April 12 2022
The situation with the introduction of the fifth package of sanctions by the European Union worried logistics companies involved in import-export operations, but the situation is not too catastrophic, since the share of Russian and Belarusian carriers in the market for transportation from Russia to Europe and back was about 30%. Alexei Misailov, Business Development Director of “FM Logistic” in Russia, announced this on April 12 to REGNUM news agency. At the same time, according to him, even this share played a significant role, primarily in export shipments, and now many companies are looking for alternative options for maintaining existing routes.
“Currently, the use of transit countries (for example, Turkey, which, however, is longer and more expensive), is being considered, but the optimal solution seems to be one that would allow changing tractors at the border of Russia, Belarus and Europe. Legislatively, it is still possible and this measure will help to avoid a crisis in road freight traffic between Russia and the European Union,” the expert explained.
According to his estimates, it will take about two weeks to establish such seamless solutions between European, Russian and Belarusian carriers. In this case, the increase in delivery time will not exceed more than one day.
“Against the background of many days (4-5 days) of downtime at the borders awaiting inspection, this looks more than a compromise option. As for the cost of transportation, it can grow by 300-400 euros due to the use of border terminals for re-coupling trailers to new tractors,” Misailov added.
Recall that the EU stopped the passage of vehicles registered in Russia and Belarus from April 8.
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