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TRANSPORT
•
788 people
attended courses
on handling HGVs (heavy goods
vehicles)
• 1645 attendees
at safety
talks
• 1472
psycho-technical commit-
tees
• 2369 tracking procedures
of the movement of forest trans-
port units
• 2045 check-lists
to assess the
condition of the units
•
Technology used
We continued with the implementation
of the articulated lorry, consisting of
two semi-trailers
linked and towed by a tractor unit.
This method strictly complies with cur-
rent regulations and its advantage is that
it has a greater force/tonne ratio and in-
tegrated ABS brakes for the entire unit.
Weight control of the load and a light-
ening system when leaving the forests
with online submission of information
and automatic information control.
Road Safety Programme
Six years ago UPM Forest
Oriental implemented a Road Safety
Programme in order to promote re-
sponsible management, knowledge of
transit rules and safety among all those
who have any kind of link to the com-
pany: employees, forest transport entre-
preneurs and their drivers, communi-
ties and public and private institutions.
Among the actions forming part of the
programme are:
- Call Centre line (4562 7710),
open every day.
- CEPA Inspections (Centre for
the Prevention of Accidents) and
reports on accidents.
- Quarterly Road Safety talks for
drivers.
- Psychotechnical reviews.
- BTW courses.
- Monitoring on route.
- Check-list of the units.
- GPS tracking of trucks.
- Monthly reports from the CEPA.
- Bimonthly Safe Driver Newslet-
ters.
- Monthly CEPA Road Safety Tips.
Over the years we
have contributed
toward the process of
growth, maturation,
professionalisation
and consolidation of
freight transportation
in general. We are
continually working to
improve the sector.
• 37
forest transport
companies
• 267
trucks
• 27
are articulated lorries
• 315 trucks
entered the
pulp mill in Fray Bentos
every day
• 15,000 km
monthly
average per forest
transport vehicle
MAURO REAL DE AZÚA
Logistical Infrastructure Manager
30% reduction
in APMK (accidents
per million kilometres)
compared with 2013.
A rate of
26%
below
the 2014
target APMK was
achieved