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Haiti - Economy : $4M million for a transhipment platform in Malpasse
20/09/2015 11:02:22

Max Antoine, the Executive Director of the Technical Commission of Borders (CTF) created by Decree and installed in August https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-14817-haiti-politic-towards-a-better-management-of-borders.html announced, in order to resolve conflicts of Dominican and Haitian transporters at the border, that the project of a transhipment platform in Malpasse area mentioned in mid-August, in order to secure and better organize the transport of goods in this frontier axis, will become a reality in the coming months and will allow to create many new jobs.

This transhipment platform that will be operated in conjunction with Customs, the Union of Haitian carriers and specialized firms, will be built specifically to Fonds Bayard area of Malpasse where a space has already been identified.

Those responsible for the firm "Antilles Construction" plan to invest more than $4 million for the development of this infrastructure and the work could begin before the end of this year.

An announcement that should please Blas Peralta, President of the Dominican Federation of Transport (FENATRADO), which several months ago, had expressed support for the construction of safe infrastructure on the border that would allow Dominicans transporters to unload their cargo without having to enter Haiti, goods that would then be taken over by Haitian carriers.

See also :
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-14834-haiti-politic-call-to-the-binational-dialogue-between-truckers-federations.html

TB/ HaitiLibre