaja mementingkan keselamatan permandu, kami juga perlu menjaga trak kami dengan baik. Muatan yang melebihi had boleh membawa kepada kerosakkan trak dan mampu mengundang bahaya kepada ramai pihak,”.

Untuk mengatasi isu ini, Encik Anndrew akan mengadakan pemeriksaaan mengejut terhadap pemandu-pemandu trak syarikat pada setiap bulan. “saya mengamalkan kaedah ini adalah untuk memastikan setiap pemandu trak kami berada di dalam keadaan yang baik. Saya dapati terdapat pemandu yang masih meneruskan kerja mereka walaupun mereka berada di dalam keadaan yang kurang sihat. Apabila kejadian seperti ini berlaku, saya akan mengarahkan mereka untuk berjumpa doktor atau memberi cuti agar mereka boleh berehat,” tambah beliau. Usaha tambahan pula, pihak syarikat akan menghantar pemandu trak mereka untuk menjalani latihan pemanduan yang sewajarnya.

Masa Depan Briliant Decade
Pada masa kini, Briliant Decade hanya menumpukan pengangkutan dalaman. Meluaskan sektor pengangkutan mereka untuk pengakutan luar masih di dalam perancangan dan melaksanakannya di kawasan yang lebih berpontensi. Menambahkan lebih banyak trak syarikat adalah suatu kepastian untuk perkembangan syarikat mereka.

The secret to Jimmy Nichi's success with his Buffalo Mixers is that there is no secret, just hard work and a lot of common sense that has helped him to become the address in South East Asia to go to for cement mixers.

If you haven't done so, we recommend you hook up with Jimmy Nichi to have a chat over a drink. He and his ex-staff, suppliers and customers meet every Friday in their clubhouse located in Nichi's premises just outside Klang. Besides producing some of the most durable cement mixers, "Jimmy" as everyone just calls him, whips up chicken curry that can compete with Masterchef's creations and the home made curry puffs are something out of this world. Being the relaxed host today, Nichi has built a solid business using common sense and his secret ingredient: hard work. We stirred a bit to find out more about the success story behind Malaysia's Buffalo cement mixers.

Having worked for others, Nichi felt the desire to start "something for himself". Not specialised in anything in particular, he simply took the challenge and got on with it. In 1981, he simply loaded his hand tools and a welding apparatus into his trusted Datsun and started looking for work. Going from construction site to the next and visiting truck operators, he offered his services to help maintain and repair the vehicles on site. Initially, this paid very little and he had to chase for work every day. However, the concept worked and the best times were during the festive season as he explains "Companies would slow down their operation and give their vehicles a proper work-over. It were these times when I would show up at a transportation yard and secure work for several days." This soon led to him hiring a general hand. Soon the team was known in the industry and Nichi gained a reputation for solid work and being available at any time of the day or week. "I had to be smart. If others prefer to relax at home, that was the time when I would be out there, helping truckers with their breakdowns and services" he says, smiling.

Events took an interesting turn when he was buying parts in a shop one day and an Australian walked in, looking for specific parts to set up the first cement batching plant in Malaysia. The two enterprising gentlemen talked and at the end of the day, Nichi was hired to help building this plant. That time still on daily pay, he made RM 50 for a hard day's worth of work but soaked up everything that there was to know about batching plants. "It didn't matter that I earned little and that it was hard work as I was able to learn all about this type of machinery" he reasons. When the market crashed in 1987, it threw the Australian off the rails and it marked the end of operation for this batching plant. It was the moment when Nichi decided to create his own batching plant using his newly gained knowledge. With the support of new-found customers the business started to take off.

"And then I realised that there is a need for mixer trucks as well. I started to look into these next" Nichi says. At that time, only used, imported trucks from Japan were available. Learning again, the mixers saw a number of trials and errors before they turned into what is known today as "Buffalo Mixers", representing sturdy, durable and innovative mixers. According to Nichi, the difficult part is to design the barrel and blades in a manner that ensure a homogenous mix of the concrete inside. Said Nichi "What makes you successful is hard work, patience and making sacrifices. Unfortunately, the younger generation doesn't want to put in such efforts anymore." His daughter and son also work for the business, but won't get any royal treatment. They have to report to more senior staff and not Daddy.

Read the full article in our Malaysia version of Asian Trucker (Issue 18).

Rasa mengantuk adalah tanda yang merbahaya jika sedang memandu walaupun pemandu yang terbaik. Berikut adalah beberapa cara yang berguna untuk pemanduan harian anda.
Berjalan selama 10 minit

Adakah anda tahu terdapat satu kajian yang menunjukkan bahawa 10 minit berjalan kaki boleh meningkatkan tenaga selama dua jam? Ini kerana dengan berjalan kaki dapat mengepam oksigen melalui urat anda, otak, dan otot. Oleh itu, kepada pemandu trak yang menghentikan trak di mana-mana kawasan rehat, anda boleh cuba untuk berjalan di sekitar kawasan itu sekurang-kurangnya 10 minit untuk menyegarkan minda dan badan anda. Anda tidak perlu berpeluh untuk mengecas semula badan anda.

Hebatnya “Power Nap”
“Power nap” ialah tidur dalam jangka masa yang pendek selama 15 ke 10 minit. Pemandu trak boleh melakukan “power nap” semasa perhentian trak atau semasa waktu rehat. Tidur dalam jangka masa pendek ini dapat membantu anda merehatkan mata, minda dan badan. Tumpuan yang berterusan di atas jalan raya boleh menyebabkan sakit mata dan mendatangkan rasa mengantuk serta keletihan. Oleh itu, menutup mata anda untuk sementara waktu boleh membantu memulihkan mata anda. Salah satu cara yang mudah ialah dengan memegang kunci trak anda, apabila anda tidur selama 15 – 20 minit, secara tidak langsung, tangan anda akan terbuka dan menjatuhkan kunci tersebut, anda akan tersedar dan boleh meneruskan pemanduan.

Makanan ringan yang sihat untuk meningkatkan tenaga
Pemandu trak kebiasaannya perlu memandu pada waktu siang dan malam. Anda perlu membawa makanan ringan yang betul bagi membekalkan tenaga anda sepanjang pemanduan. Jangan mengambil bar gula-gula kerana ia hanya akan membuatkan anda merasa lebih letih selepas sejam kemudian. Sila ambil perhatian bahawa makanan ringan yang mengandungi lebih gula boleh memberi tenaga dengan pantas tetapi akan lebih memyebabkan kelesuan dan keletihan. Pemilihan epal atau kacang adalah alternatif yang lebih baik untuk makanan ringan semasa memandu di jalan raya.

Minum air untuk mengelakkan keletihan
Dehidrasi boleh menyebabkan keletihan. Pastikan anda minum air dengan banyak dan makan makanan yang mempunyai air yang tinggi seperti buah-buahan dan sayur-sayuran. Kopi bukanlah kategori cecair kerana ia dehidrasikan anda. Untuk setiap cawan kopi yang anda minum anda perlu minum sekurang-kurangnya segelas air dengannya.

Bersenam
Walaupun masa anda banyak dihabiskan di atas jalan raya, anda perlu sentiasa mencari masa untuk bersenam walaupun dalam masa yang singkat. Senaman yang seimbang akan membantu memberikan stamina tambahan untuk anda merasa cergas dan bertenaga.

Di dalam industri kita, rampasan/rompakan trak adalah suatu isu yang serius. Ia mampu menyebabkan kerosakan dalaman dan luaran yang teruk. Reputasi dan nyawa menjadi pertaruhan. Syarikat anda boleh mengalami kerugian, premium insurans yang lebih tinggi, kekurangan bahagian, gangguan perniagaan, tuntutan pampasan pekerja ', dan ketidak puasan hati oleh pelanggan. Isu-isu yang lebih serius berlaku jika melibatkan kecederaan, atau kematian.

Kami telah melakukan kajian melalui Asia kelab “Asian Trucker” (Facebook), dan kami menerima banyak komen tentang pengalaman dan maklumat dari pemandu trak mengenai isu ini.

Pengangkutan jarak jauh biasanya terdiri daripada sebuah trak kargo atau treler tangki yang mempunyai risiko lebih tinggi untuk berlakunya rampasan/rompakan trak. Biasanya, perlaku rampasan dan rompakan akan mensasarkan trak yang membawa produk yang berharga dan mahal.

Ikuti langkah-langkah Keselamatan
Setiap syarikat mempunyai dasar keselamatan serta prosedur tersendiri. Latihan yang disediakan kepada pemandu biasanya termasuklah taklimat tentang keselamatan trak dan cara-cara untuk melindungi diri mereka jika jenayah seperti itu berlaku. Bagi pemandu trak, mengamalkan semua langkah-langkah keselamatan di dalam rutin kerja harian mereka adalah sesuatu yang penting.

• Berwaspada dengan orang yang mencurigakan apabila anda memuatkan / memunggah barang-barang anda atau semasa mengisi petrol.
• Dapatkan maklumat tentang tempat-tempat di mana rampasan sering berlaku.
• Anda juga boleh mengambil satu lagi inisiatif seperti mengunci tempat simpanan tunai atau menyembunyikannya .
• Cuba untuk menghentikan kira-kira 5 meter di belakang kereta di hadapan anda di tanda berhenti atau lampu isyarat - itu membuat untuk percutian mudah jika masalah timbul
• Mempunyai pengetahuan mengenai helah dan kaedah perampas ini.
• Sentiasa membawa maklumat mengenai diri anda untuk yang mengenal pasti, peralatan kargo dan trak anda.

Keselamatan Trak

• Pastikan pintu trak dan tingkap sentiasa ditutup dan dikunci semasa trak anda berhenti atau bergerak.
• Matikan enjin dan mengunci trak semasa mengisi minyak trak anda.
• Cari tempat memberhentikan trak yang selamat seperti balai polis, elakkan tempat yang gelap dan sunyi.

Pasang Peranti Penjejakan dan Peranti Menghentikan Sistem
Kebanyakan syarikat kini mempunyai trak yang dilengkapi dengan Sistem Kedudukan Global (GPS) atau peranti menghentikan sistem trak yang dikhaskan untuk trak. Terdapat beberapa ciri-ciri yang keselamatan disediakan:

• Dapatkan maklumat tentang tempat-tempat di mana rampasan sering berlaku.
• Anda juga boleh mengambil satu lagi inisiatif seperti mengunci tempat simpanan tunai atau menyembunyikannya .
• Cuba untuk menghentikan kira-kira 5 meter di belakang kereta di hadapan anda di tanda berhenti atau lampu isyarat - itu membuat untuk percutian mudah jika masalah timbul
• Mempunyai pengetahuan mengenai helah dan kaedah perampas ini.
• Sentiasa membawa maklumat mengenai diri anda untuk yang mengenal pasti, peralatan kargo dan trak anda.

Now it’s official: the name LAMILUX is synonymous with optimum, TÜV-certified quality. As the world’s first manufacturer of fibre-reinforced composites, LAMILUX has recently been awarded the internationally recognised octagon mark by the renowned German technical inspection agency, TÜV. The mark certifies that LAMILUX meets the top quality control and quality assurance standards.

The company recently opted to have the majority of its laboratory and test facilities appraised and inspected by the TÜV Süd technical inspection agency, thus imposing the highest quality standards on itself. At the end of the detailed certification process, the TÜV specialists had assessed 17 analysis, measurement and test methods with regard to their usefulness and validity for quality assurance and product development.

“Our extensive tests and checks provide the basis for analysing and continuously improving versatile material properties during development and manufacture of fibre-reinforced composites,” states LAMILUX Technical Manager Stefan Bachstein. “In this way, we reliably assure the quality of our end products based on a wide range of tests. The TÜV Süd mark confirms that we fully comply with our own high quality standard for our products."

A total of 17 test and measurement methods used for quality assurance and material analysis were assessed by TÜV Süd in LAMILUX’s laboratories and test rooms. These methods are of key importance for material quality controls and are strictly regulated by standardised procedures to a large extent.

The quality and material tests appraised by TÜV Süd included the Charpy impact test (as per DIN EN ISO 179, DIN 53435 and DIN EN ISO 180), tensile and flexural strength tests (DIN EN 527-4 and DIN EN ISO 14125), weathering tests (Xenon-arc lamp and SUN test as per DIN EN 4892-2), impact, temperature and attrition tests, delamination tests and DMA measurements

Specialised on commercial tyre retreading, Coltrac Sdn Bhd has recently undergone a rigorous audit, resulting in a top rating according to European standards. This qualified COLTRAC to the authorised Supercool retreader in Malaysia and we recognised them as GIIB Supercool Business Partner (SBP) The company uses 100 % GIIB retreading materials and has been accredited by GIIB for the use of their retread liners. Coltrac is also ISO certified, ensuring that processes are strictly adhered to.

"To be competitive, we need to apply stringent processes. This is where we excel" said Tom Tai, Managing Director of Coltrac. According to him, the difference between a successful business and one that is truly excellent is found in the way processes are managed and checked. "For our industry, we have to produce five more tyres for every one that fails. Hence, the avoidance of mistakes is paramount" he explains further. Having undergone extensive auditing for five days, the factory in Seksyen U5, Shah Alam achieved a superb rating of close to 98 percent.

Not only has the factory achieved a very high quality standard, but retreaded tyres sent for testing to the Netherlands exceeded expectations. "Typically, retreads are being tested for 72 hours continuously. We have sent 30 tyres for testing and after some 118 hours the lab stopped the test, saying that these retreads are performing beyond the normal rate" Tai says not without a certain pride.

Present in the factory during the interview was BOB, General Manager of GIIB. He explained the collaboration with Coltrac and states that it is mutually beneficial. Said BOB "The better our SBP perform, the better it is for us too. Yes, we invest a lot of time and effort, but at the end of the day, the success will trickle down to us as well". GIIB assists partners with services that will help to streamline factories and improve performance. For example, GIIB writes and translates all procedures for the staff managing the tyre retreading process. "For us, the most important thing is that the (commercial) retreads don't fail. In order to get to that point, we also do quarterly assessments" BOB further said.

According to GIIB, the company provides a "Cradle to Grave" solution and is now working on innovative solutions to further enhance the offering of the company. Currently, RFID chips are being attached to all tyres processed by Coltrac, which indicates that a move towards total tyre

Continental Malaysia just published their 2014 edition of the Tyre Special. Packed with success stories, updates and news from the Germany tyre maker, this is the definitive read for anyone that needs to know about tyres. We have gotten the content exclusively for the subscribers to our online PDFs here: http://www.asiantrucker.com/in-print/malaysia/2014-2

Leading tire manufacturer and automotive supplier, Continental, and the Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology (IME) at the University of Münster were honored with the GreenTec Award 2014 for their co-development project "RUBIN – Industrial Emergence of Natural Rubber from Dandelion." on May 8, 2014.

A 60-member jury panel consisting of experts from industry, academia, trade associations, and the media considered this project to be an outstanding example of commitment to the environment and pioneering environmental technology in the category "Automobility." The award ceremony was held on May 4th in Munich at the start of IFAT, the world's leading trade fair for environmental technology. The GreenTec Awards, of which there are 14 different categories, are Europe's biggest environmental and business awards and were first presented in 2008.

"We are very pleased to receive this award for our dandelion rubber project. Continental is pushing a very promising technology whose full potential will fully unfold in the next few years. In view of increasing levels of motorization in growth markets such as Asia, we expect a major increase in demand for natural rubber in the future. We are convinced that the use of rubber from dandelion root will make our tire production considerably more efficient and sustainable," said Nikolai Setzer, Member of the Executive Board of Continental and Head of Tire Division.

"In the RUBIN project we are working to find an ecologically, economically, and socially viable solution to meet this growing demand," added Dr. Andreas Topp, Vice President Material and Process Development and Industrialization Tires at Continental. Continental and IME are currently working on the industrial use of Russian dandelion, which is said to be very rubber-rich and does not need a tropical climate in contrast to regular rubber trees. This undemanding plant can be cultivated in a number of temperate regions on what is known as "marginal land" that was previously unusable in terms of agriculture. Andreas Topp: "Dandelion rubber will shorten transport routes to our production sites and enable the growing global demand for rubber to be met without sacrificing more precious areas of rainforest. Both these factors will have a sustainably positive effect on the world's carbon footprint and on bio-diversity."

Dr. Carla Recker, project manager and in charge of materials chemistry in the Continental Tire Division, emphasizes: "In addition to persuading the jury of the GreenTec Awards, this positive environmental impact also motivates and encourages us in our work on this long-term and challenging undertaking." Dr. Recker received the award together with Professor Dirk Prüfer of the Fraunhofer IME in Munich in front of 1000 guests from the worlds of business, sport and entertainment.

Anak syarikat Daimler Jepun, pihak Pengurusan Mitsubishi Fuso Trak dan Bas akan menghadiri “Tokyo Motor Show” pada tahun ini dengan motto "Bersama Membina". Bersesuaian dengan motto, kedua-dua anak syarikat kenderaan perdagangan MFTBC dan DICV telah menggabungkan perniagaan mereka di Asia di bawah naungan Daimler Trak Asia dengan tujuan untuk menjana perkembangan jualan di Asia dan Afrika.

Untuk tujuan ini, Daimler Trucks Asia akan melabur 300 Juta Euro dalam jualan antarabangsa dan struktur pengeluaran mengikut jadual dalam tempoh 2014 sehingga tahun 2018. Menjelang tahun 2020, kira-kira 290,000 unit jenama FUSO dan BharatBenz ini akan dijual di seluruh dunia.

Dr Albert Kirchmann, Ketua Daimler Trucks Asia dan MFTBC Presiden & Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif, sempena “Tokyo Motor Show” berkata, "Dengan pelaburan ini, kami dapat memperluaskan jualan kami yang sedia ada dan rangkaian pengeluaran untuk mendapatkan kelebihan pada jualan yang berpotensi di Asia dan Afrika dimasa hadapan.” "Oleh itu, kita akan melabur dimasa depan demi satu pasukan yang kuat dari dua budaya. Saya berbangga dengan pasukan dari Jepun dan India, yang bekerja keras untuk membawa produk yang betul memasuki pasaran dimasa hadapan " tambah Dr Albert Kirchmann.

Pasaran Asia Tenggara mempunyai potensi yang besar untuk jangka masa panjang. Menurut ramalan, jualan trak tahunan bagi seluruh kawasan tersebut di Asia Tenggara dijangka berkembang sebanyak kira-kira 20 hingga 30 peratus sehingga tahun 2020. Dalam tempoh yang sama, pasaran trak di benua Afrika menjanjikan perkembangan lima hingga sepuluh peratus setahun.

Pameran perdagangan yang baru "FI" diperkukuh dengan produk tambahan dari rangkaian produk FUSO, termasuklah empat konsep yang dikaji iaitu:

Hibrid FUSO Canter Eco "Canna" (yang dibangunkan oleh dan kepada wanita)
FUSO Aero Queen "Premium Cruiser" (jurulatih mewah)
FUSO Canter Eco Hibrid "moving pit " (pembaikan kenderaan)
FUSO Super Besar "fuel efficient truck " ( trak perdagangan berat)

Di samping itu, model khas krom saduran "Black Chrome" daripada trak perdagangan sederhana iaitu trak sampah FUSO Fighter juga telah dipamerkan di “Tokyo Motor Show”.

Kajian konsep "Canna" adalah daripada trak perdagangan ringan FUSO Canter Eco Hibrid merujuk kepada projek "Trak Comel" di “Tokyo Motor Show”. FUSO mahu mewakili pihak wanita yang menceburi industri kenderaan dan perkapalan.