Greening road transport: IRU members adopt key positions
Coming together for their biannual meetings, IRU’s EU passenger and goods transport members adopted key sector positions aimed at reducing pollutant emissions and decarbonising corporate fleets. The European Commission’s proposal on Euro 7 emission standards is on the to-do list of EU legislators.
IRU charts hope on surmountable road transport challenges with trade unions
IRU’s Secretary General has outlined solutions to key challenges facing the road transport sector at the global road transport trade union conference held in Johannesburg, South Africa. Starting with the Covid-19 pandemic, several crises have struck the road transport industry in recent years, leading to supply chain instabilities and exacerbating other long-standing challenges, such as excessive border queues.
TIR operations resume at largest China-Mongolia land port
The resumption of TIR in China gains pace, with Erenhot, the largest land port on the China-Mongolia border, having seen its first TIR truck in the post-pandemic era. For the first time since the reopening of China’s borders, TIR trucks have transited through the Zamyn-Uud-Erenhot border crossing, entering China from Mongolia.
IRU underscores parking and alternative fuel issues in European Parliament
IRU has reiterated the urgent need for safe and secure parking areas across Europe, including ones with alternative fuels infrastructure, at a conference in the European Parliament. The debate was followed by the European Truck Parking Award ceremony. At a conference organised by the European Secure Parking Organisation in the European Parliament, IRU stressed the urgent need for safe and secure parking areas across Europe.