Vehicles supports the health of the economy

However, the transport sector of the economy is quite extensive and varied. Passenger transportation by any mode of transport due to the adherence of isolation, of course, will lose in volumes, and strong. In the cargo segment depends on the type of transport and nature of the cargo. For example, in the delivery of consumer goods in conditions of limited possibilities of transport, the main burden has lain on cars. And this applies not only in our country: in the US, for example, in March the total volume of road transport grew by a third. Although some segments of it fell almost to zero.

we Have also fared differently. With the start of the pandemic has markedly increased automobile traffic in the food segment. Retailers often necessary to replenish stocks due to increased demand for food and commodities, said “RG” the head of the Federal logistics company IML in Saint-Petersburg Vitaly Legoshin. In the non-food segment, growth is expressed not so much, but there is a positive trend because self-isolation stimulates the development of online shopping. As a consequence, increases the traffic to online stores, platforms of online sales, which increases the load on the logistics.

the crisis resulted in the imbalance of cargo flows due to changes in consumer demand. The leader on volume of deliveries came personal protection (213 per cent), cosmetics (plus 186 percent), baby products (plus 164), books (plus 157), sports equipment (plus-146) and electronics (plus a 139 percent). For the pharmaceutical and alcohol companies quarantine has opened up the possibility to go online. Therefore, in the work of logistics involves all employees (office and on remote), and continual search for new warehouse employees, drivers and couriers. All workers in the field are given a mask, gloves and antiseptic.

But in the company FM Logistic, as reported by the Director of procurement of transport services Eduard Mironov, there is a decline: the closure of a large part of the offline stores do not kompensiruet the development of online trading. “Already there is a reduction in the intensity of use of motor vehicles by 10-15 percent,” – said the Manager.

According to the study of one of the automotive corporations, more than 70 percent of truck drivers continue to perform regular flights. A third of them do not feel the impact of a pandemic in their daily work, 15 per cent have minor difficulty and only less than 10 percent complain about the strong influence of the coronavirus in workflows. Basically it is a local restriction in the form of permits for carriers.

of Course recognizing the necessity of certain measures of control over the movement of transport carriers nevertheless believe that truck onno unnecessary: all legal vehicles already registered in the system “Platon”. And now the driver is in transit through several regions it is necessary to install a separate mobile app to learn numbers or addresses of sites regions, to quickly monitor the legal situation in each region of delivery… But it should be, and on the road to watch, and the cargo on time to bring.

the international carriers at this time was formed the difficulty of obtaining visas, the problem deals with the Russian foreign Ministry.

Umberto de Pretto,

Secretary General, International road transport Union (IRU):

– the Current situation underscores that enterprises of transport and its employees play an extremely important role in the transport of commodities, maintaining a decent standard of living. Support resilience of supply chains and mobility, as well as the assignment of road transport to key services should be a priority of the government and international agencies. Their implementation will facilitate early recovery of the world economy.