Ghent taxi drivers stopped their services on their own initiative in March and applied for the nuisance premium. Due to the disappearance of the Ghent restaurants and hotels on which they depend and the transport to the various airports that had dried up completely, working through the corona crisis was no longer an option.

V-Tax, the largest taxi company in Ghent, also decided to stop operating its taxis, making it one of the first to stop its services due to the corona crisis. The main reason was because of the limited space in a taxi. Despite this space has not changed, Ghent's V-Tax is one of the first companies to resume its services. According to manager Koen Van Cauwenberge, this only concerns journeys with an essential displacement.

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The Ghent Horeca has not yet been restarted and residents are still in a 'lock-down'. Many additional customers will not find the taxi companies, except for a number of companies in the Ghent canal zone that will also resume their activities this week. The taxi company Volkswagen Taxi (V-Tax) has never stood still at André Martens. At the end of the 80s, business manager Monique Martens grew the company considerably. In the early 90s she was at the cradle of the first automation of the company. In addition to V-Tax, the rental company V-Rent on the Overpoortstraat in the Ghent student district was also very popular. 

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Max Mobiel also partially reboots, to bring employees to essential companies in the port of Ghent. Starts after a month of inactivity Max Mobile Tuesday April 21, activities are partially and cautiously back on. Initially, the focus will be on 2 routes within the Ghent Seaport. All other processes will remain “on hold” for the time being.

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