MADRID, Spain.- The Cuban authorities inaugurated the FITL 2022 International Transport and Logistics Fair on Tuesday at the Pabexpo fairgrounds, which will run until October 6. The opening of the event was planned for last September 26 but was postponed due to the passage of Hurricane Ian.
Entrepreneurs from 12 countries participate in the fair and the consolidation of existing projects will be favored, as well as the promotion of business opportunities, cooperation projects and investments, according to Latin Press.
In addition, the portfolio of foreign investment projects in transport and project management for international cooperation in the sector will be presented.
While Cubana de Aviación will present new cargo routes and the Cuban Aviation Corporation will promote its actions to increase operations based on tourism, indicates the official media.
During the fair, topics related to the sustainable mobility of passengers and cargo will be addressed; the modernization of means of transport and infrastructures; the repair and manufacture of spare parts and aggregates; among other.
The transportation crisis is one of the many ills that have affected Cubans for decades. Last June, the Cuban authorities reported that only 40% of the urban buses in Havana were providing services.
Already in April, the First Deputy Minister of Transportation, Marta Oramas Rivero, had indicated that the capital was going through the worst crisis in public transport services in the last decade, and that the Provincial Transport Company of Havana, the main operator, kept in operation only 442 means that transported more than 580,000 people daily, a figure that is far from the 780 scheduled buses three years ago, with a 20% reserve.”
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