Truck driver shortage in EU and a possible solution
Khan, Mansoor (2023)
Khan, Mansoor
2023
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2023051711527
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2023051711527
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Trucker driver shortage is a big issue in Europe. The purpose of this study was to find what are the reasons behind truck driver shortage and to find a solution by benchmarking American licensing system on European licensing system. This thesis does not cover solutions other than the one through licensing system and the old, uncommon, or historic reasons behind shortage. Only common reasons along with COVID and Ukraine crises are discussed. The theory is made up of 5 things, modes of transportation and their role, key legislations, different organizations involved in representation of the industry at global and European scale and the key elements of truck driver’s life. The method of qualitative documentary research was used by taking 40 sources ranging from documents to videos and webpages. The results from the research show that the reasons behind shortage are minimum age being high, image of the industry, lower number of female drivers, lack of facilities for the truck drivers, lack of skilled drivers, ageing and COVID 19 and Ukraine crisis denting the workforce where already working people have left the workforce. These issues were divided into common, worsening, long standing and the ones related to pandemic and Ukraine crisis. For the second question Pestle analysis of European and American heavy licensing systems was conducted and 4 key areas were selected for benchmarking, streamlining the system, providing job placement and financial assistance, easing requirements of language and image building of the profession.