Steffen Bork sees the 25 or so trucks sitting idle at his family-owned haulage company in central Germany as clear evidence that a lack of drivers across Europe is reaching an “extremely dangerous” point.
“For months now, our business has been characterised by an acute shortage,” said Bork, the third generation of his family to manage the company. “Some of our existing customers have overflowing order books. Due to the driver bottleneck, enormous pressure has built up.”
Bork’s worries are the latest sign that Europe’s rebound from the coronavirus pandemic is creating widespread supply-side frictions as companies struggle to find enough workers or materials to meet rising demand — slowing the economic recovery.
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