Safety on our roads should never be discussed. Ideally, it should be taken for granted, upheld and respected. If it were, we wouldn’t be discussing it. However, unfortunate fatalities on the road are becoming too much of a regular occurrence and this is what has been pushing us as a company to advocate for more safety on our roads.
We were never the type to beat round the bush and we do acknowledge that as Malta’s leading transport and logistics operator, we have a heavy presence on the roads. Our tractor units, our trailers, our trucks and the rest of our fleet can be a nuisance to others. The situation is not bound to improve. As the population increases, so will importation and hence our operations and our fleet expand proportionately.
A few years ago, we started looking at ways how we could become an example to others by underlining a positive contribution to society in a direct way. We felt that the utmost attention had to be redirected towards the more vulnerable road users, namely pedestrians, motorcyclists and particularly, the increasing number of athletes who are using the road to train and compete.
Five years ago we started sponsoring several road-related sport events...
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