Confindustria project for a new logistics and transport culture
Destro: 'With Welfare in the Road we aim to improve the synergy between manufacturing industry and freight transport, enhancing the role of road hauliers'
by M.Mor.
Building a more responsible and performing transport supply chain, to the benefit of all actors involved, and strengthening the link between manufacturing and logistics. These are some of the objectives of Welfare on the Road, the Manifesto promoted by Confindustria.
The initiative was created with a clear vision: to improve the synergy between the manufacturing industry and freight transport, enhancing the role of road hauliers, crucial figures in mobility, whose contribution is crucial to support the competitiveness and functioning of the country's economic system.
Today, the Italian road network is under pressure. But the significant figure concerns human capital. In 2025, the EU Commission has estimated a need for about 444,000 drivers at European level, which will rise to 745,000 by 2028 in the absence of targeted measures. In Italia the shortage already exceeds 25 thousand drivers and is destined to increase over the next five years, also because our country is among those in which a significant share of drivers will reach retirement age. This highlights a structural criticality that requires concrete and immediate action.
