The long haul
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A record shortage of truck drivers is now throttling the world’s trade, and this time it will not fix itself when the economy turns.
Umberto de Pretto, who runs the International Road Transport Union (IRU), delivered a grim tally this year: 2.9 million lorry-driving jobs standing empty across 18 markets, 11 per cent of the workforce and the highest the group had recorded. The number had not fallen even as freight demand cooled. The shortage had “deepened as a critical structural issue”, de Pr
Umberto de Pretto, who runs the International Road Transport Union (IRU), delivered a grim tally this year: 2.9 million lorry-driving jobs standing empty across 18 markets, 11 per cent of the workforce and the highest the group had recorded. The number had not fallen even as freight demand cooled. The shortage had “deepened as a critical structural issue”, de Pr
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