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TRUCKING INDUSTRY BORDER TROUBLES * WORLDWIDE
* Kenya - Begins processing trucks after dispute snarled main port
Nairobi,Kenya -Bloomberg, by Eric Ombok & Bernard Sanga -May 22, 2013: --The Kenya National Highways Authority began processing trucks that had blocked the road to and from Mombasa, the country’s main port, in a dispute over cargo-weighing procedures... Truckers obstructed the road in recent days in an attempt to pressure the authority to assess trucks based on gross weight rather than axle load, Meshack Kidenda, head of the authority, said today in the capital, Nairobi. Vehicles with a gross weight of as much as 48 metric tons will now be cleared through a weigh station for a 90-day period, backdated to May 14, Kidenda said, after which the axle-load measure will be used again... Over 96 percent of cargo at the port is moved by trucks and land-locked nations including Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi rely on the port. The truckers favor the use of gross weight because it allows them to carry more goods, while the authority prefers the axle measure because that reduces overloading and damage to highways... The stand-off at the Mariakani weigh bridge delayed clearance of cargo at the port and some trucking companies increased charges, Shippers Council of Eastern Africa Chief Executive Officer Gilbert Langat said in a phone interview...
* Bulgarian and Turkish Transport Ministers mull 'truck' problem
Leipzig,Germany -Novinite Business -May 22, 2013: -- Bulgarian Transport Minister, Kristian Krastev, is to meet with Turkish counterpart, Binali Yildirim, in Leipzig, Germany, on Wednesday... Krastev and Yildirim, who already held several phone calls, are expected to seek a permanent solution of the problem with Bulgarian tractor trailers in Turkey... They will negotiate an agreement on freight shipments... The meeting comes on the heels of protests of Bulgarian drivers and freight road carriers, who blocked the Kapitan Andreevo-Kapakule and the Lessovo border crossing points between Bulgaria and Turkey last week... Bulgarian drivers and truck owners were protesting the hurdles for their business on the other side of the border and unfair competition. They complained from unfounded restrictions such as not allowing into Turkish territory trucks carrying over 500 liters of fuel or making drivers wait at the Turkish border for days... The blockade was lifted late Friday evening as all demands were met after negotiations between Krastev, the Deputy Regional Governor of Edirne and the Customs Chief of Kapakule...
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