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BORDER TROUBLES
* Finland/Russia - Line of trucks at eastern border costs millions of euros a day
Helsinki,Uusimaa,Finland -Helsingin Sanomat -11 Nov2006: -- The lines of trucks queueing in Southeastern Finland to cross over to Russia cost businesses millions of euros per day... According to Tommi Kivilaakso, the Director of the Eastern Customs District, Russian businesses have estimated that each hour a truck spends in a queue equals USD 200, or over EUR 150, in lost revenue... In recent days there has been a backlog of over a thousand vehicles at the Vaalimaa border-crossing, which translates to nearly EUR four million a day in loss of revenue... The bill falls primarily on the Russian side, for 85 per cent of the heavy goods traffic across the border is operated by Russian companies... The long queues are primarily blamed on the Russian border officials' ineffective and overlapping inspections. Also the capacity of the border crossing point on the Russian side does not match the needs of the rapidly growing traffic... * Canada/USA - Border blues for trucking industry - Latest woe is filing info when passing into States
Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada -The Winnipeg Free Press, by Martin Cash -Nov 10 2006: -- That screeching sound is the Manitoba trucking industry being forced to hit the brakes because of disruptions in cattle, lumber and auto exports to the United States... On top of those competitive pressures, carriers that cross into the U.S. through the Pembina, N.D., port will have to endure the additional expense of programming their computers to file shipping information electronically by Jan. 25, 2007, or be turned away at the border... The North Dakota crossing, along with those in Washington and Arizona, are the first to enforce a U.S. Customs and Border Protection order for mandatory electronic filing... Bob Dolyniuk, president of the Manitoba Trucking Association, said the 450 trucking companies in Manitoba are a group of "survivors," but the challenges they are facing now are exceptional... On top of the border issue, truckers have had to cope with last year's closing of the border to Canadian cattle due to BSE concerns, and declining volumes caused by the softwood lumber dispute and the restructuring of the auto industry... A parallel Canadian electronic system is in place for air and marine importers into this country, but no decision has been made on when truckers entering Canada with cargo will be required to file electronically...
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