Commercial road transport has traditionally been a male-dominated industry. Nevertheless, the percentage of women working in the sector is slowly but steadily changing. We look at some of them on this special day. The share of women truck drivers is less than 3% in most regions.

Following the reopening of China’s borders, the first ever complete TIR movement by a Chinese company was conducted successfully. A Chinese TIR truck departed from Zhengzhou, the logistics and manufacturing hub in Central China's Henan province, and successfully arrived at its destination, marking the first door-to-door TIR operation by a Chinese operator.

Identifying and analysing robust data on driver shortages has been central to our collective actions and political lobbying at the national and global level. The 2023 IRU Driver Shortage Survey is open until 15 March 2023. We invite you to share it with your members.

The Secretaries General of IRU and the Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA) have held high-level talks on evolving routes, intermodal transport and digitalisation.