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The associations of the road haulage threaten the block of the port of Genoa for five days
The road haulage - they have explained - continues to pay the price of the waits in the operations of cargo and drainage of the containers, of problematic the documentary ones, inefficiencies and the ill services in the port
February 25, 2011
The associations of the genoese road haulage have proclaimed the arrest warrant of the services of road haulage in the port of Genoa from the 14 on 18 March next ones. In a note Cna/Fita, Confartigianato Transports, Fiap L/Confapi, You make/Conftrasporto, Alloy Coop Liguria and Trasportounito Fiap has explained that, after to have many times over sped up the institutions, politics and the associations of the outsourcers and not having received adapted answers, the road haulage has decided to put into effect the form of protest of the arrest warrant of the services.
"Protocols of understandings and expressions of goodwill - they have explained - have not found correspondence practical, the continuous road haulage to pay the price of the waits in the operations of cargo and drainage of the containers, of problematic the documentary ones, inefficiencies and the ill services in the port of Genoa"
The associations of the road haulage have anticipated which are the demands in order to ask for the arrest warrant that will be introduced in the unitary assembly of the summoned road haulage for next 5 March to hours 10,00 to Genoa (Montecucco room in via Albertazzi 3): "evidence documentary and traced of the operations of the vehicles in the harbour operational cycle so to have guarantee of the payment, by the outsourcer of the transport, the costs minimums of safety, the times of attended to the cargo and the drainage that exceed the exemption; so as the payment of the "changes determined terminals" from not imputable errors to the hauler and for the waits determined from documentary errors, operating problems of the terminals (outside and within the operating area) and any other ill service that you obligate to a firm car".
"Waiting for provision that would have to emanate, in matter, the government - they have observed the associations - the application of the rule of the emolument to the road haulage is a due action since such enterprises cannot continue to give to the harbour system business hours. The associations ask therefore answers in the short times, in lack of which the port will remain firm for five days".
The associations of the genoese road haulage have concluded expressing appreciation for the timeliness with which the Prefecture has been interested to the reasons of the protest with an encounter svoltosi in the evening yesterday to the presence of the prefect.
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