Road to Logistics: Britain's got talent that can ease the truck driver shortage
There are currently over three million vacant truck driver positions across the globe, forecast by ...
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Post-pandemic truck utilisation has fallen substantially with a decline in driver numbers and a surge in empty backhaul ? or so-called “deadhead” – miles, experts have claimed.
In August, the Q2 European Road Freight Rate benchmark, operated by the Ti, Upply & International Road hauliers Union (IRU), showed a decoupling of freight rates from demand.
A shortage of drivers and rocketing fuel prices in the wake of the Russo-Ukraine war drove up rates, but “multiple indicators also point[ed] to a weakening demand ...
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