Tag: truckers

• Friday, May 14th 2021 - 08:31 UTC

  Bolivia suspends train tests to Chile after truckers protests

  

  The tests to reactivate a cargo rail line that connects the Chilean port of Arica (north) with Viacha, Bolivia (southwest), will be suspended, Bolivian authorities announced this Thursday, after several days of roadblocks by truck drivers against the initiative.

• Saturday, February 20th 2021 - 08:42 UTC

  Bolsonaro sacks Petrobras CEO over diesel prices dispute and truckers strike threat

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday sacked a market-friendly economist as CEO of Petrobras and named a retired general to replace him, following on disputes over diesel prices that threatened a major teamsters stoppage.

• Tuesday, February 2nd 2021 - 09:16 UTC

  Brazilian teamsters strike to protest fuel prices fizzles out

  

  Brazil independent truckers strike got off on Monday to a weak start because of internal divisions on how to protest fuel prices. The government said traffic was flowing freely on all of the country's highways far from fears of a repeat of the 2018 protest that disrupted food and fuel supplies.

• Thursday, December 31st 2020 - 07:04 UTC

  French truckers warn about red tape and “smart borders” as UK/EU deal customs becomes effective

  

  Red tape, new “smart borders” that don't talk to one another and ill-prepared traders threaten border chaos, French truckers warned a day before Britain restores a hard frontier with Europe.

• Wednesday, April 24th 2019 - 09:11 UTC

  Petrobras transparency: discloses fuel prices to head off a strike by independent truckers

  

  Brazil's state-controlled Petrobras started publishing daily wholesale gasoline and diesel prices at each of the company's 37 points of sale, the latest step aimed at heading off a strike by independent truck drivers.