With TIR usage growing in the Gulf Cooperation Council region, transport operators are increasingly seeing the benefits of the reduced transport times and lower costs that the system brings.

Following an emergency virtual meeting on COVID-19 organised by IRU, the leaders of major Eurasian regional bodies today issued a joint statement calling for urgent and coordinated government action.

Senior figures from Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) transport ministries, customs administrations, and national TIR and road transport associations met with IRU experts today on road transport digitalisation. 

IRU’s annual driver shortage survey has revealed that, despite reduced demand due to COVID-19, there is still an alarming shortage of drivers.