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With triple-digit growth in TIR usage over the past year, IRU’s Secretary General has outlined key measures for Pakistan and the region to take transport efficiency and security to a new level at the ministerial conference in Islamabad.

Recent visits to three of Iran’s main border crossings have uncovered bottlenecks – but also clear opportunities to speed up trade.

Located in the heart of the Balkans, Bosnia and Herzegovina can transform into a regional trade hub. But infrastructure alone is not enough. IRU’s President charted the path forward at the Third International Logistics Conference in Sarajevo.

At BSEC-URTA’s General Assembly, IRU put the spotlight on TIR and digitalisation as pivotal drivers of efficient trade across the Black Sea region.

IRU, the world road transport organisation, outlined three key measures to raise the efficiency, sustainability and safety of free zones at the World Free Zones Organization 2025 World Congress in China. In subsequent bilateral meetings with Chinese partners, IRU discussed the growing role of the TIR system in trade.

Industry priorities for the upcoming revision of the Mexico-United States-Canada Agreement and the exploitation of drivers were key topics during IRU’s panel at the 2025 CANACAR National Convention.

Efficient and digital road transport systems are crucial to boosting economic growth, integration and resilience across the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation region.

This article, originally published by the Africa Transport Policy Program, also known as SSATP, lays bare why road transport must be central to Africa’s single market.

With over 1,000 delegates at Kazakhstan's major transport and logistics event this week, IRU highlighted road freight’s transformative role in Central Asia and Eurasia in recent decades, and the need to now focus on the “three Ds” in addition to the overarching “D”, development.

The latest Industry Development reports presented during the IRU Presidential Executive meeting in September are now available to members.

High-level talks in Cairo have reaffirmed Egypt’s commitment to becoming a strategic transit hub linking Europe, the GCC and Africa through the global TIR system.

In a major milestone for regional transport and trade, three Turkish trucks have used TIR to transit Saudi Arabia for the first time in many years.

Improving laws, governance, compliance, skills certification and operating conditions to drive safer, cleaner and more efficient commercial road transport is the aim of a new sector reform guide from the World Bank and IRU.

IRU was back in Togo recently at a major international seminar on transport and research in Sub-Saharan Africa presenting, with the World Bank, how countries can reform their road transport sector to transform mobility and trade.

As part of ongoing efforts to streamline TIR operations to and from China, IRU is increasing its on-the-ground support at major border crossings.

Even if two countries allow it, the EU says they can’t do it across their common border. An almost comical situation. Could a cartoon make a difference?

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.

In an urgent letter to the European Commission, IRU is calling for a six-month EU-wide enforcement grace period for the EU’s new customs import control system for goods moved by road (ICS2 release 3), warning of major disruptions at external land borders from 1 September 2025.

A convoy of TIR trucks has reached Jordan from Türkiye via Iraq – an itinerary that is quickly gaining popularity in the Middle East.

Fast, secure, reliable. The TIR system is driving ever more trade with China through new routes.

Lowering trade and transit costs for landlocked countries could be as simple as signing one tried-and-tested UN convention, said Umberto de Pretto. Speaking at the Third UN Conference for Landlocked Developing Countries in Awaza, Turkmenistan, he called on governments to join the TIR Convention without delay.

IRU’s regional office in Istanbul, Türkiye, celebrates 20 years of driving safe, efficient and green road transport across the Black Sea region.

Five weeks to transport goods from Istanbul to Amman? No, more like five days.

More than 300 million people in the Greater Mekong region would benefit from seamless trade enabled by the global TIR transit system.

The Belt and Road Initiative has opened vast opportunities for global trade. Yet its full potential remains untapped. Harmonised measures are needed.

This century saw a transition of cross-border freight operations from pack animal caravans to modern motor fleets, led by IRU member the National Road Transport Association of Mongolia.

The TIR transit system is cutting transport times, opening new trade routes, and boosting the security of operations along the Trans-Caspian corridor.

As recently as a few months ago, transporting goods from Romania to Jordan took eight weeks. Now it takes just five days.

Foreign truck drivers operating in the US have long been required to demonstrate English proficiency. A recent executive order under the Trump administration has elevated failure to comply from a standard violation to an out-of-service condition. What does this mean in practical terms?

With the TIR system, the journey can now be completed ten times faster.

Global logistics is being reshaped. IRU’s President shared how road transport can adapt and thrive amid today’s uncertainties at the Tenth Economy and Logistics Summit in Istanbul, Türkiye.

How can we best support trade flows along the booming Trans-Caspian Corridor? The key lies in international conventions, the coupling of hard and soft infrastructure, and greater international cooperation, stressed IRU’s Secretary General at the International Symposium on China-Europe Trans-Caspian Direct Express in Beijing.

Boosting regional trade and tackling persistent transport challenges took centre stage at the recent General Assembly of Câmara Internacional de Logística e Transportes (CIT) in Peru.

With the Bioceanic Corridor and COP30 on the agenda, Brazil is setting ambitious goals to expand trade and make its crucial road freight sector more sustainable. IRU was in Brazil last week, with its member NTC&Logística, for high-level meetings on TIR and decarbonisation.