Patto tra industria e autotrasporto sui conducenti

The pact between industry and logistics aims to highlight the crucial role of heavy goods vehicle drivers, who are essential for the country's competitive and economic system. This is the goal that Confindustria proposes to companies through the "Welfare on the Road" manifesto. The 10 welfare measures listed in the manifesto include reducing waiting times during cargo loading and unloading, extending the opening hours of loading and unloading points, access to hygiene facilities and dining areas, safety, training, and technological support.

The presentation of the document took place on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at Confindustria's headquarters in Brescia. Among those present were Leopoldo Destro, vice-president of Confindustria for transport, logistics, and tourism; Paolo Streparava, president of Confindustria Brescia; Giuseppe Pasini, president of Confindustria Lombardia; and Riccardo Morelli, president of Anita (streaming link).

Adherence to the pact is voluntary, and companies will have full freedom to implement the measures outlined in the best way possible. Italy's road network is currently under pressure, with over 90% of goods transported by road. A key figure is the human capital, as the European Commission estimated a need of around 444,000 drivers in 2025, which is expected to rise to 745,000 by 2028 in the absence of targeted measures.

Italy already has a shortage of over 25,000 drivers, and this number is expected to increase in the next five years due to many drivers reaching the pensionable age. This structural issue requires concrete and immediate action. Destro states: "For a manufacturing country, the ability to move goods is the capability of being industrial.

Transport and logistics are the first and last links in the production process, as the process only ends when the product is delivered to the final customer. Within this system, drivers are the guarantee of continuity in flows." However, the maintenance of motor transport is now threatened by the driver shortage, as young people struggle to approach this profession.

Destro continues: "From this arises the document promoted by Confindustria with the collaboration of Anita: ten measures to value the role of drivers and build more collaborative relationships between companies and heavy goods vehicle drivers. For the competitiveness of made in Italy, the efficiency and punctuality of product delivery to markets also depend on this."

Morelli observes: "The road remains the most widely used mode of commercial exchange in Italy, and drivers are the indispensable energy to keep the entire system moving. The hope is that the measures find widespread adoption." The pact between industry and motor transport has been concluded, now the challenge is to apply it in the real world: "A competitive manufacturing requires an equally competitive logistics; logistics is an investment, not a cost," underlines Straparava and Pasini.