Amazon joins IRU to boost collaboration on global road transport challenges

Global e-commerce company Amazon has joined IRU as its newest corporate member.

‘Still fills me with joy’: driving the Cagliari football team

57-year-old Franco Pala is from Capoterra, a town in Sardinia, Italy. Six years ago, he was approached with a major career opportunity: to become the official coach driver of Italian football club Cagliari. With the World Cup underway and football fever running high, Franco Pala describes his last six years.

Figure of the Month: 4,620

Bus and coach services occupy a vital role in society. In the EU, they’re the most used mode of collective transport. Given the current shortage of drivers, you would think that everything possible would be done to attract more drivers.

Europe needs multimodal freight terminals to build road-rail synergies

During a visit to CFL multimodal in Luxembourg, road and rail representatives focused on Europe’s need for more multimodal freight terminals and how to better foster cooperation between the two modes of transport.

IRU welcomes trilogue negotiations on EU Intelligent Transport Systems

IRU welcomes the European Parliament’s move to expedite the discussions on the revision of the Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) Directive, as the Transport Committee (TRAN) is mandated to enter trilogue negotiations. The Parliament’s proposal reflects IRU’s call for a pragmatic ITS framework, which would play an important role in establishing a European mobility data space.

Swedish logistics industry representative SIFA joins IRU

The Swedish International Freight Association (SIFA) has joined IRU as its newest associate member to engage more closely with the sector in Europe and beyond.

Strasbourg: MEPs back IRU on limiting EU Platform Workers Directive scope

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) joined IRU in Strasbourg to discuss the most contentious points of the proposed Platform Workers Directive – new EU legislation aiming to reclassify platform workers as employees.