There is a risk of a shortage of truck drivers in Germany in the coming years.
A danger with an impact on the delivery area and the basic supply.
Berlin - It was just one of many effects that Brexit had on the UK's economic situation.
Foreign skilled workers left the country after the UK left the EU and seasonal workers were no longer returning.
A development that hit the motor vehicle industry particularly hard.
There is now a shortage of trained truck drivers in the UK to supply the country with raw materials and food.
Shortage of truck drivers in Great Britain: companies offer up to 72,000 euros a year
This is one of the reasons why the government in London must take radical measures. In the meantime, the British military stepped in to supply gasoline stations, among other things, and thus maintain the infrastructure. British companies are now trying to find new drivers with financial incentives. 60,000 British pounds (the equivalent of around 71,000 euros) per year are sometimes offered by desperate employers to recruit new drivers.
There was mockery from various EU countries about the British, who, in the opinion of many, were to blame for the bottlenecks caused by Brexit.
But in Germany, too, there could be a shortage of qualified truck drivers in the near future.
As early as February 2020, the Federal Ministry of Transport pointed out that 185,000 truck drivers could be missing by 2027.
And that with increasing loads.
There is also a threat of a shortage of truck drivers in Germany - a trend that has been observed for years
So is there a threat of delivery bottlenecks and empty shelves in Germany too? For Stefan Thyroke, the head of the federal branch group at the Verdi union, there is definitely a need for action if such a scenario is to be prevented. "[The shortage of drivers] is clearly a trend that has not only been observed for many years, but can also be projected into the future today," the expert told
Focus Online.
The reasons for this lie primarily in the economic nature of the profession.
“Overall, the working conditions are not right,” summarizes Thyroke.
On the one hand, the low salaries in Germany are a problem. Nobody in this country earns 72,000 euros, as they are now being offered in Great Britain.
Rather, professional drivers receive between 2,313 and 2,623 euros a month.
However, the missing salary is only one aspect of many, explains Thyroke.
In addition, the long absence from home and the high time pressure due to tight delivery schedules make the job less attractive.
In addition, there is a comparatively low level of appreciation for supporters of the professional group.
Truck bottleneck: Association chief warns - "Then British conditions threaten here"
Frank Huster, the general manager of the Federal Association of Freight Forwarding and Logistics (DSLV), sees competition between German and Eastern European companies as a problem and calls for a political solution. "The harmonization of labor and social regulations remains a European task," explains Huster to
Focus Online
. The DSLV boss warns, however, against a foreclosure of the German market from Eastern Europe. "Then really British conditions are threatening here," said Huster.
The DSLV assures, however, that the basic service is currently not jeopardized.
Experts explain one or the other empty shelf much more to the “maritime supply chains” that have gotten out of step.
However, if the fundamental problem does not change in the coming years, considerable bottlenecks could also follow in Germany.
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