Turning point in the truck protest in Sicily: loads are restarted to save grapes and fruit and vegetables

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By John

The Sicilian Transporters Committee (Cts) is committed to collaborating with the Sicilian Region «to raise awareness among colleagues in the fruit and vegetable sector and allow the restart of loads as early as Monday. In this first phase, travel will take place exclusively by land through the Strait of Messina. This is a fundamental emergency measure, which will finally allow the cold storage rooms to be emptied, unlocking the goods already collected, thus preventing tons of excellent products from going to waste.” This is what the CTS says, which is carrying out the stoppage of trucks in Sicily to protest against the high cost of fuel. «The vice-president of the Sicilian Region and councilor for Agriculture, Luca Sammartino, is actively engaged in a complex mediation to resolve the dramatic crisis that is affecting the island’s agricultural sector – continues the Cts – The situation is particularly critical for the fruit and vegetable sector and, specifically, for the Italian grape sector, which is in a strategic phase of the commercial season». However, the logistical situation linked to the intermodal sector remains temporarily on stand-by, for which the definitive signature on the memorandum of understanding is awaited by the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport.