(Finance) – The day before the closing of the Frejusthe You do (Federation of Italian Road Transporters of Conftrasporto-Confcommercio) raises the alarm again. From Turin, where the National Council of the Federationthe national president, Paolo Uggè, states that “With the difficulties at the crossings, from Brenner to Fejus, the Italian economy is at stake, as well as the survival of many companies in the sector”. “The transfer of traffic to other lines, more expensive and less efficient, will have serious repercussions on the competitiveness of our country, and this long interruption could mean the definitive abandonment of the Frejus Corridor,” states Uggè.
In the hall of the Officine Grandi Riparazioni in Turin, the National Council of the FAI, the most representative association of road transport companies, gave the green light to the document programmatic to be delivered in the next few days to the Ministry of Transport for the Rules Table.
The Position Paper of Fai-Conftrasporto shows the way to the thousands of participating companies, represented by the territorial federations who have arrived today from all over Italy in the Piedmontese capital, and will constitute the concrete basis on which to continue the dialogue undertaken with the Ministry.
We range from the now chronic shortage of drivers to the endless waits for vehicle inspections in the Motorizationsfrom the regulation of waiting times for loading and unloading (with particular attention to container transport in ports), the strengthening of regulations for the certainty of payment times and operating costs, from resources for intermodality to the revision of the calendar of bans on circulation, with particular reference to Alpine passes.
“Give concrete implementation to the table of rulesstarting with those on market access and defending the principle of freedom of movement, it is essential – states Uggè – A permanent table, which will meet periodically and which will address the long list of critical issues suffered by road haulage companies and reported on several occasions ”.