Chennai van owners' strike to affect air freight

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By Alex Lennane

15/08/2013

Anyone interested in air exports from Chennai should be aware that truckers are downing their trucks this weekend. No cargo will be taken into the air cargo complex, according to the Chennai Van Owners Association. The move is in protest against a traffic police decision to restrict the movement of cargo vans in the Indian southern city.

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