News / IRU calls for more action to recruit truckers as numbers continue to dwindle

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Global driver shortages are set to surge this year, with China and Europe among the hardest hit, and a “demographic time-bomb” likely to exacerbate the issue.

Having surveyed some 1,500 commercial road transport operators in 25 countries in the Americas, Asia and Europe, the International Road Transport Union (IRU) found truck driver shortages had increased in all regions last year except Eurasia, with China’s more than doubling and Europe’s climbing 42%.

Secretary general Umberto de Pretto said there were millions of positions unfilled, ...