Chris Carr: Trucking boss warns industry is short 9000 drivers
Heavy vehicle driver shortages are so dire that one trucking company is having to fly drivers down to the South Island every week to cover important routes.
"We're just scraping through as a nation," said trucking boss Chris Carr, who was out driving goods himself because his company, Carr and Haslam, was so understaffed.
His comments follow a letter being sent to Immigration Minister Michael Wood from industry heads warning waste collection and public transport services could be "pared back" if changes aren't made to allow more drivers into the country immediately.
Wood said, in a statement…
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