With shifting trade routes increasing pressure on corridors crossing Central Asia and the Caucuses, IRU unpacked the challenges and solutions at a recent forum with the private and public sector.

The TIR system now connects Uzbekistan to China’s coastal city of Qingdao, offering a new fast, cost-effective and secure trade route.

IRU’s North American Transportation Forum is gathering at CANACAR’s national convention in Mexico tomorrow to unpack obstacles and opportunities for cross-border operations in the region.

Professional driver training, trade facilitation and new TIR routes were explored by IRU and Pakistani multimodal transport company NLC at key regional conference in Central Asia.

IRU welcomes the vote in the European Parliament's Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN) on new CO2 standards for heavy-duty vehicles, setting a realistic pace for road transport decarbonisation and preserving essential technology options, which will include electric-battery, hydrogen fuel cell and combustion engines based on carbon-neutral fuels or hydrogen, in line with the sector’s needs and calls.

IRU, FIA Region I and ACEA unequivocally oppose the splitting of the B driving licence for cars into two categories, as proposed by the European Parliament’s draft report on the EU Driving Licence Directive.

In a letter to EU legislators, IRU and CLEPA call for the preservation of essential technology options under the new CO₂ standards proposal. An open-technology approach is required to decarbonise road transport while continuing to effectively meet the needs of EU citizens, businesses and economies.