Aging and dwindling workforce hits booming trucking sector

Vernon Graham
Updated December 11 2020 - 10:27am, first published December 3 2020 - 11:30am
KEEP ON TRUCKING: The road transport sector is gearing up for major growth despite an aging workforce and a shortage of drivers.
KEEP ON TRUCKING: The road transport sector is gearing up for major growth despite an aging workforce and a shortage of drivers.

Labour shortages are a key challenge for Australia's booming road transport industry which is triggering major investment in better and safer trucks to retain drivers.

Vernon Graham

Vernon Graham

National machinery and property writer

Former editor of The Land, former Fairfax Media Agricultural Editor

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