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Sep 6, 2016

TRUCKERS' BLOCKADE * France & UK BORDER, against TRUCKERS' JUNGLE migrant camp

* Calais - Truckers' Jungle migrant camp protest flops as holidaymakers are simply diverted around their roadblock

(Video by REPORTERBOX - Sep 5, 2016Calais is bracing itself for a week of severe disruption as French truckers begin a seven-day blockade of the port as they call for the closure of the Jungle migrant camp. Under light rain, around 80 trucks began a 'go-slow' on the A16 motorway - the main artery for freight and passengers heading for Britain either via the port or Channel Tunnel) 

--- French truckers who planned to cause chaos at the port of Calais have had their protest against the Jungle migrant camp branded a flop as holidaymakers have been simply diverted around their roadblock... The town, in northen France, had been bracing itself for a week of severe distruption after truckers, farmers and business owners vowed to cut off the port in protest at the makeshift migrant camp... There had also been fears that the blockade would also cause chaos in Kent, if ferries were to stop running, forcing Operation Stack on the M20 to be put into place. But with sailings running on time, the M20 was also operating as normal... The protest began this morning under light rain when around 80 trucks began a 'go-slow' on the A16 motorway - the main artery for freight and passengers heading for Britain either via the port or Channel Tunnel... Farmers also joined the demonstration on their tractors as up to 500 people joined a 'human chain' protest in the blockade dubbed 'Operation Snail'...
... The truckers insist they will keep protesting until they receive a date when the Jungle camp, now home to 10,000 migrants, will be torn down... Local residents also say they makeshift camp is a blight on their businesses, and that those living there are involved in every kind of crime, from theft to attacking delivery lorries and trespassing on farm land. They are also demanding that British authorities stop fining drivers £2,000 per migrant found in their lorries... The truckers want him to come up with an exact timetable... Migrants have resorted to increasingly violent measures to try to get on to UK-bound trucks... Calais mayor Natacha Bouchart who said: 'There might be chaos and disorder on Monday but this is for a good cause. We want things to change. There is chaos every day and every night. We want the French government to take its responsibilities and put an end to this particularly difficult time we are facing' ... Criminal gangs are adopting new methods to smuggle migrants into the UK – including throwing items at cars to try to make them crash... Richard Burnett, of the Road Haulage Association, said the protesters were 'in it for the long haul', adding that it will bring 'further misery' for British hauliers and locals in Kent... 
Calais, France - The Daily Mail, by JENNIFER NEWTON/PETER ALLEN & ARTHUR MARTIN - 5 September 2016

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Apr 28, 2016

NEIGHBOROUGH COMPLAINS * South Africa - AGAINST PORT TRUCKING

* KwaZulu-Natal - Trucking woes aired ahead of march

--- Residents of Glenwood and Umbilo came together to discuss how they could fight the growth of trucking to the port, which was bringing crime and grime to their communities... Earthlife said trucking had brought with it an increase in pollution and crime... Environmental activist, Desmond D’Sa, said trucks in the area posed a danger to residents because they were sometimes poorly maintained and crashed into homes, killing people. He said the trucks also increased noise pollution including at night... A resident who has lived in the Glenwood area for more than 30 years said inefficiencies at the container terminal were adding to the congestion on the roads... Residents and the South Durban Community Environmental Alliance (SDCEA) were planning a march today in Langeberg Road, near Durban’s container terminal... Transnet National Ports Authority said it was aware of the protest... 
(Photo: More than 1 100 trucks have been hijacked so far this year, and that was before the pre-festive season rush)  --  Durban, KZN, SA - IOL, by Mphathi Nxumalo - 27 April 2016

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Feb 22, 2016

ROADS BLOCKADE & DRIVER PROTESTS * India: Farmers protest at Haryana

(Viideo by IndianExpressOnline - Published on Feb 21, 2016 - The Jat agitation may end soon as the government on Sunday decided to bring a bill for granting OBC status to Jats. The decision was taken at a high-level meeting between Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Jat leaders, National security Advisor, Army Chief and Delhi Police Commissioner. After the meeting, BJP) 

 -- The Jat quota agitation in neighbouring Haryana spilled over into Delhi Saturday as protesters blocked several roads in Outer Delhi and said their demands should “reach Parliament”. The protests caused traffic snarls at Peerhagarhi chowk, Nangloi, Mundka, Bawana, Narela, Kingsway Camp and North Campus... Jat (a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India) quota agitation shuts down parts of Gurgaon; commuters, trucks stranded in areas bordering Haryana. Trucks carrying protesters trundled up and down roads along the Delhi-Haryana border in Mundka while other roads were blocked with concrete slabs taken from under-construction Metro sites... Protest following an assurance by state government that it would consider the "principle of equity" in deciding the quantum of compensation to them for the land acquired for the Kaithal-Titram bypass... “Dalits get jobs… they become doctors, magistrates and lawyers. But our children, despite securing high marks, never get jobs. This is only the beginning of our agitati... Tomorrow, we are calling for a bandh in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh,” said Wazirlal, a driver who participated in the protest... A team of 150 policemen was deployed across Mundka, Nangloi and neighbouring areas. As the Jat quota agitation spread to parts of Delhi, the top brass of the city’s police force cancelled all leaves, citing security reasons... 
Gurgaon, India - The Indian Express, by Sarah Hafeez - February 21, 2016

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Aug 10, 2015

BANNED TRUCKS * Australia: Neighboring protests

* Victoria - Truck curfew tipped to create chaos and conflict in Melbourne's north-east

-- A night-time truck ban is due to start this month on some of the busiest roads in Melbourne's north-east, just days before the city's wholesale fruit and vegetable market opens in nearby Epping, drawing heavy truck traffic from across the state... The transport industry and fruit and vegetable growers have warned the Andrews government to expect road chaos as the curfew forces thousands of truck drivers onto other residential roads at night and in the early morning... The curfew is a 12-month trial on nine arterial roads that run between the Eastern Freeway and the M80, the so-called "missing link" in Melbourne's ring road... Trucks will be banned on all major north-south roads between Heidelberg Heights and Eltham between 10pm and 6am from late August, in response to a petition protesting against increased truck traffic and noise on Rosanna Road, which was signed by about 600 people... Resolve Rosanna Road spokesman Mario Panaccio said trucks were a noisy and menacing presence on the four-lane road, which strains to carry about 45,000 vehicles a day. On Wednesday, the road was blocked in both directions after a truck smashed into a power pole... But industry has warned the ban will simply create new conflict between trucks and residents elsewhere... The curfew will be phased in from late August, when trucks will be banned on the Greensborough Highway, Rosanna Road, Lower Plenty Road, Waiora Road and Waterdale Road... Bans will extend to other north-south roads in November... 
Melbourne, VIC, Australia - The Age, by Adam Carey - August 7, 2015

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Jun 2, 2009

PROTESTS * Canada - Block Cornwall truck crossings

Cornwall,ONT,CAN -Today's Trucking -2 June 2009: -- Truckers hauling over the Cornwall Island border crossing say closures and delays caused by Mohawk protests could start hurting business soon... According to local media, the northern span of the Seaway International Bridge is closed indefinitely because of Akwesasne residents' protests over Canada Border Services Agency officers getting guns. The border guards were slated to start carrying 9-mm handguns yesterday... Trucks are not getting through the territory that straddles Quebec, Ontario and the U.S. and many drivers are losing up to three hours being rerouted through Prescott and Osnabruck... CBSA points out that U.S. guards working on the territory have carried guns for decades without any objections from the community... (Picture from b-t.com: Seaway Intl. Bridge)

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Feb 19, 2008

Protesters * Australia - To blockade city's busiest truck route

Protesters will blockade one of Melbourne's busiest truck routes from 8am today in a bid to highlight the freight traffic "nightmare" that will follow channel deepening

Melbourne,Victoria,Australia -The Age, by Clay Lucas -February 20, 2008: -- ... The Melbourne Truck Action Group, which will occupy the intersection of Francis Street and Williamstown Road, Yarraville, for 30 minutes this morning, says the junction is already flooded with 8000 trucks a day... The trucks use the intersection to go from Melbourne's port to the West Gate Bridge and the Western Ring Road... Residents say they have to endure diesel fumes and noise... The number of container units moving through the port is expected to increase from 2 million last year to about 7 million in 2035... The State Government did not have a plan to demonstrate how inner city roads would cope with this traffic, Mr Knight said...

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