Polish transport firms ring the alarm bell

An international transporters association is ringing the alarm bell in hopes of drawing attention to worsening conditions of east-west transport. In an IAR report, Waldemar Jaszczur, the association's president claimed that besides the Russian embargo, Moscow plans to lower the amount of ECMT permits, effectively cutting the amount of transporters between the EU and Russia by as much as 75 percent. According to Jaszczur, the decision was made at the recent meeting of the European Conference of Ministers of Transport. Allegedly, the Polish side did not question the decision or provide an alternative, but simply accepted it as fact. Mr. Jaszczur expressed hope in the new prime minister and her promise to help businesses hit by the Russian embargo, in order to help remedy the sector's dramatic situation.