On the auspicious occasion of 77th Independence day, Pakistan has been gifted with a product that is an amazing addition to the general cargo portfolio nationwide.
On Aug 10, 2024 a small inauguration ceremony was held at Karachi NLC HQ, where the ribbon was cut as a memento by Director General NLC, Major Farrukh Rao. Undoubtedly they are playing ahead in bringing this amazing product to road for the first time in Pakistan.
Maj Farrukh Rao stated that “Pakistan can exponentially improve its exports by pivoting on the land economy made possible by Pakistan’s geo strategic location”.
Not only this they have ordered a fleet of Curtain Trailers to move export cargo under UN TIR and other trade agreements applicable to the region. AUTOCOM played a pivotal role in bringing this dream to reality as we almost built a fleet of 12 trailers and a dozen is under production that will be soon on roads.
There is no doubt that the curtain enclosure offers controlled environment to the perishable cargo as fruits worth billions were exported to Chinese market by NLC. They used their new fleet of TIR trailers for the purpose.
As a part of business partnership with NLC, AUTOCOM has been trying to bring innovations and cargo securing solutions that makes the product more versatile. We have named this product as “Fortunate”.
Channelizing road freight to Central Asia and bringing back Imports from Turkiye are the milestones achieved by “The Fortunate” curtain side trailer.
This name has been coined for the fact that in this time, Pakistan need to grow its export ability at a drastic rate and this is the window of opportunity for the nation. It allows you to carry 3 tons more than a conventional trailer of same mechanical specification.
There is a list of benefits, but to name a few:
- Saves on fuel cost
- Add 3500 kg of legal load
- Allows the operator to optimize their operations
- Offers the driver free lateral loading and unloading
- Offers the driver free top and rear loading
- ABS allows additional, driver, prime mover and cargo safety.
- High body stability
- Focused on handling the safety of the goods, driver and loaders.
- Multiple option available either like 45 ft. and 48 ft.
- Load securing points are provided inside the compartment for optimum load securing.
Worthy to reiterate that TIR feature allows pilferage proofing. It ensures that no untraceable pilferage is possible when the trailer is loaded and secured. To achieve this Fortunate’ s roof rails are built with customized TIR profiles and the trailer deck is fully secured with TIR cable. The Fortunate has been built at AUTOCOM’s dedicated semi-trailer factory in Port Qasim.
Our engineers are fully trained and skilled to handle the mass production with good quality product.
With the rising success of “The Fortunate” and amazing response from the beneficiary, we expect to witness this amazing transition on roads in no time.
Ease of carrying the load securely through the roads, is going to attract the trades and challenge the monopoly of alternative freight modes.
Congratulations that a “Made in Pakistan” trailer is seen on the roads of Turkiye, Europe and Iran.
“PAKISTAN ZINDABAD”
This exclusive article has been written by Syumiah Murtaza and published in Automark magazine’s September-2024 printed/digital edition.