BENCHMARKING ON THE REGULATION AND POLICY ON OVERLOADING AND

OVERDIMENSION TRUCKING AGAINST OTHER COUNTRIES

Dr. Suratin Tunyaplin

The land transportation association of Thailand
3 June 2021

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 Total 1,180,646

Non-Fixed Route Truck 367,477

Private Truck 813,169

Number of commercial Source: Planning Division, Department of Land Transport
truck registered in
Thailand as of 30 Apr
2021

Non-Fixed Route Truck (Public) Private truck

For public transport, nationwide For carry the product of the
factory itself
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 Single tire Dual tire

Total weight of commercial truck

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Source: Department of Land Transport, https://www.unescap.org/sites/default/files/Thailand_18.pdf
 • Entrepreneurs disagree and against overweight
• The overload caused the undercut price (unfair
competition occurs). The company that breaks
the law is the winner.
• Weight loading causes much wear and tear
on the truck; on the other hand, the state
Trucking overweight must budget for road repairs
• Law enforcement is not strong enough to
convince a violent person; then, the
government agency increases penalties.
• Confiscate a truck.
• More punishments, the higher bribe.

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 • The fine is up 100,000 Baht (US$ 3,300) /
incident as well as imprisonment for up to 6
months including confiscate a truck
regardless how much of excess weight.
Trucking overweight • When that happened, the agency must be
(Cont.) submitted to court for consideration
immediately. No product transfer to another
truck.
• By the law, a driver considers as a criminal
that could face a fine or jail.

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 • The fine should be a tier rate.
• An owner of the product should also be responsible.*
• The state established “White truck” project
• The reward is for arrest.
• Providing communication channels via, email,
website and others.
• Load more, lower price we get. The maintenance cost
Trucking overweight in is getting higher.
• Train and sea transportation mode are the alternative
point of transport
of overweight
service provider • Optimization and utilization are the objectives of
Thailand service provider.
• Truck specification
• Road condition
• Properly payload weight
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* There is a considering point for TSP who provides Less than truck load service
 • Government
• The state has to spend the budget for road
maintenance and reconstruction which is not worth
the investment of the public sector. It is valued more
than several billion US$ a year.
• Service provider
• Increasing the cost of truck maintenance, short life,
including cutting price because of low income.
Disadvantage of • Public
overloading • Highly possible cause the accident due to the road
surface damage.
• Waste of resources
• The road are built but underutilization for the
intended lifespan
• Social injustice
• Opening the channel of bribing that create
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Truck scrapping
• Thailand does not have a law for truck usage
age.
• Most of the truck that have been used for
more than 15 years will be sold out in the
upcountry. It uses in agriculture
transportation such as sugar cane
industry from a farm to factory.
• The law prohibits the import of used
trucks. Therefore, an overside truck is
not an issue.
• Road tax renews annually but must be
inspected by the agency

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 The state does not have a regulation of controlling
Freight pricing policy
MIN and MAX of the freight service charge except
passenger

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Random weighting
truck of check point

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 Permanent
weighting truck
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 Low speed for
weigh-in-motion
(Scale and Plates)

According to a report of the Office of

Transport and Traffic Policy and
Planning, year 2005 had 10 WIM’s
location at central region.
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Asian Trucking Federation (ATF)
objective

The objectives of this Memorandum of Understanding are:

1. To establish a cooperation network of ASEAN based logistics and

trucking entities
2. To exchange best practices in the ASEAN logistics and trucking
industry
3. To share issues and concerns that may affect the ASEAN logistics
and trucking industry
4. To represent when needed the voice of the ASEAN logistics and
trucking industry at related ASEAN working groups and forums.

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Asian Trucking Federation (ATF),
Inland transport network.
Annual meeting 2020
• Myanmar Transport and
Logistics Federation (MTLF)
• Myanmar Container Transport
Association (MCTA)
• Vietnam Automotive and
Transport Association (VATA)
• Port User Confederation of the
Philippines (PUCP)
• Confederation of Truckers
Association of the Philippines
(CTAP)
• Cambodia Trucking Association
(CAMTA)
• Cambodia Logistics Association
(CLA)
• Brunei Freight Forwarders
Association (BRUFA)
• Malaysia Trucking Federation
(MTF)
• Truck Entrepreneur Association of
Indonesia (APTRINDO)
• Land Transport Federation of
Thailand (LTFT)
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Q&A

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