Aqaba container truck drivers end four-day strike

AMMAN — Container truck drivers in Aqaba on Friday ended their four-day strike, which resumed the flow of goods from the port to the Kingdom’s markets, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. 

The president of the Truck Owners Association Mohammad Dawoud said that negotiations between the association, MPs and the government led to the suspension of the strike for 14 days, provided that the drivers’ needs are met.

The drivers are demanding the need to control and regulate the transport of individual container trucks, find solution to loading quantity and restrict cargo companies from interfering with individual container trucks’ businesses, Dawoud added. The strike led to the accumulation of thousands of containers at Aqaba port last week, Petra reported.