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Tackling Driver Shortage in Europe
Within a shifting and increasingly challenging global framework, the European road transport sector is facing its most acute professional driver shortage in decades.
IRU World Congress 2018 highlights
The highlights of the 2018 World Congress in Oman, which brought together over 1,000 participants for two days of debate. The event opened with the launch of a new industry survey and closed with the signing of the Muscat Compact – setting the course for the industry to come together to shape the future pf road transport.
Unlocking the innovation opportunities
This report explores the challenges and opportunities facing the road sector globally speaking.
The Muscat Compact
Shared principles to drive the future of transport, mobility, trade and logistics
The future of road transport
Technology and automation will define the future of road transport according to new IRU research, but significant obstacles stand in the way.
Getting connected: IRU Annual Report 2017
Getting Connected highlights IRU’s focus on connecting the world and accelerating change. Progress made on driving the industry’s tech transformation, innovations in passenger mobility, implementing TIR, and connecting new countries into the TIR network are in focus.
Media factsheet on study of intermodal TIR
Offering a four-day time saving and a EUR160 cost reduction per container, the advantages of using the TIR system in the intermodal context, in terms of efficiency, visibility on time and greater security, are conclusive.
Driverless trucks
Managing the Transition to Driverless Road Freight Transport is a new report, which reveals that automated road freight will save costs, reduce emissions and make roads safer. But the impact on driver jobs requires a managed transition.
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