Ferries, the complaint of Sardinian truckers: "Penalized by tourism"

Rates increased by 220 euros between March and April and unobtainable cabins for hauliers who guarantee goods by sea to and from Sardinia.

This is the complaint of Cna Fita which takes up a note sent today to the regional councilor for transport, Giorgio Todde.

Truck drivers, in particular, report a significant penalty during periods of greater tourist flow, such as Easter and the next long weekend of April 25, and ask for a decisive intervention from Governor Solinas and the Minister of Transport.

Holidays and summer season, explain the leaders of the category organization, "trigger a sort of pre-emption for tourists, who have priority boarding and accommodation on board to the detriment of the drivers who use the maritime ferry all year round to be able to handling goods ".

So at the time of the request for a bed, "the cabin is not guaranteed, indicating as an alternative the seat or accommodation in cabins with more beds".

"A dangerous condition - underline in the note the president and manager of Cna Fita Sardegna, Sandro Concas and Valentina Codonesu - considering that whoever crosses the sea to move goods in and out of the island embarks after hours and hours of exhausting driving , therefore requiring adequate refreshment to protect the safety of all, both those who carry the heavy vehicle and those who pass it on the street ".

And a condition "all the more dangerous - they add - at a time when Covid is not at all defeated, because drivers can find themselves sharing confined spaces in a situation that, in addition to humiliating their personal privacy, frustrates the organizational and economic efforts that daily road haulage companies do their utmost to protect their health ".

In the same note, the association also reports "the continuous tariff increases of shipowners, who in the last month - at the beginning of March and then at the beginning of April - have resulted in unsustainable increases for road haulage, with +220 euros per piece. price increases following the further increases in June 2021 (+60 euros return) and October 2021 (+60 euros return): in less than a year, a sting of 340 euros for a vehicle that transports goods to and from Sardinia ".

(Unioneonline / vl)