CANCÚN, Q. ROO. – Cargo transportation has a specific weight in the national economy, beyond concentrating more than half of the total cargo movements in the country and 84.5% of land operations; in addition, it contributes 3.8% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
Precisely because of this relevance, the National Chamber of Cargo Transportation (Canacar) is now celebrating the various actions that are considered for this activity within the “100 steps for transformation” of President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum, and is also considering adding other elements.
“We celebrate key actions such as not increasing the cost of gasoline, new highways, accelerating mobility, strengthening the National Guard by expanding its capacity, the initiative to raise extortion to a federal crime, as well as strengthening border crossings with the United States,” said Miguel Ángel Martinez Millán, president of Canacar at the opening of the National Convention.
In addition to celebrating the above, Martínez Millán highlighted that this association will seek to highlight the agenda of this sector, with the support of tools that address the new circumstances and realities of the industry.
These factors include the development and strengthening of an intelligent and homogeneous road infrastructure, the professionalization of operators, financing for the modernization of the vehicle fleet, harmonizing the General Law on Mobility and Road Safety (LGMSV), creating safe stops, the availability of ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD) and the negotiation of the Treaty between Mexico, the United States and Canada (TMEC).
“We ask that the import of used Class 8 vehicles not be allowed ,” said Miguel Ángel Martínez, to which he received a round of applause from those attending the Canacar Convention.
Based on data from the National Association of Truck, Bus and Tractor Truck Producers (ANPACT), in the January – July 2024 cycle, 16 thousand used tractor trucks have been imported, which could translate as 32 thousand vehicles in the year, with the impact that it has on the market of not being able to move new units, hence Canacar’s request.
Participating in the opening ceremony, Alejandro Malagón, president of the Confederation of Industrial Chambers (Concamin) , explained that delays in road transport have an impact of 170 billion pesos (mdp) per year , mainly caused by the obstruction and stopping of vehicles on the 15 highway axes of the country, so this will be a point that must also be addressed by the new government.
Francisco Cervantes, president of the Business Coordinating Council (CCE), joined the call to increase security on Canacar and Concamin roads and said that a crusade is needed to increase security on national roads.
