The Lithuanian logistics company "cargoGO Logistics" has selected the first truck drivers in India who will work for the company and transport cargo in the European Union and other countries. It is planned to employ many more such experienced drivers from Asian countries in the future.
Pranas Pernaravičius, the head of the company's Driver Management Department, who returned from India and conducted the selection of truck drivers there, says that getting to know the local drivers gives him hope. After testing a group of drivers, the first particularly experienced tow truck drivers were selected. Mandatory procedures have now been started so that they can be employed in Lithuania.
"All the selected drivers have at least 5 years of international work experience, excellent driving skills, good knowledge of the English language, and have driven not only India, but also neighboring countries and the countries of the Arabian Peninsula: Iraq, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates Emirates," says P. Pernaravičius. "In the future, we see that we can invite significantly more experienced truck drivers from India, so we will conduct more selections in this country in the future."
According to the head of the Driver Management Department, there are plans to recruit dozens or even hundreds of highly experienced drivers from India and other Asian countries in the coming years.
"The first Indian drivers to be recruited will show what are the great prospects of this country's drivers to work in the European Union and other countries of the Old Continent. Apparently, they are positive, because drivers from other Asian countries are known as particularly disciplined and good drivers," says P. Pernaravičius.
"cargoGOIn addition to Lithuania, drivers from more than ten countries already work in the group of companies: Belarus, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Latvia, Tajikistan, Sakartveli. Osvaldas Švitra, "cargoGO The executive director of Logistics emphasizes that, in response to the changing labor market in Lithuania, logistics managers are invited together with drivers from other countries, because such a tandem serves good operational results. Administrative staff from foreign countries help to reduce cultural differences as well. Communicating with drivers makes them easier to understand, work goes more smoothly and efficiently.
