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IMPORTANCE OF
ADR TRAININGIN
“ LAS REGION “
Cairo, 23 Oct 2011
Bahiej Al BiqawiDirector, Supply Chain Management , Al Majdouie Group KSA
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One of the most growing sectors; it goes in line with any growth regardless from where it comes.
Introduction of New Business Lines, ( i.e. Warehousing, Packaging, Door to Door Distribution , …)
Transport companies are more of family businesses with wide range of small size ones.
The Arab world highly depends on drivers from Non-Arab countries and some with no experience sometimes.
The Low Perception of Driver profession looked at as low and less important.
High Unemployment rates among many of the Arab countries
Transport Sector
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Road Accident Costs by Region (US$ billion)
Region Regional GNP 1997
Estimated Annual Accident Costs
GNP per cent Cost
Africa 370 1.0 3.7
Asia 2454 1.0 24.5
Latin America/ Caribbean
1890 1.0 18.9
Middle East 495 1.5 7.4
Central & Eastern Europe
659 1.5 9.9
HMC 22,665 2.0 453.0
Total 518.0
• In 2005 the total cost of accident was 815 Billion.
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Accidents all over the world
• Syria
• Egypt
• Saudi Arabia
• A REVIEW OF GLOBAL ROAD ACCIDENTS FATALITIES• G D Jacobs & Amy Aeron-Thomas
• # of accident fatality in
KSA in 2009 was
6,400.
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• Syria
• Egypt
• Saudi Arabia
• A REVIEW OF GLOBAL ROAD ACCIDENTS FATALITIES
• G D Jacobs & Amy Aeron-Thomas 5
We need to…• Have Safer Roads & Reduce the No. of Accidents.
• Deliver On Time and Have Better Customer Service.
• Generate More Money to the Business.
• Have Satisfied Drivers/employees and Less Work Related Stress.
• Retain staff , customers and Drivers.
•How to do it?
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Training… is it important?
• An average of 17 Saudi Arabian residents die on the country’s roads each day, a report by the Kingdom’s General Directorate of Traffic has revealed.
• Estimate that 8000 people are killed and 32,000 hurt on Egyptian road accidents each year.
• By the year 2020 forecasts suggest that as a cause of death, road accidents will move up to third place
• 60 Billion $ the cost of accident in Arab countries.
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Land Transport opportunities and Market
Very common : as the railways and sea are poor or not convenient
Faster between LAS countries
Distances are not too much far
Very good infrastructure
Better Promotion for trade exchange between LAS countries
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Obstacles
Lack of qualified and professional Arab truck drivers to cover demand
Highly depending on non Arab drivers with different qualifications and languages
Lack of specialized training
Lack of LAS countries traffic and transit regulations
Un unified formalities and procedures and documentation
High rate of accidents(c) IRU Academy 2011
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European Agreement concerning International Carriage
of Dangerous Good By Road
It is a European standards implemented on 47 countries ,
in Arab countries is implemented in Morocco, Tunisia
ADR as part of the solution
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• Drivers Training
• Types of Transport Vehicles
• Safety & Security
• Managing Accidents with Dangerous Goods
• Fire Fighting Techniques & First Aid Training
• Labeling Issues for Dangerous Goods
• Packaging issues
• Vehicle Marketing with International Standards Marks
• Transport Document Required
• Using of Orange Plate
• Mixed loading
ADR Covers …..
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• Agreement to use worldwide agreed upon standard labeling
• Agreement on Unifying all transport documents
• Agreement on using orange plate
Arab Countries… Where to Start
As a first stage
As a first stage
Arab Countries… Where to Start
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Drivers Training
Managing Accident with Dangerous Goods
Packaging procedures and standards
Mixed loading standards and regulations
As a Second stage
As a Second stage
• complete
partitions
• tomato
• milk
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Why ADR...
Easy to implement
Ready standards
Applicable for all with minor modification
Implemented in neighbor countries
Less investment
Arab Accredited trainings institutes and Arab trainers are available to start with
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Al Majdouie Experience
AL Majdouie through its Logistics Training arm Middle East Logistics Institute accredited by IRU as an ADR training provider
We started provide ADR training to own drivers
Ability to provided training in three languages (Arabic, English, Urdu)
Today we have the first 6 ADR certified drivers
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Are we ready ?
•“Tell me and I forget, teachme and I remember, involve me and I learn.”
•- Benjamin Franklin
But we should start with Awareness and Training
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Industry and government in the United States spend approximately $90 billion each year on
employee training and education.
Average Japanese companies spend about 6% of budget on training.
Examples of Training Investment
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