SENKO Co., Ltd. (Head office: Kita-ku, Osaka; President: Kenji Sugimoto; "SENKO") received the "FY2022 Excellent Logistics Partnership Award" category prize (Logistics Structural Reform Award) from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and an awards ceremony was held on December 22 at Sabo Kaikan Annex (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo).
The initiative that was recognized with the award was "Promoting cooperative transportation using dolly-type A-double trucks."
SENKO cooperated with Asahi Kasei Homes Corporation (Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Fumitoshi Kawabata) and Fujitec Co., Ltd. (Head office: Hikone City, Shiga Prefecture; President: Takao Okada) to use dolly-type A-double trucks for centralized and cooperative transportation between the Kanto and Kansai regions, to reduce CO2 emissions, truck numbers and driver numbers.
A-double trucks use the dolly method that allows them to be separated into a large truck and semi-trailer by releasing the connection, which can then both be used for shipments to suppliers. Drivers change trucks at relay stations, so they can return on the same day.
SENKO will use this initiative to push forward with next-generation long-distance mainline transportation with customers, with the view to addressing the 2024 problem--where there are concerns over maintaining transportation capacity following an overtime cap applied to drivers--and reducing CO2 emissions during transportation.
