EU votes to examine lowering driver training age and address sustainability challenges
Hopes of addressing Europe’s driver-shortage crisis increased after the European Parliament today voted for negotiations ...
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Europe’s road freight industry continues to suffer from a crippling driver shortage crisis, with around half a million vacancies.
According to the International Road Transport Union’s (IRU) annual driver shortage analysis, driver vacancies in Europe represent around 12% of all positions, and was broadly the same last year, largely due to depressed economic activity.
The IRU research found that 70% of European road freight operators surveyed had experienced severe, or very severe, difficulties in filling positions, although that was slightly down on ...
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