Almost eight million people are employed in the transport and logistics sector, representing about 5% of total employment. Working conditions for the workforce and demand for their competencies will be influenced by political, economic, environmental, sociodemographic and technological changes...

Over the last number of years, the German airline Air Berlin has experienced impressive double-digit growth rates measured by the increased number of passengers and revenue. Consequently, Air Berlin is now the second largest airline in Germany after Lufthansa, and the third largest low-fares...

Samskip is an international company, which offers transport and logistics services by land, sea and air. Samskip has shown an impressive growth rate over the past 15 years and after a tough turnaround in 1993 the company has expanded to become one of Europe’s largest container transport...

The Polish State Railways (Polskie Koleje Państwowe, PKP) Group is composed of the dominant railway operators in Poland and is the biggest Polish employer. The PKP Group was established in 2001 as a result of the restructuring of the former state-owned railway company in Poland.

Andreas Andresen A/S is one of the market leaders in Denmark for the transport of temperature-controlled goods and logistics solutions to and from western and eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Russia and the Baltic states.Since the late 1990s, the company has focused on growth and expansion, and has...

Padborg is located in Jutland in southern Denmark at the border with Germany. It is one of the largest transport hubs in Denmark, both in terms of volume and value. About 200 transport companies and service-related enterprises occupy a 5km2 area in Padborg beside the European motorway E45 – the...

Padborg is located in Jutland in southern Denmark at the border with This report sets out four different scenarios for the European transport and logistics sector. Scenarios depict plausible hypotheses about the future; thus, they are useful tools for forecasting, analysing and formulating...

This report gives an overview of working conditions, job quality, workers’ health and job sustainability in the transport and storage sector (NACE 49 to 53). It is based mostly on the fifth European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS), which gathers data on working conditions and the quality of...

This study provides information designed to aid sectoral social dialogue in the road transport and logistics sector. The study is divided into three parts: a brief overview of sector’s economic and employment background; an analysis of the relevant social partner organisations in all the EU...

This study provides information designed to encourage sectoral social dialogue in the postal and courier activities sector. The aim of Eurofound’s series of studies on representativeness is to identify the relevant national and supranational social partner organisations in the field of...