Supply Chain Optimization

Storms Damage The Labor Market

by Tom Moore on Sep 13, 2017 9:27:00 PM

There will be fewer truck drivers and warehouse workers available once storm cleanup gets underway.  There is already a perceived shortage of construction workers in the South, and it will only get worse as skilled and unskilled labor pours in to fix the damage. Coincident will be:

  • a large increase in recycling (250,000 cars to be junked in Texas alone)
  • an influx of building materials – and a lot is going to areas from which backhauls are scarce
  • shortages of fuel for a while 
Add to that the relatively strong pricing of fuel and more warnings that there really is a shortage of drivers, and shippers can expect higher costs.
 
 
 
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