Escalation of the problem of Jordanian and Syrian trucks stuck at the Al Batha customs
The truck crisis worsened in the Saudi Al Batha Customs area, and was stopped at the Emirati Al Ghuwaifat crossing; The number of trucks has reached 500, with the increasing losses of truck owners and merchants, where there is a current accumulation of refrigeration trucks and others, and trucks have been refused entry through the crossing. They have been stuck for several weeks, without any clear reason, and the situation continues for more than a week.
Intense Anger
Outrage prevailed on social media as the problem of Jordanian trucks stuck in Saudi Arabia’s Al Batha customs worsened. A number of social media users posted videos of the situation at the port and the truck’s failure was severe.
Truck crashes
Jordanian sources revealed that Jordanian trucks arriving from the United Arab Emirates loaded with goods have been stranded for 11 days in the border region between the two countries, lacking services, explaining that refrigerated trucks consume 40 Jordanian dinars a day from diesel to operate the refrigeration engine, so that food and food items will not be damaged. He noted that some of them are expensive, including fish.
The sources continued: Jordanian trucks (transit) coming from the United Arab Emirates through the Saudi border are still stopped at Al Batha Customs in Saudi Arabia, as a result of the breakdown of the server systems. There are no solutions to end the suffering of their drivers and avoid financial losses as a result of the damage to the goods. Among the 500 trucks are about 200 trucks stuck on the border, while others carry goods from the Emirati side in preparation for transporting them to Jordan.
The sources pointed out that the current times of the month of Ramadan are a season for truck owners, whose business has been disrupted due to their being stuck on the Emirati-Saudi border, not to mention the losses of food and supply traders, with the partial cessation of truck traffic.
The Suffering of Drivers
Media reports say the stranded drivers face a lack of services and water, food and medicine, while some suffer from chronic illnesses.
The reports continued: The stopping of truck traffic at the Saudi-UAE border is due to a technical failure in the work system (the transit system) at the Saudi Al Batha Customs, according to the Saudi authorities, and that the broken system includes trucks coming to Saudi Arabia on the transit system through the port of Al Batha, which are bound for the border ports of the Arab countries and not only Jordan.
