Work organisation in freight transport system: European approaches to define structural changes and policy requirements following the introduction of new technology

The transport market is evolving from a low wage, low skill, and labour intensive sector to becoming a high skill, high technology, and capital intensive one. New technologies are introduced and also new regulations and procedures. The nature of work in the transport field is undergoing a rapid change. The research effort of defining structural changes and the subsequent measures required for promoting positive aspects and avoiding undesirable situations concerning the introduction of new technology on European Union level (particularly in DGVII projects WORKFRET, WORKPORT, THALASSES ACCEPT) is the subject of this paper.