transporters

Romanian Transporters Blame Govt For Fuel Price Hike

16:07, 11 Ian. 2011
Romanian transporters blame the Government for the increase in fuel prices due to the value added tax and excise hike, as well as the leu's depreciation against the euro and the dollar.

Romanian Transporters To Stage Protests In Bucharest In Sept

11:40, 22 Iul. 2010
Romanian transporter federation FORT will stage protests in capital Bucharest at the beginning of September, over “deplorable” road infrastructure and not having been paid overdue state debts, the federation said in a press release Thursday.

Romanian Transporters Say Progressive Income Tax Will Encourage Black Labor Mkt

21:01, 13 Iul. 2010
A progressive income tax in Romania will only encourage the black labor market and drive foreign investors away, as workforce costs will be on the rise, according to representatives of companies in the Romanian transport sector.

Romania Govt, Transporters Conclude Protocol, Protests Dropped

17:01, 16 Mart. 2010
Representatives of the Romanian Government and those of transporter union COTAR signed Tuesday a protocol to solve the claims of the union, which added protests planned for this week will be dropped.

Over 11,000 Romanian Transporters To Protest Before Govt Wednesday, Thursday

14:29, 15 Mart. 2010
More than 11,000 Romanian transporters will protest on Wednesday and Thursday between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. before the Government, demanding fines against unlicensed transport firms, extending authorizations to 2016 and a single law on transports.

Romanian Transporters Say Hungarian Road Control Bodies Fine Them Illegally

12:55, 11 Ian. 2010
Romania’s National Union of Road Transporters (UNTRR) said Romanian drivers are "discriminated against" in Hungary, which, the union says, "obtains funds by illegally fining Romanian transporters."

Romanian Govt Triples Fines For Road Transporters

17:50, 29 Aug. 2009
The fines applied to road transporters who disregard driving and resting times on Romanian soil were raised by the government two-three times above the current level, reaching up to RON6,000, along with an increase in the fines applied for the use of vehicles without tachographs.

Romanian Transport Min Blasts Transporters For Poor Road Quality

13:36, 13 Mai 2009
Romanian transport companies are the ones bringing the most damage to roads, and some of them don’t pay road toll, put too much cargo in their trucks and "are the first ones to complain about the bad roads," said transport minister Radu Berceanu in a press conference.

Romanian Transporters Ended Protest In Bucharest Two Hours Early

13:39, 22 Ian. 2009
About 200 road transporters in Romania’s capital city Bucharest and surrounding Ilfov county, who protested Thursday in the Constitutiei Square near the Parliament Palace Thursday against the mayoralty’s decision to resume public transport in Ilfov, ended their protest two hours earlier.

Hundreds Of Road Transporters Protest In Bucharest

12:25, 22 Ian. 2009
About 200 road transporters in Romania’s capital city Bucharest and surrounding Ilfov county gathered in the Constitutiei Square near the Parliament Palace Thursday to protest against the mayoralty’s decision to resume public transport in Ilfov.

Romanian Transporters Threaten To Protest Wednesday

17:03, 20 Ian. 2009
Three federations of Romanian transporters said they will organize a rally Thursday, displeased with the high number of taxi authorizations granted and the resuming of public transport between capital city Bucharest and surrounding Ilfov county, which puts private minibuses out of business.

Over 600 Transporters To Go Bankrupt By Feb On Higher Costs- Transporters Fed

12:53, 19 Dec. 2008
Over 600 transport companies, representing 10% of all companies in the transport sector, will go bankrupt by February 2009, on uncontrolled hike of taxes and duties, loans interests and infrastructure status, according to Federation of Romanian Transport Operators FORT.

Romanian Petrom, Road Transporters Strike Fuel Supply Deal

13:45, 28 Aug. 2008
Romania’s largest vertically integrated oil company Petrom (SNP.RO) made an agreement Thursday with the Federation of Romanian Transport Operators, FORT, to supply over two million liters of fuel per month and offering discounts to all FORT members.

Romanian Transporters Cancel Wednesday Protests

10:39, 14 Mai 2008
Romanian road transporters, who organized protest marches on Bucharest’s beltway Monday and Tuesday, decided to cancel their protests Wednesday after Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu said he would meet with them next week.

Romanian Interior Min Warns Transporters To Stop Protests

20:22, 13 Mai 2008
Romanian interior minister Cristian David said that if the road transporters who “intentionally” blocked traffic continue their action, he will instruct law enforcers to take the most drastic of measures, adding that law violations will not be tolerated.

Romanian Road Transporters Protest On Bucharest Beltway

11:20, 13 Mai 2008
Over 150 road transporters put their trucks in motion Tuesday morning, around 08:00 local time, in the area of Bucharest - Pitesti A1 highway, on Bucharest’s beltway, after a nearly five-hour protest on Monday morning.

Romanian Road Transporters Ask To See PM, Threaten With Protests

10:30, 12 Mai 2008
Several tens of road transporters on Monday gathered in front of the Romanian government building in Bucharest requesting a meeting with Premier Calin Popescu Tariceanu over their demands.

Romanian Road Transporters Organize Protest Rally In Capital City Bucharest

14:19, 13 Apr. 2008
Nearly 200 transporters set fifty trucks on motion Sunday morning and headed for Bucharest’s Constitutiei Square where they organized a protest rally, as the Transports Ministry postponed signing the protocol eliminating road tolls and amending the laws regulating their activity.

Romanian Road Transporters Meet Fin Ministry Officials Tuesday To Discuss Road Toll

12:55, 31 Mart. 2008
Romanian road transporters meet Economy and Finance Ministry officials Tuesday to discuss the elimination of road tolls, request accepted by the Transport Ministry, said Augustin Hagiu, head of the Federation of Romanian Transport Operators, or FORT.

Romanian Road Transporters Threaten General Strike

12:44, 31 Ian. 2008
Romanian road transporters threaten to go on general strike as of February 25, unless authorities reply to their memo requesting the amending of laws regulating their activity.