A recent report by Transport Intelligence highlighted the fact that Britain is not alone in Europe when it comes to HGV driver shortages. Data from 2020 shows Germany short of 45,00-65,000  drivers, while in Poland, whose population is just over 50% of the UK's, the number is almost 124,000 - noticeably higher than the 100,000 UK figure referred to by the RHA.

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Despite this, shelves in Poland's supermarkets are fully stocked. Moreover, there are next-to-no reports of pubs or restaurants experiencing supply chain issues. Naturally, this begs the question, how can this disparity exist despite the driver shortage arguably being worse in Poland?</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">In order to find out why, we spoke to Michael Clover, Transport Intelligence's Head Of Commercial Development.</span>

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Can i throw something in tje mix? They complain and try to regulate unscrupulous use of cheap cabbotage labour however.  Numerous Danish companies constantly use cheap eastern European drivers to haul trailers all over Europe. Here in the uk you regularly see Danish trailers with units from all over eastern Europe. Moreover  when driving south through Germany we play a game, guess tje nationality pulling the Danish trailer. Danes, happy to exclude job applicant’s who struggle to read and write Danish but extremely happy to use CHEAP eastern European traction.


Can i throw something in tje mix? They complain and try to regulate unscrupulous use of cheap cabbotage labour however.  Numerous Danish companies constantly use cheap eastern European drivers to haul trailers all over Europe. Here in the uk you regularly see Danish trailers with units from all over eastern Europe. Moreover  when driving south through Germany we play a game, guess tje nationality pulling the Danish trailer. Danes, happy to exclude job applicant&#8217;s who struggle to read and write Danish but extremely happy to use CHEAP eastern European traction.


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