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(including Ro-Ro transports) is 40%. Road transport, which is a
service export sector, continues to increase the foreign exchange
income it provides to our country in 2021. The amount of foreign
currency that our industry brought to our country in 2021 ap-
proached 12 billion dollars. Turkish carriers made approximately
536,000 trips to European countries included in the green card
system and 42 thousand to Azerbaijan in 2021. Green card insu-
rance is used for approximately 600 thousand trips. In this sense,
it will be very beneficial to provide accurate information about the
green card, to fight against fake green cards, and most important-
ly, to inform the transporters by analyzing the accident points and
causes abroad.” Şener highlighted that some countries we ship to
are not included in the green card system and said: “For example,
Georgia. In 2021, we carried out 42 thousand transports to Azer-
baijan. These vehicles are transiting through Georgia and because TC number, and without distinction of usage style, is 20% for the
Georgia is not included in the green card system, they buy a traffic operators who are between 0% and 50%. discount, 10% discount
policy at extra cost and have difficulty in finding a contact person is provided to operators between 50% - 70%, in the fleet applica-
and compensating for their damages in case of a possible accident. tion, 75% of the companies are provided with a premium discount
Turkish Motor Vehicles Bureau is an important player in the gre- in this context. Eroğlu lastly stated that unauthorized persons def-
en card system. If we can take initiative in this regard and support raud drivers with fake green cards, and that they have activated
the inclusion of Georgia in the system, significant support will be the application of confirmation of green card certificate with QR
provided to the Turkish transportation sector. We believed in the code so that innocent drivers and operators are not harmed in this
importance of cooperation in such matters.” regard, asked the drivers to check the green cards they received
from the e-government with a QR code so that they would not
suffer any unjust treatment. Eroğlu pointed out that significant
Akif Eroğlu: We Provide Significant Discounts To compensations were issued to operators due to fake green cards,
Fleets in addition, in order to cut this issue at its source, it is necessary
Speaking at the meeting, TMTB Director M.Akif Eroğlu stated to introduce a digital green card application in the entire green
that in the automobile group during the pandemic period of green card system, and at this point, there is a working group under the
card production; as a result of this, there is a 49% decrease in the umbrella of the Bureaus Council.
number of units, but there is no radical decrease in the premium
production due to the decrease of 2% in the tractor group, which Eroğlu said: “We, as the Turkish Bureau, are cooperating with
has the largest share in green card production. our border neighbors such as Azerbaijan, Greece and Bulgaria, we
will prevent fraud by providing digital green card control at the
Eroğlu stated that they achieved a record production of 34.7 border, we have come to the end of the project with Azerbaijan, we
million Euros in the green card premium production in the office will launch it in Baku soon. I would like to express with pleasure
history in 2021, due to the increase in the business volume of that this project of ours is a pilot application that is also referen-
the transporters, thanks to the spread of vaccination, controlled ced for the Bureaus Council.”
relaxation and especially the record increase in exports, and said:
Alper Özel: Loss Of Life And Property Will Be
“As can be seen here, UND Members are our most important cus- Minimized With This Cooperation
tomers with a 78% share in our premium production. In accor- UND Chief Executive Officer Alper Özel, in his speech at the sig-
dance with the Office vision document we have created, the goal of ning ceremony, drew attention to the importance of the logistics
our Office is to represent Turkey in the best possible way, to com- industry and made evaluations about the benefits that the coope-
municate more with the sector and to be an institution that creates ration will bring.
value for its stakeholders. For this purpose, we aim to analyze
the accident statistics under the responsibility of the offices and Stating that it has become clear what a strategic task the logis-
share them with the drivers, and to reduce the traffic accidents, tics industry has undertaken during the pandemic process, Özel
especially the accidents based on human error, in international said, “Life continued thanks to the logistics industry. Everything
travels. In this regard, we want to cooperate more closely with the stopped, but the logistics industry did not. Our trade was able to
International Transporters Association and the Bureaus Council.” continue thanks to the sector members who worked with a super-
human effort to carry food, hygiene and health products. With the
Eorğlu stated that reduction in traffic accidents will have a positi- support of UND, we implemented important practices at border
ve impact on premiums, they already provide significant discounts gates, made new plans for vehicle entrances and exits, and mini-
to tow trucks with fleet discount and bonus malus system in case mized risks by creating buffer zones. Our country has also set an
of low damage premiums, in this context, the total loss premium example with the measures and solutions it has taken to ensure
rate for the works written to individuals/organizations in the last 3 the continuation of transportation. UND has made a great contri-
years, with the number of vehicles belonging to an operator five or bution to the continuation of the shipments with the support and
more, provided that they are collected under the same tax number, responsibility it has taken.”