Promoting and improving North American trade and transportation

Executive summary

The year 2020 was a unique year for IRU and the commercial road transport industry. Almost everything IRU did was in some way impacted by the pandemic. It was not all about COVID-19 of course, but the pandemic showed IRU and our industry at its finest.

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IRU’s approach: Driving innovation and action to meet transport emissions targets

The fastest and most cost-effective practical way to decarbonise road goods transport on a global scale.

This report presents the findings of the study on exploring the possible employment implications of connected and automated driving (CAD).

TIR can now be used by firms to transport goods to and from the UK. Accredited TIR hauliers in the EU, UK and beyond can use this tried and proven system to easily complete customs procedures.

Update November 2020

With a rapidly ageing workforce, a lack of young drivers is one of the main challenges facing the European road transport industry in both the freight and passenger sectors, in part due to minimum age rules for professional drivers.