IRU’s TIR and Transit Director has urged Central Asian countries to accelerate the digitalisation of transport and trade to better manage the growing volumes of goods flowing through the region.

Cross-border facilitation, digitalisation and decarbonisation led the discussions in Istanbul as IRU celebrated its 75th anniversary with members and partners from the region.

IRU’s Secretary General presented key measures to address connectivity gaps in Asia and beyond at ITF’s regional high-level conference in Mongolia.

Despite hopes to the contrary, the European Commission’s long-overdue legislative proposal to amend the Combined Transport Directive could harm efficient intermodal cooperation, instead of boosting it, due to the ambiguous incentive framework for combined and intermodal freight.

Pakistani transport company NLC has completed the first operation along a new TIR route connecting Pakistan to Kazakhstan via China and Kyrgyzstan.

At a recent conference with senators and ministers in Brazil, IRU outlined how the Bioceanic Corridor, South America’s new transnational corridor, would benefit from the TIR system.

With the rising role of Sichuan as a leading logistics hub in China, IRU and the Sichuan Transportation Department have explored avenues to boost the region’s international connectivity and further professionalise drivers.

Easytrip Transport Services, provider of international transport and mobility solutions, has joined IRU as its newest member.

Why the shortage of bus and coach drivers in Europe is more serious than you might think.

The Middle Corridor reduces dependency on traditional transit corridors while offering a faster trade route. How do we maximise its potential? IRU outlined how in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Following joint IRU-Hellenic Federation of Road Transport (OFAE) advocacy and e-CMR trials, the Greek government has joined the e-CMR Protocol.

The European Commission has proposed a grace period until the end of the year for trucks and coaches registered since 21 August 2023 to be equipped with the new smart tachograph version 2 (SMT2), for both national and international transport, as advocated for by IRU.

Operators and shippers who send advance cargo information to Kyrgyz customs via TIR-EPD can now benefit from dedicated processing booths at the Dostuk border, saving time and money.

IRU will be at Busworld Europe, unpacking the latest trends and regulations on decarbonisation, driver shortages and rest time rules in the road passenger transport sector.

Rather than taking 40 days by sea, the Milton Group transported goods from Europe to the Middle East with TIR – crossing 13 countries – in just nine days.

The first meeting of the newly created “Economic Cooperation Organization-TIR National Associations Consultative Group (ECO-TIRACG)” reviewed the group’s key responsibilities as well as border optimisation opportunities.

Industry leaders, development organisations and financial institutions from 30 countries gathered in Uzbekistan for a timely regional conference on trade and transit developments.

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.

As road transport leaders gather in Uzbekistan today for a key regional conference, we look at IRU’s New Industry Shapers from across the region leading the sector into the future.

IRU members, transport companies, development organisations and financial institutions are gathering in Uzbekistan for a key regional conference on pressing transport and transit challenges and emerging opportunities.

IRU member CEVA Logistics and Pakistani transport company NLC completed the first operation along this new TIR route, linking Kashgar, China, to Pakistan by door-to-door road transport for the first time. NLC also extended this route to Kabul, Afghanistan. 

IRU and the Iranian road transport sector look to harmonise trade and transit along the international east-west and north-south transport corridors and continue expanding TIR.

TIR, the only global transit system, is now bringing additional efficiency and security to China’s booming e-commerce trade.

The recent TIR Executive Board (TIRExB) Friends of the Chair meeting in Uzbekistan focused on how to accelerate the digitalisation of the booming Middle Corridor with eTIR.

The global TIR transit system now connects China’s major manufacturing hub of Shenzhen to, Kazakhstan’s largest city.

The UN has marked the 25th anniversary of the 1998 agreement on Global Technical Regulations (GTRs) as IRU continues to stress the need for harmonised road transport regulation in the face of new challenges and opportunities.

A new China-Kazakhstan TIR route has opened, following last month’s China-Central Asia Summit where heads of state agreed to deepen trade and transport cooperation.

Schengen visas, digitalisation, decarbonisation and the TIR system topped the agenda today as IRU’s Secretary General and the President of IRU member the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB) reviewed road transport facilitation challenges and opportunities.

IRU and UN-OHRLLS held high-level talks today on international trade tools essential for economic growth in landlocked countries.

The Secretary General of IRU visited the increasingly congested Sarp-Sarpi border between Georgia and Türkiye ahead of his opening remarks at the BSEC-URTA General Assembly today.

With queues reaching 70km, a solution to the Brenner pass bottleneck continues to escape EU governments and authorities. Discussions may no longer be enough; the EU Commission should open its legal toolbox.