The Bosnia and Herzegovina Logistics Consortium, which gathers professional transporters from all over the country, informed the public, institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina and regional partners that Bosnia and Herzegovina is “faced with a serious disruption of international road transport”.
“This morning, more than 100 transport vehicles were returned from the border, while around 2,000 tons of goods remained trapped in transport, without the possibility of being delivered to the European Union market. Most of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s international goods traffic takes place through the border crossings in the north of the country along the Sava River, which represent the key exit points for the BiH economy towards the European Union market. It is precisely on these routes that serious stoppages and vehicle returns are occurring today,” the carriers warn.
They also emphasize that, according to available information from the transport sector, the same level of problems has not been recorded on the routes through Serbia, and that “good neighborly relations have enabled a certain operational approach at the crossings, including the direction towards Bajakovo”.
Also, they add, Serbia managed to provide certain shifts or temporary solutions for its carriers on the route to Hungary.
“That is why we pose a clear question to the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Why does Bosnia and Herzegovina not have the same level of protection for its transporters and economy? If concrete steps are not taken urgently and direct talks are not initiated with the institutions of the European Union and neighboring countries, Bosnia and Herzegovina is facing a situation in which the import and export of goods are seriously threatened, and the supply chains are called into question. The Logistics Consortium of Bosnia and Herzegovina calls on the institutions to react immediately, because every hour means new losses for companies, workers and the country’s economy. the reaction is now”, the carriers say, he writes Tuzla.
