Why would a truck owner prefer an empty vehicle to a return load?

I do not know when to start, there has been a kind of goods called "return goods" in the freight industry. The so-called "return goods", the meaning is also very well understood, that is, the owner of the car in the return of the goods. In simple terms, if you pull back the goods, you can not empty the car when you run back, so you can save money on fuel and tolls.

Logically speaking, the appearance of trailer axles return cargo can enhance the operation value of the return vehicle, which is helpful to both individuals and the industry. But why the owners of the return goods are so hateful and helpless?

Because the return freight charge is too low. Many owners believe that they run back, there is no fixed supply of goods, the car is empty, pull a little is a little, even if the freight is less, the return is a little. According to statistics, under normal circumstances, the return car can be 20%-40% cheaper than the ordinary car, which will lower the freight level of the market to a certain extent.

In addition, the return cargo itself is a false proposition. For example, for example, the main business of A car usually transport goods from city A to city B, B car transport goods from city B to city A, if a car in the return route with less freight to pull the return goods, this means that B car with the average price of the market will not grab the goods, in essence, it is a vicious competition, long-term for the freight environment will have an adverse impact.

In addition, for those owners who are fixed between the two cities all day, there will be a "return car", those who run the trunk transport owners, often run around the country, "return car" the name is not applicable.

In that case, why should car owners accept return shipments? Some owners resent this, think that the owners of the return goods are asking for trouble, the freight is less, but also little by little forced themselves into the dead cycle, the key also involved other owners who do not run back goods. Although it is true to say so, but the current freight market more goods less, many owners even car loans are a problem, and the current oil prices have been rising, the cost of sports cars is also high, but freight has been reducing, so as long as there is goods, owners will definitely rob, after all, fly legs are meat.

In addition, the appearance of trailer axles freight platform also provided a boost for the appearance of return cargo to a certain extent.

According to relevant data, after the emergence of freight platforms, the empty driving rate of vehicles dropped from 37% to 32%, and "improving the return loading rate" has become a gimmick for these platforms to attract owners and cargo owners. When the shipper publishes the price, because of the existence of the definition of "return car", naturally it will not be quoted higher. Some freight platforms will also provide the so-called reference quote, but the reference price will generally be less than the average price, the freight on the freight platform is often more transparent, once there is a low price precedent, owners can only grab a lower price, so caught in a vicious cycle, freight continued to decline.

So many owners call for the closure of the freight platform, but from the current point of view, such a practice is not easy to achieve, after all, whether it is the owner or the owner of the freight platform dependence is relatively high, and again, there are many reasons for the reduction of freight, freight platform is just one of them, not simply banned can be done.

By contrast, better management and consolidation are essential. The Ministry of Transport has interviewed cargo Lala, Manbang, Kuaigou Dache, Didi Freight and other freight platforms three times in two years, notified the platform price competition, multiple charges, illegal operation and other problems that damage the legitimate rights and interests of truck drivers, and required the platform to immediately rectify the price competition behavior and focus on standardizing the platform charging behavior.

Secondly, it is also very important for car owners to raise their awareness of resisting low-cost transportation. In the words of netizens, the low freight price of trailer axles is all done by the owners themselves. As long as everyone does not pull back the goods, or will not accept orders when the price is lower than the market price, the owners will finally have a higher right to speak than the goods.