was April 28, 2010, the boatmen were on strike for two days. They blocked the gates and, before that before the port of Lille, they were then moored alongside to block traffic on the canal.
The lock was broken.
The boatmen are well aware of being less powerful than the road or grain farmers, and they die slowly, they say. Submitted to the fluctuating demand of transport, they may stay several days in waiting. And during that time, the cost roll. In general, it is boatman from father to son, but a lifetime to go into debt to acquire its barge. It is a nomadic profession. The children have their school in Douai School Skippers, where you also hosts children's travel. A boatman is now the minimum wage or barely above. There is much talk of river transport, as they say, but when we must come to the facts: he is still running as many trucks!
PS: indeed, during this event, the French government decided on April 30, to allow 44-tonne trucks to drive on roads and highways. The Grenelle Environment Forum is therefore very far. Here in the North, everyone knows the A25 motorway - Lille Dunkerque, turned into corrugated because of the ceaseless passage of trucks. It took 25 years to begin to do it again ... and the work still had to ... Who pays? We citizens. Who wins? ... come on, shut up, because you said that with 44 tons will be faitre energy savings! gôchiste Sale, go, green vile!
SEE THE REPORT IN VUVOX also read: "of slower boats"
PS: indeed, during this event, the French government decided on April 30, to allow 44-tonne trucks to drive on roads and highways. The Grenelle Environment Forum is therefore very far. Here in the North, everyone knows the A25 motorway - Lille Dunkerque, turned into corrugated because of the ceaseless passage of trucks. It took 25 years to begin to do it again ... and the work still had to ... Who pays? We citizens. Who wins? ... come on, shut up, because you said that with 44 tons will be faitre energy savings! gôchiste Sale, go, green vile!
SEE THE REPORT IN VUVOX also read: "of slower boats"