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The frightening oil price surge stopped after July 11th, when the threshold of 147 dollars/barrel was briefly exceeded, yet even at 130 dollars/barrel, fuel costs are more than 50% higher than a year ago. Transport fees have not been adjusted upwards so much, leading to an unsustainable imbalance. The most energy intensive transport mode has already been hit by a crisis, with bankruptcies in a row among airlines. Road transport is in no better position, especially because many hauliers, obsessed to see their trucks filled of freight and rolling, have accepted bad contracts with low transport fees.
But for Romanian road transporters things move in the right direction: last month was marked by first partnerships between transporters’ unions with oil companies and insurance providers, aiming to offer price discounts. While prices for fuel and cost of insurance policies are not heavily discounted, this is one of those moves, which show the strength of the road transport branch.
Strength should be also shown in lobbying for a refined internalization of external costs, because Bucharest lately has hastily implemented European regulations without any adaptation to local realities.
