(Bloomberg Power in New York) Coronation Virus strains of Omikon increased in the surge in the OmiqiroRestrictions, the "employee waste" of logistics companies around the world cannot be alleviated, and the transportation industry is expected to usher in another year of disorders of the global supply chain.
International Data: Although the salary is raised about five -quarters of a truck driver vacancy
The data of the International Road Transport Alliance shows that although many employers increaseAfter salary, but there are still about one -fifth of professional truck drivers, the vacancy of the position of the professional truck driver cannot be filled, and the recruitment of some shipping industry also sounds the alarm.
Analyst of Maritime Research Consulting Company Drewry, Henney, predicted: "2022 will become another year of supply chain, which will be severely disturbed, insufficient supply and excessive cost of goods." HeIt is expected that the shortage of labor shortage and hygiene will last for 12 months.
The interviewed transportation company pointed out that in the face of several weeks of isolation, coupled with cross -border uncertainty and fear of infection, some workers refused to renew their contracts and others simply switched to career.
In Romania, many truck drivers are unwilling to take over long -distance work to other parts of Europe, because the traffic jams are 48 kilometers last year and the experience of waiting for 18 hours on the EU border has made them feel worried.Essence
Alex International Transportation Company, which has 130 trucks and transport drugs and foods in mainland Europe, said that before the crown disease, the truck transportation industry has faced the problem of driver's shortage.Now become more serious.In the past three years, the company had to raise wages by about 30%.
The owner and the lessee require the crew to vaccine
In the shipping industry, a crew of the crew sent by the International Non -profit Organization "Global Maritime Forum"The indicator report shows that less than 5%of the crew returned to work on board after the contract expired in mid -November, which was lower than 9%in July.Until now, the company still can't attract them back.
Western Shipping, a oil tanker headquartered in Singapore, said that of the company's about 1,000 crew members, 20 % do not want to return to work on board.The general manager of the company Ahamede said that Western transportation has to dig a corner from other companies and provide a huge salary for crew.
In addition, because the owner and the lessee request to hire only the crew of the vaccine, plus the addition of the Omikon variants of the Omikon, the additional vaccination is required, causing the shortage problem to be more serious.According to the above report, as of mid -November, less than 30 % of the crew members from India and the Philippines completed vaccination, and the two countries were the main source of crew.
O'Neal, president of Columbia Ship Management Company, said: "We cannot force crew to vaccine, but customers only want to hire crew members who have completely vaccinated vaccines. Next, let these huge freighters continue to sail."
