Verkkohowever, optimizing your network, finding backhaul opportunities, consolidating shipments into more accessible modes, and routing more efficiently will help reduce. Uk ministers plan recruiting drive to plug train driver shortage, says union. One in five are due to retire this decade, warns aslef,. Verkkoat least 80,000 new truckers are needed. This sector is headed for a shortage of 160,000 drivers by 2030, and the need for one million new drivers over. Verkkohighly paid union workers give ups a surprise win in delivery wars fedex’s less costly contractor drivers were supposed to give it an edge. Total shortage in europe could top two million by 2026.