If the blockade in Poland continues, trucks will go to the Slovak and Hungarian borders - Association of Road Carriers
Kyiv • UNN
According to Ihor Overko, head of the All-Ukrainian Association of International Road Carriers, the ongoing blockade on the Polish border could divert trucks to the Slovak and Hungarian borders, amid concerns about cargo safety and the need to negotiate border capacity.
If the blockade in Poland continues, the flow of goods will go to the Slovak and Hungarian borders. This was stated by the head of the International Ihor Overko, the head of the International Transport Association of Ukraine, told Ukrainian Radio, UNN reports .
The situation is really critical. Yagodyn, Krakovets, Rava-Ruska - the blockade continues. The Poles said that starting today they will blockade Shehynia will be blocked around the clock. Until now, they blocked it in the daytime, and at night and it was open at night. The situation is such that if their intentions to close the last crossing with Poland, which works with cargo, then the entire flow of goods will be forced to go towards Zakarpattia, to the
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He also noted that the initiative to evacuate drivers is correct, but a bit underdeveloped.
What about the goods, the cars, when the drivers are taken away? Where is the guarantee that looting will not start? If they take away drivers, then it was necessary to somehow organize the protection of this cargo and vehicles.
According to the head of the International Transport Association, this the issue has already moved from the economic to the political plane.
A strike is a strike, but it should be within reason. You cannot block the entire country for the sake of some of your demands, which primarily dependent on them in the first place. So, the Polish customs service deliberately processed transport slowly? If we start to sit down at the negotiating table, the following questions should be raised, No. 1 should be the capacity at each border. We have to figure out why and which side is blocking - whether it is the Ukrainian Customs Service that is working poorly or the Polish one. Or are they working together by agreement and the number of vehicles is increasing? the number of vehicles