daily social and political business newspaper "Izvestiya": carriers faced critical shortage of truckers

Moscow, on November 23 - Argumenty i fakty. Personnel crisis becomes ripe in the sphere of transportations freights, declared in branch of ASMAP on Ural Federal District. At present deficiency of truckers is estimated at 23%, or approximately at half a million people. The official assessment of requirement for drivers is not present. However, as consider carriers, companies face problems on all Russian Federation. "Because of shortage of drivers already stands idle to 5% of vehicle fleets of the separate domestic companies. At such tendency in some years the branch will reach critical figures" — the vice-president declared...