During the 39th summit in Alexandria, the Council of Arab Transport Ministers unanimously adopted the IRU-proposed ADR protocol, harmonising procedures for the transport of dangerous goods by road across all 22 Arab League member states.

At COP31 in Antalya, Türkiye, IRU highlighted how better connectivity, more efficient borders, digitalisation and international cooperation can help cut transport emissions. IRU also joined government and business leaders to advance a shared agenda for greener, more connected trade.

FIATA has published a new practical reference designed specifically for freight forwarders to assess, plan and operate transport flows along multimodal corridors.

IRU welcomes the European Parliament’s Transport and Tourism (TRAN) and Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) committees’ proposal to increase the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) budget to EUR 91.3 billion for 2028–2034. This is nearly EUR 10 billion above the European Commission’s initial proposal and brings the budget closer to the EUR 100 billion ambition put forward by 45 European transport organisations.

Heavy-duty hydrogen transport has reached a pivotal stage. As Erwin Penfornis, Air Liquide’s Vice-President of Hydrogen Energy World Business Line, emphasises, the solutions already exist and are fully industrialised. The challenge now is creating the right economic conditions and deploying vehicles, fuel and infrastructure in unison to trigger full market activation.

The Upply x Ti x IRU European road freight rates report on Q3 2026 found that both benchmarks levelled off at record levels after sharp increases in the first half of the year. Contract rates rose to 148.9 index points, a modest 0.8-point increase quarter on quarter (QoQ) and 14.6 points higher year on year (YoY). Spot rates followed the same path, edging up 0.8 points QoQ to 147.6 index points, 12.9 points higher YoY. The driver was cost rather than demand: average diesel price reached a record

At the 10th TRT World Forum in Istanbul, IRU put the spotlight on the critical role of road transport in improving regional connectivity, trade and supply chain resilience.