The Ministry of Transportation promised to strengthen the modernization of cargo vehicles and will offer benefits to drivers for the purchase of housing.
After a series of work tables carried out by the Ministry of Transportation with associations of transporters, the ministry reported this Friday that it restarted a new roadmap for the cargo sector in Colombia.
Specifically, the Government promised to strengthen the modernization of cargo vehicles “in order to unblock some of the bottlenecks that exist today in some stages of the process”, such as the issuance of previous concepts, updating of presumptive tables, review , authorizations and payment orders, among others.
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In mid-June 2021, Resolution 5304 of 2019 will be modified to allow those vehicles that, with the suspension of terms decreed on the occasion of the pandemic, met the Soat age and techno-mechanics requirements, can apply for the modernization program. In that month, this initiative will begin to be socialized in the regions.
The Superintendency of Transportation also undertook to carry out control and surveillance visits coordinated with the Superintendency of Industry and Commerce (SIC) to the scales to attend to points indicated by the unions.
On the other hand, the Government highlighted a program for the certification of labor competencies for the transport sector in conjunction with SENA. There will be 4,500 places for this initiative and registration will begin on June 14, 2021.
Transporters will also be able to access a decrease in the interest rate for the purchase of housing and subsidies for its acquisition through the programs of the National Savings Fund and ‘My House Now’ .
The unions requested to continue the work tables to discuss other issues related to their union activities and the programs currently being developed in the Government. Along these lines, the National Road Safety Agency and the Directorate of Traffic and Transport of the National Police (DITRA) will promote tables with all the actors to learn about the problems of the control points established by the companies and their impact on safety issues. .
According to the ministry, the Asolivian unions, the Fundación Familia Camionera Unida de Colombia (Facun), the Colombian Association of Truckers (ACC), the Cargo Transporters Association (ATC), the National Crusade for Truck Dignity – Gustavo Betancourt (ANT), Fedetranscarga, Colfecar, Defencarga, Fedetranscol, Asecarga, the Camionera Consciousness Movement – Asocamioneros Chiquinquirá and the Colombian Confederation of Transporters (CCT).
Follow the news of El Espectador on Google NewsIt should be clarified that these commitments are the result of the work tables that the portfolio has been holding with the transport unions, but it does not occur in the framework of the strike led by independent truckers in different regions of the country.
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“I am grateful to all freight forwarders, who have sat down from the first day of the national government to build programs and strategies for the benefit of all. This roadmap not only marks the beginning of a future that will make it easier for us to move in the best way, it is a sign that the transport sector has always worked hand in hand and will continue to do so ”, said Minister Ángela María Orozco.
