DANS and the NRA have started inspections of private parking lots along the borders after complaints from international carriers that in our country you have to wait for hours and days to cross the border. Against this background, the industry in our neighboring countries threatened to find a way to bypass our country on the way to Europe.
About the problem, the search for a solution and the place of the state – Dimitar Dimitrov, executive director of the Chamber of Motor Carriers commented on the topic.
Here is what he shared with Euronews Bulgaria:
It is not the first time that attempts have been made to surround our country – mainly by Turkish carriers on their way to Europe. In recent years, many ferry connections have been launched from Turkey to France, Spain, Italy, Greece…
Things are also startling for our ports of Varna and Burgas, compared to Constanta, for example.
The state has a serious problem with buffer parking lots, because we have been saying for 15 years that they should be state-owned, they should be subject to certain controls – even part of the "Customs" Agency it might be there.
Currently, the wait for the “Danube Bridge” is 7-10 hours, and in August it reached 30 hours.