Training for competitiveness
Our work in the Middle East emphasises development and validation of driver skills relevant to the transport industry. We work closely with companies and other industry stakeholders to promote professional qualification and excellence in the transport value chain. We also provide services such as training and certification for both goods and passenger transport.
With our IRU Academy Associate Training Institutes (ATIs) in Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia, we have a strong presence in the Middle East and beyond. Providing market-driven, international standard-based services, these institutes offer a competitive advantage for Middle Eastern transport operators who wish to trade internationally.
One example of the countries we work with is Saudi Arabia. Together with the Middle East Logistics Institute (MELI) and Saudi Petroleum Services Polytechnic (SPSP), we implement our driver certification for Hydrocarbon transport. It provides the oil industry a service based on standardized norms to assess suppliers of hydrocarbon transport. The programme establishes a benchmark in terms of road safety, security and efficiency of service to objectively certify the skills of drivers in handling dangerous goods. From risk management to cost-efficiency and supplier management, the clients of MELI and SPSP can strengthen their competitiveness by identifying safe transport carriers, reducing road incidents and cutting related costs while also limiting their liability exposure in case of accidents.
Using TIR to develop economies
Since its inception in 1949, TIR has proved a solution to achieve regional integration and dynamic trade flows. It has also significantly contributed to more efficient roads, drivers and a highly skilled professional driving community. This is why IRU promotes TIR as a mechanism for regional and economic integration, and as a way for countries to work together and enjoy better trade relations. To date, 12 countries in the Middle-East have joined the TIR convention and more are on the path to accession.
To date, twelve countries across the Middle-East, the Gulf Cooperation Council region and North Africa have joined the TIR convention: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates. Countries bordering the region also use TIR, including Iran and Turkey, and more countries are on the path to accession.
TIR has proved to be an excellent trade facilitation tool in the Middle East, providing transport and logistics operators with significant transit time reductions, notably at border crossing points.
IRU in the Middle East
IRU’s objective in the Middle East is to implement best practices on the transport of people and goods, to foster economic development and regional integration through the facilitation of trade and transport.
Our work in the Middle East emphasises development and validation of driver skills relevant to the transport industry. We work closely with companies and other industry stakeholders to promote professional qualification and excellence in the transport value chain. We also provide services such as training and certification for both goods and passenger transport.
With our IRU Academy Associate Training Institutes (ATIs) in Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia, we have a strong presence in the Middle East and beyond. Providing market-driven, international standard-based services, these institutes offer a competitive advantage for Middle Eastern transport operators who wish to trade internationally.
One example of the countries we work with is Saudi Arabia. Together with the Middle East Logistics Institute (MELI) and Saudi Petroleum Services Polytechnic (SPSP), we implement our driver certification for Hydrocarbon transport. It provides the oil industry a service based on standardized norms to assess suppliers of hydrocarbon transport. The programme establishes a benchmark in terms of road safety, security and efficiency of service to objectively certify the skills of drivers in handling dangerous goods. From risk management to cost-efficiency and supplier management, the clients of MELI and SPSP can strengthen their competitiveness by identifying safe transport carriers, reducing road incidents and cutting related costs while also limiting their liability exposure in case of accidents.
Using TIR to develop economies
Since its inception in 1949, TIR has proved a solution to achieve regional integration and dynamic trade flows. It has also significantly contributed to more efficient roads, drivers and a highly skilled professional driving community. This is why IRU promotes TIR as a mechanism for regional and economic integration, and as a way for countries to work together and enjoy better trade relations. To date, 12 countries in the Middle-East have joined the TIR convention and more are on the path to accession.
To date, twelve countries across the Middle-East, the Gulf Cooperation Council region and North Africa have joined the TIR convention: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates. Countries bordering the region also use TIR, including Iran and Turkey, and more countries are on the path to accession.
TIR has proved to be an excellent trade facilitation tool in the Middle East, providing transport and logistics operators with significant transit time reductions, notably at border crossing points.
IRU regional office
General Delegate: Adrian-Iosif Albu
Teşvikiye Mahallesi, Hakkı Yeten Caddesi,
No:13 Terrace Fulya Center-2,
Kat- 10, Daire-55, Fulya, Şişli, Istanbul,
Turkey
Tel: +90 532 131 71 19
Regional news
19 May 2022 Madrid
ALSA to roll out IRU RoadMasters in drive for international standards
12 May 2022 Doha
Qatar eyes road transport sector reform with IRU
5 May 2022 Dubai
Championing road safety in the United Arab Emirates
25 Mar 2022 Dubai
IRU in United Arab Emirates in TIR boost
8 Mar 2022 Dubai
Tristar selects IRU RoadMasters to boost hydrocarbon transport safety
IRU members in Middle East
Muscat
ASYAD
Cairo
ATCE
Dubai
ATCUAE
Beirut
CCIABML
Cairo
FEDCOC
Baghdad
IATA
Tel-Aviv
IRTB
Kuwait City
KIAC
Doha
Mowasalat
Doha
QCCI
Amman
RACJ
Riyadh
SATA
Muscat
SINYAR
Damascus
SNC-ICC
Dubai
Tristar Transport LLC
Sana'a
YCTA
IRU partners in the Middle East