Truck driver shortage in Europe at crisis level – and is set to get worse
Europe’s road freight industry continues to suffer from a crippling driver shortage crisis, with around ...
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The UK’s haulage industry is likely to become far more concentrated in the hand of fewer operators, which have the scale to handle the myriad challenges the industry is facing, according to new analysis from road freight aggregator Ontruck.
“The industry is becoming increasingly polarised with larger operators completing acquisitions and dominating the marketplace, whilst other operators are reducing fleets and becoming increasingly reliant on multiple subcontractors,” said Ontruck head of supply Andrew Stendall.
“We are currently seeing a steady decrease in ...
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Tony
December 21, 2018 at 4:57 pmLook at how us drivers are treated we all work long hrs 15 hrs on duty 9 hrs off and go this should be reduced to 13 hrs and 11 of also we are away from home all week and some companies don’t want us to use secure parking to keep cost down this includes me so they want us to park in lay bays or ind estate we would bring this country to a standstill if we all went on strike and one more thing us drivers are treated like dirt for example I was in Morrison’s recently pm booking for 2 30 pm and didn’t get out of there until 7pm Morrison’s needs to find a better solution fast a could go on but no action will be done