Madrid Community is offering a voucher worth 600 euros for the residents of the area and especially to the unemployed, to help them get an HGV or bus driving license. This new support will benefit more than 2,800 Madrid residents.

Madrid offers €600 voucher to unemployed to get a HGV driving license

The BBC is launching an 8-episode docu-series about HGV drivers in the UK. It follows the day-to-day operations of one of the UK’s leading haulage firms based in Llanelli. The first episode of <em>Truckers: Life on the Road</em> airs on Friday March 3rd on <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0f2syfy" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">BBC One Wales. It can also be watched on iPlayer</a> later.

First episode of BBC’s new HGV driver series airs on Friday evening

Baton Transport Hungary, the subsidiary of the Danish Baton Transport, has started recruiting women in India, to learn to drive an HGV and work in Europe. at the moment, the moment the company is looking for 25 ladies but if the pilot proves to be successful, 800 women can be employed within the next five years.

Danish haulier trains women in India to drive HGVs in Hungary

Following a meeting between the IRU and Nicolas Schmit, the European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights, both parties have concluded that the highly-documented driver shortage in the EU cannot be filled with drivers from the EU alone. In light of this conclusion, the European Commission has said it is working on a “Pact of Migration" to attract drivers from outside the EU and the EEA.

Pools of local drivers across the EU not enough to plug shortage, claims IRU

A new IRU report shows that HGV, bus and coach driver shortages in Europe are spiralling out of control, fuelled by increased transport demand and an ageing driver population. If no effective action taken, the shortage could triple in 4 years' time, IRU's study warns.

Driver shortage in Europe to triple by 2026 if no action taken, warns new IRU report

IRU estimates that the EU have to deal with half a million vacant HGV driver positions by the end of the year. To find solutions to the crucial driver shortage, the World Road Transport Organisation hosted a dinner dialogue in Brussels to focus on solutions.

Driver-shortage: dinner debate in Brussels over how to attract young people

The IRU has welcomed the launch of the European Labour Authority’s EU-wide #Road2FairTransport campaign for professional drivers and their employers.

IRU welcomes EU campaign for professional drivers

A new climate tax has made refuelling more expensive in Austria since Saturday. A CO2 tax originally planned to be introduced in July, was introduced on 1<sup>st</sup> October. Due to the increasing costs in the transportation sector, hauliers are pushing the government to open the market to third-country lorry drivers.

Even higher fuel prices caused by new CO2 tax angers Austrian hauliers

The European Transport Workers’ Federation has warned European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen against opening the EU labour market to third-country nationals without first fixing the lack of decent work in the transport industry. “To do so otherwise is an open invitation for further exploitation of transport workers," the organisation says.

Union claims EU plan for more 3rd-country drivers will increase exploitation

Up to 425,000 truck driver vacancies remained unfilled in Europe in 2021, IRU’s latest report on the European driver shortage has revealed. What’s more, the organisation forecasts the figure will jump by the end of this year.