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TRUCKERS' SHORTAGE * Australia - Truckers gear up for cost hikes, emission trading
The trucking industry will need 10,000 more drivers by 2012 as it responds to Australia's growing freight task
Australia -The Age, by George Georges and Ian Morton -September 12, 2008: ... The shortage of skilled drivers and the introduction of legislation regarding carbon emissions trading and driver fatigue will all raise the pressure. The ability of transport operators to identify, quantify and pass on these costs will be a key factor in deciding which operators survive and which end up broken-down wrecks... Australian Trucking Association chairman Trevor Martyn says the trucking industry will need 10,000 more drivers by 2012 as it responds to Australia's growing freight task. The Department of Workplace Relations states that there were 84,000 truck drivers in Australia last year. That means 12% more drivers will need to be found in four years — plus those needed to replace those that will retire in the meantime... The average age of Australian truck drivers is fast turning into one of the major issues facing the industry. In 1997, only 37% of the transport and logistics workforce was over the age of 45; last year it was more than 45%... The life of an interstate truck driver does not appeal to the average generation Y employee who is seeking a career offering greater work/life balance. The resources boom has attracted many gen Ys to lucrative mining positions. According to www.mycareer.com.au, the average mining wage is $128,751 compared with $62,500 in the transport industry. This is a serious problem: wages represent the largest proportion of an operator's costs, at about 35%...
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