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.

Pioneer Italian road transport organisation FAI joins IRU

The Federazione Autotrasportatori Italiani (FAI) has joined IRU as its newest member.

Ukraine: IRU calls on European Commission to ease border jams with TIR

IRU and its member associations from Ukraine and seven neighbouring countries have called on the European Commission to prioritise TIR trucks to ease lengthy border queues and boost goods transport flows between Ukraine and the EU.

Driver shortages: navigating your way through

Amid the ongoing global driver shortage, it has never been more important to manage, retain and, when possible, hire drivers. To do so, leading companies understand that they need to be an employer of choice.