About 1,500 trucks are waiting for travel at border crossings with China, Vedomosti reports, citing transport and logistics companies. At the largest international automobile checkpoint (MAPP) with the PRC, Zabaikalsk – Manchuria is expecting almost 1000 heavy trucks, said Alexey Muzeev, director of the PEK branch in China. At the same time, it can handle up to 360 heavy trucks per day.
There are also congestions at smaller border crossings. In particular, at the border crossing point Pogranichny – Suifenhe and Poltavka – Dongning. In the area of the border crossing in Pogranichnoye, 250-300 trucks have accumulated, says Aleksey Shlyakhov, Transport Director of the Cube Logistics company. According to various estimates, the delivery time for goods from China has increased from 10 to 40 additional days.
In addition, more than 100 vehicles cannot pass the checkpoint. Zabaikalsk – Manchuria. At the same time, it is difficult to estimate their total number, since about 1000 trucks do not stand at the checkpoint, but are dispersed throughout the city.
The general director of “Rustrans-Spedition” Kondraty Gaikevich estimates one day of idle time for a truck at the border at € 500, or 40 thousand rubles. Each day of keeping the cargo at the temporary storage warehouse costs about 10,000 rubles, said Nikita Kazarinov, General Director of Shuttle-Logistics. At one checkpoint Zabaikalsk – Manchuria, carriers lose 40 million rubles due to idle time. per day, PEC calculated.
Last year, Chinese authorities twice restricted truck drivers from crossing the border to combat coronavirus infection. Because of this, queues of trucks accumulated on the Russian side.
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