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May 07 2024

Global challenges facing the trucking industry

At a recent meeting held at IRU in Geneva, US and global trucking industry stakeholders compared and addressed solutions to key challenges undermining road goods transport operations.

The challenges facing the US trucking sector are similar to those found in other regions: chronic driver shortages, overly ambitious decarbonisation targets, inefficient driver training, lack of secure parking, among others.

 

These are the issues that representatives from IRU, the US Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), the International Labour Organization, and IRU member the American Trucking Associations debated at a recent event in Geneva.

 

IRU Secretary General Umberto de Pretto, who gave the opening remarks, said, “The US trucking sector is facing the same challenges, such as chronic driver shortages and a lack of enabling conditions to meet decarbonisation targets, that IRU and its members are working on around the world.” Read more

 

Source: IRU