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Your "Update II" doesn't square with what the Government is saying. Might it be a disinformation campaign to make people believe supplies are coming so they don't engage in more panic buying?

Normalidad en las carreteras y 71 camioneros detenidos en el cuarto día de paros · ELPAÍS.comNormality on the roads and 71 arrested truckers on the fourth day of stoppages - ElPais.com
Las carreteras españoles están "compleamente limpias" y sólo presentan "el tapón normal de un día normal de tráfico", ha asegurado hoy el ministro del Interior, Pérez Rubalcaba. Así, el cuarto día de huelga de los transportistas por la subida del gasóleo ha amanecido con los accesos a las grandes ciudades y los puestos fronterizos abiertos y sin bloqueos mientras la cifra de detenidos por desórdenes por las movilizaciones desde el lunes asciende ya a 71.Spanish roads are "completely clean" and only present "the normal clogging on a day with normal traffic", the Interior Minister Perez Rubalcaba assured today. Thus, the fourth day of strikes by the hauliers on the rise of diesel prices has dawned with the access routes to the main cities and the border posts open and without blockades as the figure of those arrested on charges of disruption for the actions taken since Monday rose to 71 already.
Además de la ausencia de "problemas reseñables" en las carreteras españolas a las 08:00 horas de hoy, Interior ha destacado que el número de escoltas que las fuerzas de seguridad han tenido que realizar a camiones para garantizar el funcionamiento de los servicios públicos y el abastecimiento de los mercados es ya de 6.025.In addition to the absence of "remarkable problems" on the Spanish roads at 8am today, the Interior Ministry has highlighted that the number of escorts that the security forces have had to provide to lorries to guarantee the functioning of public services and the supply to markets is already 6025.
Asimismo, Rubalcaba ha reiterado en declaraciones a la Cadena Ser que el 82% de los transportistas que no secundan los paros tendrán una escolta para garantizar que pueden llevar a cabo su trabajo. "Los piquetes no pueden imponer sus tesis al resto de profesionales que no apoyan las movilizaciones", ha asegurado Rubalcaba.Likewise, Rubalcaba has repeated in statements to [radio station] Cadena Ser that the 82% of hauliers not following the stoppages will have an escort to guarantee that they can carry out their work. "Pickets cannot impose their theses to the rest of the professionals who don't support the action", asserted Rubalcaba.

Again, it appears that the shortages are a result of the blockades and not of lack of transport capacity. Does this mean that there is 20 to 25 overcapacity in Spain's road transport sector?

When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jun 12th, 2008 at 06:18:35 AM EST
This morning the radio had some interviews with stranded drivers in Spain reporting a very tense environment. More lorries were burnt tonight.

The most recent news pieces in the Spanish press are reporting a new day of fight:

Transporte Mundial:

"These associations [that have not accepted the deal with the government] have not called off the strike and the conflicts on the roads continue."

But is seems that traffic is running better today than yesterday. Anyway keeps us informed on it, if you see the situation changing markedly.

Vencit omnia veritas.

by Luis de Sousa (luis[dot]a[dot]de[dot]sousa[at]gmail[dot]com) on Thu Jun 12th, 2008 at 07:14:25 AM EST
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That's what I don't know. Is the Minister of the Interior telling people it's over when it's not, to prevent panic buying?

When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jun 12th, 2008 at 07:21:29 AM EST
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20 to 25 overcapacity

I mean 20 to 25 per cent.

When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jun 12th, 2008 at 07:22:35 AM EST
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