Not long ago, "Highway control closures in more than 10 provinces and cities!" 30 million truck drivers are stuck in logistics! 》The article went viral in the WeChat circle of friends of ceramic people, and for a while, the entire ceramic industry was enveloped in an atmosphere of nervousness.
Affected by the COVID-19 epidemic, many provinces and cities have strengthened control measures on highways, and some toll station entrances and service areas have been closed, involving many provinces in the Yangtze River Delta, Northeast, Northwest, North China and other regions. It is understood that as many as 193 expressway exits and service areas have been closed in Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions alone. As you can see on the Amap map, there are dense red signs marking highway closures due to epidemic prevention and control.
Measures to strengthen highway control have greatly affected the ceramic industry, whose logistics model is dominated by container trucks. Many manufacturers and dealers have expressed that freight is facing great difficulties. The person in charge of a ceramics company in Foshan told reporters, "Before the epidemic, drivers lined up to load goods, but now they can't find trucks to load goods. Many drivers are worried about the recurrence of the epidemic. If they are quarantined, not only will they not be able to go out for a long time, but the quarantine expenses will also be high." It’s very high, so I don’t want to get out of the car.”
The truck driver travels all over the country
Considered to be a high-risk group
The reporter learned from the Foshan release that since April 7, Foshan City’s Chancheng District and Nanhai District have carried out multiple rounds of large-scale nucleic acid testing, and some areas have been temporarily controlled. Among them, multiple ceramic warehouses and exhibition halls in Nanzhuang , the logistics center was included in the scope of closure and control. And all this is related to a truck driver who came to Foshan from other places.
A few days ago, the Foshan Ceramics Industry Association issued the "Notice on Preventing and Controlling Epidemics among Ceramic Enterprises in the City", advocating to carry out nucleic acid testing for all employees of ceramic enterprises in the city, and for drivers and passengers of vehicles entering and exiting the factory area. A nucleic acid test certificate within 24 hours is required.
The reporter learned that someone on the Internet accused the truck driver of causing misery to the entire Foshan. Since the outbreak of the epidemic, truck driver groups haveIt has been regarded as a "scourge" more than once. In fact, due to their occupation, truck drivers need to travel far and wide, and the risk of infection is much higher than that of ordinary people. While strengthening prevention and control on truck drivers, society should give them more understanding and attention.
Access policies vary from place to place
The truck driver has trouble moving
On April 5, a truck driver who was delivering goods from Shanghai and got stuck on the expressway relied on only two bags of bread for eight days. He burst into tears after receiving a lunch box from the Hangzhou police during the inspection at the expressway entrance. This incident attracted widespread attention as soon as it was reported. The reporter found that there have been many similar situations in recent times.
A truck driver said, "We took nucleic acid tests twice in three days, but there are still many places where we can't go." "There are many highway intersections that don't allow you to leave, and there are checkpoints on all roads. I really don't know how to get around. "It is understood that the green health code, itinerary card, and 48-hour nucleic acid test negative report are the necessary "three-piece set" for truck drivers to drive. Once a confirmed case appears somewhere along the way, a "star" will be hung on the itinerary. Truck drivers will be unable to move.
Not only that, some cities have introduced freight vehicle pass policies, but the application channels are different, the process is complicated, and mutual recognition is not possible. Passes for adjacent cities or even different districts within the same city must be processed separately. Many truck drivers do not understand the policy and often arrive at highway intersections and are unable to report due to lack of relevant information and have to stay on the road.
Many departments have spoken out
Do not restrict access at will
On April 12, China Central Radio and Television reported that the State Council’s Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism in response to the new coronavirus infection pneumonia epidemic recently issued a notice to make arrangements to effectively ensure the smooth flow of freight logistics. The National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Commerce and other departments have also made their voices heard, making every effort to ensure freight logistics and ensure that the industrial and supply chains are "continuously online".
The Ministry of Transport emphasized that road transportation is responsible for more than 70% of the freight and passenger traffic in the whole society and is the "main artery" supporting economic and social development. Expressway service areas affected by the epidemic must remain open for operation and shall not be closed without authorization. It is strictly prohibited to block or close expressways and ordinary roads without authorization; it is strictly prohibited to simplify and "one size fits all" prevention and control measures.
In response to the current outstanding problems in freight logistics, the Ministry of Transport has deployed and implemented six major measures:
First, it is strictly prohibited to set up epidemic prevention detection points on the main lines and service areas of highways, and to shut down highway service areas without authorization to ensure the smooth flow of national transportation trunk lines;
The second is to establish a pass system with a unified format, mutual recognition across the country, and convenient processing to ensure that the pass can be used nationwide;
Third, traffic control measures must be formulated in accordance with laws and regulations, and no layer-by-layer, one-size-fits-all measures are allowed to ensure unified traffic control policies;
The fourth is to provide truck drivers with basic life services such as meals and toilets in a timely manner, and set up nucleic acid testing points in an encrypted manner to ensure that truck drivers’ service measures are in place;
Fifth, it is necessary to strengthen regional coordination and information exchange, achieve unified summary and timely release, and ensure interconnection and sharing of control information.
Emergency operations are carried out in various places
Rescue stranded truck driver
Currently, the Ministry of Transport has required all localities to coordinate epidemic prevention and control efforts and the smooth passage of truck drivers, accurately implement truck traffic control, and reduce freight obstruction and logistics caused by the layer-by-level traffic control measures adopted for freight vehicles in some areas. Smoothness and other phenomena. At present, relevant departments in various places have launched emergency operations to investigate stranded vehicles one by one to understand the reasons for the stranded truck drivers and try to solve them.
On April 10-11, the Haimen District Transportation Bureau and the traffic police department of Nantong City investigated 76 trucks stranded at the Yuelai Expressway exit overnight. After registering the reasons for the strandation one by one, they contacted the districts, towns and enterprises. Let the stranded driver get off the highway and go to the work site within three days. At the same time, the staff also prepared food and water for the stranded truck drivers to solve their basic food and clothing problems.
For trucks stranded on the highway, the highway brigades of the Hangzhou Traffic Law Enforcement Team and the service areas under their jurisdiction actively provide stranded truck drivers with services such as purchasing, ordering food, and water delivery. At the same time, they implement the local government, public security, health and service District staff carried out nucleic acid testing and provided 24-hour free nucleic acid testing services to all truck drivers transporting key support materials to and from Zhejiang and Shanghai.
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Multiple parties take countermeasures
Restore smooth freight flow as soon as possible
In order to restore the smooth flow of freight as soon as possible and solve problems such as tight vehicle supply and freight difficulties, electronic passes have been launched for traffic inspections in various places; special lanes for passenger cars, trucks, mixed passenger and cargo and guaranteed supply passes have been opened at domestic high-speed exits; the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission requires the banking industry The insurance industry proactively takes precise and effective measures...
Wu Chungeng, director of the Highway Bureau of the Ministry of Transport, said that in response to the current problems of freight logistics being blocked in some areas, the central government has recently established a special class to ensure the smooth flow of highways, and the Ministry of Transport is also establishing and improving vehicle passes for key material transportation. The system implements online processing and nationwide mutual recognition. At present, many regions across the country have launched electronic passes.
Recently, the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission conducted a special study on financial support for freight logistics to ensure smooth operation, went all out to help the freight logistics industry relieve difficulties, and proposed six measures: first, to increase financial support, and second, to assist key groups. , the third is to improve service efficiency, the fourth is to innovate guarantee methods, the fifth is to strengthen insurance protection, and the sixth is to ensure fund security.
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The market is closed, freight rates are soaring, a truck is hard to find, and construction schedules are delayed... It is undeniable that practitioners of home building materials have been greatly impacted by the "new crown epidemic" in this war without gunpowder, but compared with The epidemic is more likelyWhat is scary is having an "epidemic mentality", that is, complaining and being afraid of the epidemic. Once you fall into the cycle of complaining and fearing the epidemic, you will lose sight of how many people are working tirelessly to defeat the epidemic, gradually lose their fighting spirit for the future, and eventually be eliminated.
I hope this article can bring some inspiration and warning to ceramic workers in the epidemic: facing reality directly, not fearing difficulties, you should always be the good bricklayers should be mentality.
——China Ceramics Network
