The Salvadoran business sector is calling for a reversal of the more rigid restriction measures implemented by the Bukele administration since May 7, arguing that the ban on public transport units has generated chaos.
In Guatemala, it is proposed to develop an underground metro that would connect in its initial phase the municipality of Mixco with Zone 15 of the capital and would require a $700 million investment.
The new project proposed is in addition to the several proposals and attempts that have been made to implement a mass transportation system in the metropolitan area of Guatemala, which resolves at once the serious problem of road congestion affecting the capital. Thus, in addition to the Metro Riel project and the urban cable cars between Mixco, Villa Nueva and the capital, a new initiative has now been added to build an underground train.
Since the beginning of the week at least 500 cargo trucks from Central American countries have been unable to get around a blockade in the department of Carazo.
Since the afternoon of last Monday, traffic has reportedly been totally shutdown in the area known as Dolores, near the municipality of Jinotepe, because protesters opposed to the Ortega administration are blocking roads.
The Autonomous Executive Port Commission in El Salvador is putting out to tender, for the year 2018, transport services for staff at the Port of Acajutla and the airports of Comalapa and Ilopango.
Government Purchase El Salvador DR-CAFTA-ADACA-UE CEPA-LA-03/2018:
"The purpose is to hire transportation services for the staff of the Port of Acajutla and the International Airports of El Salvador, Monsignor Óscar Arnulfo Romero Y Galdámez and Ilopango, for the year 2018.
A video released by the Metro Department shows details of the project which has the potential to enhance the development of an area that is already growing and whose population will have doubled by 2050.
The inclusion of the logo of the International Cooperation Agency (JICA) next to the Panama Metro Secretariat gives a certain confidence regarding the success of the realization of a work which is not only vital for the development of the area west of Panama City, but will confirm the direction of modernity that the country has turned towards since recovering the Canal in 2000.
An announcement has been made of the opening of a new daily nonstop flight for international freight traveling to and from San Jose International Airport.
From a press release issued by Fedex Express:
MIAMI (Florida) August 28, 2014 - FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and the company of the world's largest express transportation today announced the arrival on 4 August of the first FedEx cargo plane Boeing Express- 757F- to Costa Rica in order to provide a direct service for international shipments. Formerly served by smaller aircraft, the growing Costa Rican market is being leveraged with increased capacity and the best collection schedules in the market, with next day delivery to Miami and the rest of the United States.
A new weekly service by APL will go to Valparaiso, Callao, Buenaventura, Balboa, Manzanillo, Jacksonville, New York, and Charleston.
An article on Prensa.com reports that the head of Latin America Markets for APL, Efrain Osorio said that "... this new service will provide a faster journey time for the U.S. market for reefers and dry goods, with modern equipment and priority for handling refrigerated cargo. "
Despite the increase in extortion payments, 33 drivers died at the hands of criminals in 2013.
Catalino Miranda, representing the Federation of Transport Unions (FECOATRANS) said "this amount of money was paid by the employers of the 10,500 units that exist at the national level." In 2012 it reported $18 million in extortion payments.
Miranda said that for 4 years the rate of transport has not increased despite the raise in fuel, spare parts and the complications of traffic.
Complaints have been made stating that the new tax charged by the government of El Salvador on vehicles from other countries who cross its borders, will increase costs and hinders regional trade.
The Salvadoran decision "is detrimental to the competitiveness of the Central American region, further increasing costs related to insecurity, and this measure goes against the principal of free movement of goods in the region," said the Federation of Chambers of Agriculture and Agroindustrialists in Central America (Fecagro).
The tax on vehicles with foreign plates is having a negative impact on the transportation of goods, raising costs and increasing paperwork and lengthening waiting times at customs offices.
From a statement from the Federation of Chambers of Commerce of Central America (FECAMCO):
The Federation of Chambers of Commerce of Central America (FECAMCO) wishes to express its increasing concern over the current situation in our region, characterized by the exacerbation of the problems that affect its competitiveness and development.
El Salvador's Congress could pass a law on road freight transport, regulating permits, routes, itineraries, parking, weight and dimensions of vehicles.
The current draft, soon to be approved by the Public Works Commission, does not include mandatory insurance requirements for third parties.
"The law imposes penalties on owners, drivers and shippers of goods vehicles", reported Elmundo.com.sv article.
Central American heavy load carries are opposing the payment of third party insurance demanded by Mexican authorities.
The $18 charge for compulsory insurance imposed by the Mexican government is concerning heavy load carriers in Central America who are threatening to set up a road block next Thursday for an indefinite period of time. This strike would be carried out one day before the measure is implemented.
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