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As of 13 March 2026, global oil and fuel prices continue to rise. Here is the latest overview for the road transport sector.

In the second part of this series on the UN Decade of Sustainable Transport (2026–2035), IRU Secretary General Umberto de Pretto outlines clear actions to materialise tangible results. For a historical overview of sustainable road transport and joint IRU-UN initiatives, see the first part of this series.

In a meeting with IRU, Paraguay’s Director of the National Directorate of Tax Revenues expressed strong interest in joining the global TIR transit system, recognising its potential to strengthen regional trade and logistics connectivity.

The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) has released its 15th annual list on the most congested bottlenecks for trucks in the US.

IRU and industry partners were recently in Zeebrugge, Belgium, to review progress in electrifying long-haul freight transport under the EU-funded ZEFES project.

IRU, the world road transport organisation, urges governments to immediately release oil reserves to curb rising commercial road transport fuel prices.

Malta’s position within EU transport strategy came under the spotlight as policymakers and industry representatives gathered for an international transport conference organised by IRU member the Maltese Association of Truck and Trailer Operators (ATTO).

A recent conference in Brazil explored the significant benefits of coupling the Bioceanic Corridor with the TIR system, including cutting transport costs by 30%, according to a government study.

As of 5 March 2026, global oil and fuel prices are trending upwards, driven by geopolitical tensions and supply disruptions in the Middle East. Here is an overview.

This International Women’s Day, we celebrate the women entrepreneurs and business leaders whose influence extends beyond their own careers, women whose vision and courage open doors for others and help shape an entire industry.

Augusto Ramos outlined three key issues that will define his mandate – along with a first 100-day plan – at the General Assembly of Mexico’s national trucking association.

As the EU road transport sector accelerates its green and digital transition, the spotlight is increasingly on the people who will make it work on the ground. That was the message from a week of IRU discussions in Brussels, where EU policymakers, industry leaders and operators gathered to focus on one priority: how to align skills, technology and regulatory frameworks to deliver the transition.

IRU welcomes the European Commission’s proposal for a regulation on the Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act but warns that the transport dimension, the backbone of EU mobility and industrial supply chains, remains underrepresented.

With new powertrain technologies becoming increasingly available on the market and EU-level policies pushing the sector towards zero-emission vehicles, operators are facing tough choices in planning investments for future vehicle purchases. Spain’s national trucking association gave us an overview of the key competing factors.

With the new UN sustainable transport decade under way, it’s now time to make it happen. In this two-part series, IRU’s Secretary General – who led efforts 30 years ago to establish the first sustainable development charter by a global transport organisation – reflects on the significance of sustainable transport and joint IRU–UN efforts since the historic 1992 Earth Summit.

Coach mobility must be fully integrated into the EU’s future tourism framework if the bloc is to strengthen competitiveness, sustainability and resilience, IRU stressed at high-level discussions in Brussels.

The electric duo-trailer will first travel a 90km route twice a day. In a second phase, it will run an intermodal route between Spain and Germany. The long-term ambition is to promote cross-border operations with electric vehicles and encourage regulatory changes that normalise the use of duo-trailers.

Significant progress has been made in reforming the ECMT Multilateral Quota, including the launch of a digital permit system.

Tolls are undergoing a big technological shift – with significant implications for road transport operators. AS 24, a subsidiary of IRU member TotalEnergies, made a strong technological bet four years ago that is now paying off for its customers.

IRU and more than 40 European transport organisations jointly call on EU Member States and the European Commission to allocate at least EUR 100 billion to the next Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) funding round under the forthcoming Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF).

CEOs and senior figures from North American trucking companies came together in Mexico City to exchange views on cross-border policies at IRU’s annual North American Leadership Dialogue – amid the upcoming revision of the Mexico–United States–Canada trade agreement.

The world road transport organisation, IRU, intervened in major policy debates and marked the 70th anniversary of CMR at the highest UNECE Inland Transport Committee events.

How can we advance interoperability and trust in road transport? Industry leaders explored this increasingly urgent digitalisation challenge at the second edition of the IRU Technology and Innovation Roundtable, hosted by Daimler Truck.

The European Commission has published a comprehensive study conducted by IRU on the recruitment and integration of professional bus and truck drivers from third countries into the EU labour market.

IRU marks the 70th anniversary of the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) – a cornerstone of international road transport law.

Transport companies have wasted no time taking advantage of the new types of operations now possible under the global TIR transit system.

Longstanding public-private partnerships (PPPs) like the TIR transit system are accelerating the Kingdom’s evolution into a logistics powerhouse, IRU underscored at the Roads, Bridges & Tunnels KSA Conference.

International organisation and customs chiefs, along with national authorities, met with IRU in Geneva this week to discuss transit measures and digitalisation.

With robotaxi deployment moving steadily towards commercial reality, bringing the taxi sector into sharp focus across global mobility markets, IRU presented the EU’s automation framework at an international taxi summit in Vienna.

IRU hosted the H2Accelerate consortium as hydrogen truck deployment in the EU transitions from small-scale trials to early market deployment.

The EUR 3 billion ETS2 Frontloading Facility is a welcome development. However, without explicit prioritisation, commercial road transport risks being left without the predictable support it needs to decarbonise.

The chairs of the European Parliament’s political groups decided yesterday to allocate the Greening Corporate Fleets file to both the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) and the Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN), overturning an earlier provisional allocation to only ENVI.

IRU brought together policymakers and the industry to clarify how EU driving and rest time rules apply as electric fleets scale up.

The Federative Republic of Brazil has become the 79th contracting party to the United Nations TIR Convention.

IRU, the world road transport organisation, and the International Transport Forum (ITF) have signed a new cooperation agreement ahead of the ITF 2026 Summit, fuelling their long-standing partnership.