Ep 158: Fixing the worldwide driver shortage

Jun 3, 2019

Professor John Manners-Bell, Chief Executive at Ti Insights, joins me to analyse the causes and potential cures for the global driver shortage:

• What’s behind the driver shortage
• Ensuring quality of drivers
• The importance of driver welfare
• Money! Driver remuneration
• Supply and demand being driven by e-commerce
• Women participation in trucking
• Government’s role
• Emissions standards
• Autonomous trucks, including regulation
• Structural inefficiencies in the road freight market

Marek Różycki, Managing Partner at Last Mile Experts, joins me to preview our presentation at Leaders In Logistics Last Mile Delivery:

• Why is Amazon interested in the last mile?
• Is Amazon a predictable animal?