Fonds Bayard - Haiti Observer Blog

The Technical Commission of Borders (CTF) created by decree on last August had announced after its creation that it would create a platform of transshipment in Malpasse area in order to resolve conflicts of Dominican and Haitian transporters at the border and secure better and organized transshipment of goods on the frontier area. Recently, on September 20, Max Antoine, the Executive Director of the CTF has announced that such a dream with enough employment potentials would soon become a reality.

A space for the infrastructure has been identified in the Fonds Bayard area of Malpasse where "Antilles Construction" will invest over $4 million for the infrastructure development. The transshipment platform will be run under the management of Customs and the Union of Haitian carriers. We may assume that this announcement would please Blas Peralta, the President of the Dominican Federation of Transport (FENATRADO).

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