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Top 10 Logistics Trends That Could Impact Supply Chains in 2022

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Higher number of driver retirements due to high average age of drivers Less represented women workforce in trucking making them less than 7% of total drivers Pandemic resulting in existing drivers resigning jobs Truck driver training schools training less drivers than 2020 Federally mandated age and hiring standards increasing barriers to entry.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 4 -10)

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The program, which is called Amazon Freight Partner, will collaborate with small trucking countries in Germany, Spain, Poland, France, and Italy, and train the companies to haul goods exclusively for Amazon. Amazon already operates European ground delivery services with larger contractors, which it started in the UK. percent to $223.6