Eurasia has a strategic transit location at the crossroads of key transport and trade corridors. Hard infrastructure linking the modes is imperative for transport connectivity. It should be accompanied by the necessary soft infrastructure to speed up border crossings and minimalise congestion at ports and terminals.
As digital momentum builds, IRU is focused on rolling out digital TIR and e-CMR, the consignment note, thus paving the way to fully digital transport corridors.
IRU in Eurasia
In a region where two thirds of the countries are landlocked, road transport plays a pivotal role in connecting local businesses to the global markets. IRU helps Eurasian countries with policy making, professional driver training and infrastructure.
Being the bridge between Europe and Asia, the region includes Member States of the Commonwealth of Independent States, Georgia, six countries from the Economic Cooperation Organization region, and countries in Central Asia. The overriding characteristic of this region is that each country has different levels of development, in terms of its road transport operations and infrastructure.
Modernising roadside and ancillary infrastructures, implementing visa procedures for drivers and training all levels of the workforce are some of the region’s priorities to increase connectivity to European and Asian markets.
IRU’s Academy Associate Training Institutes and the organisation’s cooperation with local authorities towards unifying regulations and permits strive to help Eurasia achieve its connectivity and mobility goals.
Eurasia has a strategic transit location at the crossroads of key transport and trade corridors. Hard infrastructure linking the modes is imperative for transport connectivity. It should be accompanied by the necessary soft infrastructure to speed up border crossings and minimalise congestion at ports and terminals.
As digital momentum builds, IRU is focused on rolling out digital TIR and e-CMR, the consignment note, thus paving the way to fully digital transport corridors.
IRU regional office
General Delegate: Vadim Zakharenko
Office 1421, entr. 6
World Trade Center
12 Krasnopresnenskaya nab.
Moscow 123610, Russia
Tel: +7-495-258 17 59
Regional news
3 May 2022 Geneva
New IRU leadership elected for Eurasia committee
14 Apr 2022 Termez
Unlocking the potential of TIR in Central and South Asia
11 Apr 2022 Brussels
IRU welcomes EU Member State coordination to ease road transport on war-affected trade routes
28 Mar 2022 Tashkent
Uzbekistan spearheads digitalisation and connectivity in Central Asia
24 Mar 2022 Brussels
EU state aid crisis framework on Ukraine not enough to stop road transport bankruptcies
Innovation
New Eurasian Land Transport Initiative (NELTI)
With China’s Belt and Road initiatives moving ahead, IRU’s longstanding, prescient work to reopen ancient Silk Road trade routes linking Asia to Europe across Eurasia has gathered ground and has set the foundations in place for the recent developments now transforming trade prospects for the region.
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China-Russia trade corridor pilot caravan
See the latest news on China-Russia trade corridor pilot caravan launched ahead of TIR implementation
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Reopening the Silk Road
The Silk Road is a key artery connecting the east and the west, by road. IRU is working to open up this important ancient trade route.
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IRU members in Eurasia
Baku
ABADA
Dushanbe
ABBAT
Yerevan
AIRCA
Tashkent
AIRCUZ
Bishkek
AIRTO KR
Chisinau
AITA
Moscow
ASMAP
Kiev
ASMAP UA
Minsk
BAMAP
Tbilisi
GIRCA
Almaty
KAZATO
Ashgabat
THADA
IRU partners in Eurasia