Warning on looming logistics staff shortage

Warning on looming logistics staff shortage
Let's get the nation moving. (Image: BusinessDesk)
Paul McBeth
The shortfall of logistics workers is growing and isn’t sustainable in the long run without squeezing the output of other sectors that rely on transport, says a report commissioned by Hanga-Aro-Rau, the Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council. The Deloitte report shows 127,100 people worked in the logistics sectors in 2022, down from 131,700 in 2020, with an exodus of young people pushing up the age profile of the industry. Deloitte estimates the current shortfall is 4,700 workers, and that’s...

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