This Friday, January 3, the Ministry of Transportation installed a virtual technical table with cargo and passenger transporters where The concerns of the drivers will be heard and an assessment will be made of the progress in the agreements reached on September 6.
(Read: Mintransporte responds to truckers about alleged non-compliance with agreements).
🚛✨ Live: Virtual work table with cargo and passenger transporters 🚌. We listen to your concerns, evaluate the agreements of September 6 🗓️ and project activities for 2025 🚀. Connect! 🔗 https://t.co/dLZt3C5Lvh
— MinTransporte (@MinTransporteCo) January 3, 2025
The installation of this table occurs days after several union leaders have expressed dissatisfaction with the Ministry of Transportation and the Ministry of Finance over the increase in the diesel rate.
(Also: Rise in diesel price: truckers warn of strike if Government does not comply with agreements).
Besides, They announced the possibility of going on strike again if the agreements reached in September are not met..
On the subject, the Minister of Transportation, María Constanza García, recently explained the actions that the portfolio has been working on to meet the demands.
According to the Minstransporte, in the last three months, two resolutions have been issued to update the Efficient Cost Information System for Automotive Freight Transportation (Sicetac) and the National Registry of Freight Dispatches (RNDC).
These regulations would have been developed by integrating what was discussed in the work tables and considering the more than 250 observations proposed.
Along the same lines, García highlighted that since December 1, all elements of the cargo transportation cost basket were updated in the Sicetac and the RNDC, a procedure that was carried out again as of January 1, 2025..
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In terms of surveillance and control, the minister highlighted that the Superintendency of Transportation has investigated or sanctioned 2,000 companies for non-compliance with the system. Actions have also been initiated against 69 cargo generating companies and requirements have been issued to 13 shipping companies.
To this list, add that in that period it has been possible to pay the full freight, fill out the RNDC with more precise information and record the value of the freight in the transportation contract. In addition, he pointed out that starting next week recognition and payment will begin to be made to the transporters who have already completed the vehicle replacement process.
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