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Haulage boss goes on the road

[ February 28, 2024   //   ]

So determined is Mindaugas Paulauskas, managing director of Lithuanian-based Girteka Transport to find out what a typical day in the life of a truck driver entails, that he is embarking on two-week journey behind the wheel from Lithuania by way of Norway, southern Europe and back.

He aims to gain a deeper understanding of the challenges and opportunities professional truck drivers face today.

Girteka Group currently employs over 12,500 drivers,  and Paulauskas has chosen to personally experience every aspect of his their work.

He says: “Many of us in logistics are familiar with the challenges and opportunities faced by truck drivers. But what is knowledge without practice? The project I am embarking on aims to bring us closer to the drivers’ community: to understand their lifestyle by participating in cargo deliveries, navigating European roads, and tackling daily challenges such as parking, cargo security, and utilizing digital tools, just as they do on a typical working day.”

He will be under the eye of Sergey Kovalev, a seasoned truck driver with more than 20 years of experience,. Throughout the trip, Paulauskas, with the assistance of Kovalev, will document his experiences and observations, and it can all be followed on Girteka Group’s YouTube channel, Facebook, and Instagram pages as well as at www.girtekadrivers.com/motr .

Girteka says that raising awareness about the challenges that Europe’s truck drivers encounter is especially important as there is currently a shortage of more than 3 million truck drivers across the world, and 233,000 in Europe alone.

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