Tajikistan boosts regional connectivity in Central Asia with digital TIR

The first digital TIR movement from Tajikistan is a major step towards greater transport digitalisation and regional connectivity in Central Asia.

IRU partners with Upply on access to key transport pricing information

Through a new partnership with Upply, IRU is providing its members with pricing information to help them make the best possible business decisions.

Vaccinations, decarbonisation and urban access put to vote at IRU member meetings

IRU members came together virtually this week to discuss key industry issues and vote on important new IRU policy positions. Updates included the impact of COVID-19 on commercial transport operators and IRU’s global call to action, a global driver treatment charter, digitalisation of TIR and trade corridors, and Mobility Package 1 enforcement for coach services in the EU.

IRU Annual Report 2020: moving forward, together

IRU’s Annual Report 2020 is now available online. 

IRU helps create new road transport association in Togo

With the backing of the World Bank, IRU has been working to support an in-depth reform of road transport in Togo, leading a project that will continue until 2022.

Uncoordinated COVID-19 border restrictions cause chaos in Latin America

In response to a new surge of COVID-19 infections in Latin America, governments have implemented a patchwork of uncoordinated measures with a disastrous impact on the trucking industry, endangering the supply chains that it underpins.

IRU briefs UN Economic and Social Council

IRU Secretary General Umberto de Pretto was invited by the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) last week to advise senior UN officials, prime ministers and ministers From Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) on how to leverage road transport to drive economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.