The blockade of cargo border crossings to Croatia continues until the requirements that carriers must have a special status in relation to tourists are met.
The transporters’ protest began on Monday at noon due to accumulated problems related to the stay of drivers in the Schengen countries, and the latest is the new system of entry into the EU countries.
They believe that drivers are now treated practically like tourists, and they are asking to be exempted from the 90/180 system.
As they pointed out, until their demands are met, around 5,000 trucks from Bosnia and Herzegovina remain at the cargo border crossings.
Crossings to EU countries were also blocked by trucks in Serbia, Montenegro and North Macedonia.
The “Logistics of BiH” consortium announced yesterday that the EU must decide whether it wants stable and reliable supply chains or whether it wants to shut down an entire sector in the region, which is its immediate neighbor and an important foreign trade partner.
They pointed out that the European Commission is expected, if the road carriers of the Western Balkans have the right to work on the market, to immediately cancel the deportation of professional drivers, work bans, selective and arbitrary interpretations of rules that directly threaten jobs and supply chains.
In particular, they require the joint and responsible action of the Ministry of Communications and Transport of BiH, the Ministry of Security of BiH and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of BiH, without shifting responsibilities and further buying time.
The President of the Chamber of Commerce of the Republika Srpska, Goran Račić, told Srna news agency yesterday that freight traffic blockades at crossings with the EU will create problems for the domestic economy, and that solutions should be sought jointly at the regional level.
On the occasion of the protest, a press conference of representatives of the “Logistika” Consortium is scheduled for today at 14:00 in Sarajevo, where they will talk about the demands that domestic carriers will send to the institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
