News, Facilitation Of Border Crossings As Of The Main Points Of Bsecurta`s Activities

TOBB (Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey)
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phone: + 90 312 218 20 00 fax: + 90 312 219 40 90/91/92/93
Shoqata "ANALTIR", Association of Albanian Enterprises for International Road Transport
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Association of International Road Carriers of Armenia (AIRCA)
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phone: +374 10 29 88 05 fax: +374 10 29 88 06
Azerbaijan International Road Carriers Association (ABADA)
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phone: +994 12 596 23 66 fax: +994 12 596 23 88
Association of the Bulgarian Enterprises for International Road Transport and the Roads (AEBTRI)
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Georgian International Road Carriers Association (GIRCA)
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phone: +995 32 334 777 fax: +995 32 223 987
Hellenic Federation of Road Transports (OFAE)
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phone: +30 210 201 97 60/2 fax: +30 210 228 43 68
International Association of Road Hauliers of Moldova (AITA)
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phone: +373 22 27 88 49 fax: +373 22 27 88 37/38
The National Union of Road Hauliers from Romania (UNTRR)
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phone: +40 21 336 77 88 fax: +4021 335 48 25
Association of International Road Hauliers (ASMAP)
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phone: +7 495 232 66 27 fax: +7 495 232 66 28
Serbian Association of International Road Hauliers “Medjunarodni Transport”
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phone: +381 11 3247 147 fax: +381 11 3239 287
Association of Macedonian Enterprises for International Road Transport “Makedonija soobrakaj” (AMERIT)
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phone: +3 892 329 98 67 fax: +3 892 329 98 68
International Transporters Association (UND)
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TOBBUND
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Association of International Road Carriers of Ukraine (AsMap UA)
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phone: +380 44 201 54 01 fax: +380 44 201 02 30
Public Joint Stock Company ROSGOSSTRAKH Insurance Company
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phone: +7495 783 24 24 fax: + 7 495 783 24 34
Arab Union of Land Transport (AULT)
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phone: +962 6 566 31 53 fax: +962 6 566 42 32
Lithuanian Carriers Union (LVS)
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phone: +370 5 2300400 fax: +370 686 03007
The Union of International Hauliers "Съюз на международните превозвачи"
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phone: +359 32 395 512 fax: +359 878 26 88 96
Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA)
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phone: +98 21 85 73 00 00 fax: +98 21 85 73 22 22

Facilitation of border crossings as of the main points of BSEC-URTA`s activities

Upon the initiative of BSEC-URTA, on 10 February 2020 BSEC Permis hosted a meeting with the representatives of BSEC and the International Secretariat of PABSEC. The purpose was to discuss and exchange views on the problems the truck-drivers, members of BSEC-URTA, are facing at most internal and external border crossing points of the Black Sea region, generally along the main transport corridors connecting the BSEC region with European Union countries, the Middle East and Central Asia.

Apart from the resulting considerable delays, which create a heavy economic burden for all interested stakeholders (exporters, importers, logistic-transportation companies), the above mentioned problems expose drivers, trucks and their cargo to serious security risks; not least among them are the persistent and desperate efforts of illegal immigrants to hide in (usually dangerous) parts of the trucks to cross the border check-point, thus creating further problems for the logistics companies and the drivers.

Consequently and upon the request of the BSEC-URTA, the issue of the major border crossing problems will be included in the Draft Agenda of the forthcoming Meeting of the Steering Committee on Facilitation of Road Transport of Goods in the BSEC Region, to be held at the BSEC Headquarters on April 2020.

On the meeting BSEC-URTA was represented by Secretary General Mr. Adrian Albu, Deputy Secretary General Mr. Alpdogan Kahraman and UND Chairman of Executive Committee Mr. Alper Ozel. BSEC-URTA experts shared with BSEC and PABSEC executives the transporters experiences regarding border crossing and refugee problems in the borders.