The war between Russia and Ukraine has also dealt a major blow to international trade and transport. Our export cargoes sent to Ukraine did not reach their destination, as well as goods that will be transported in transit to Belarus or Russia through this country could not reach their destination. The kilometer-long queues of vehicles formed by those who set out to flee abroad, blocked border crossings; non-working ports have also dealt a great blow to the activities of Turkish forwarders. Hundreds of trucks wishing to bring the imported cargo they loaded from Ukraine to Turkey via the RO-RO ship from the port of Odessa were stranded in the port when the flights stopped due to the war.

We had to watch helplessly the complaints of truck drivers who didn't have enough cash on them or didn't have enough food and drink in their vehicles. The stress caused by the inability to provide any assistance to the drivers who remain in this situation from the operations center in Turkey has once again revealed striking facts that have not been experienced in the transport sector for a long time.

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