Among all the disastrous data on Cuba, cargo transportation is not spared. According to a note published this Tuesday in the official press, of the total 24.7 million tons of products of all kinds that should have been moved in the first four months of the year, only 14.5 million have been transported.
The figures make the Ministry of Transport fear that by the end of the year less than 36 million tons have moved in the country.
By rail, for example, they specified that 162 rail fuel tanks were moved weekly, less than the 220 that were transported before 2022, which is reflected in the problem of gasoline shortages.
Regarding import and export cargo, “mainly in ports”, they detailed that it fell by 44% in recent years, from the 4.5 million tons registered in 2018 to 2.5 in 2022.
The main responsible for the situation is the usual one for the Cuban authorities, “the intensification of the economic, commercial and financial blockade”
The main person responsible for the situation is the usual one for the Cuban authorities, “the intensification of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the US Government on our country”, in addition to the “affects” caused by the covid-19 pandemic. .
The note acknowledges that the quality of the international parcel distribution and delivery service is “a dissatisfaction of the population”, in whose “improvement” they assure that “work continues”.
The goal, they say, is to “reduce delivery time to seven days, with higher levels of service quality, and for the population to have a computer system that allows them to track their cargo from the source.”
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