The European Commission Vice-President for Jobs and Skills, Roxana Mînzatu, visited several truck parking areas in Belgium this week to witness first-hand the extreme disparity in conditions, ranging from a state-of-the-art facility to a site lacking even basic services.

Immediate help was needed. Fifty-two cattle were stuck at Morocco’s Tanger Med port. With a national holiday and weekend approaching, the animals and their drivers risked being stranded for days, facing serious welfare consequences and logistical disruptions.

From 1 July 2026, the EU’s light freight commercial vehicles (LCVs), weighing between 2.5 and 3.5 tonnes, engaged in cross-border EU services will face a regulatory revolution.

A new IRU survey has, for the first time, assessed the current decarbonisation status and future investment plans of commercial road transport operators globally.