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The IRU General Assembly and council meetings in Geneva last week brought together IRU members from around the world to discuss pressing road transport challenges, share solutions and elect the organisation’s new leadership.

The FREENOW app provides multiple mobility choices to its users across Europe.

Road transport leaders from across the EU and members of the new European Parliament came together last week for a dinner debate on the sector’s top priorities for this legislative term.

Truck driving powerhouse couple Eyüp and Vildan Özdemir became the 100th and 101st inspiring road transport professionals to join the IRU New Industry Shapers project.

IRU member CEVA Logistics recently hosted the third IRU Green Compact roundtable exploring industry challenges and opportunities.

TTLA represents 25 of Lithuania's biggest transport and logistics companies, handling around 80% of road freight.

IRU members and industry leaders from Eurasia and beyond, as well as development partners, international organisations and financial institutions, are gathering in Uzbekistan to discuss challenges and capitalise on opportunities to streamline international trade.

In celebration of International Coaching Week, IRU opened its doors to the international Geneva community, hosting an engaging event on coaching for international workers and organisations.

The annual ITF Summit of transport ministers took place in Leipzig, Germany, last week. IRU was at the heart of the gathering, putting the voice of the industry on stage and in high-level meetings.

At the coveted biennial Expo Movilidad, IRU discussed key decarbonisation, digitalisation and driver shortage challenges and opportunities with leading bus and coach companies, manufacturers, suppliers and public authorities.

What are the challenges and opportunities facing the European logistics sector’s journey to carbon neutrality? IRU and POLIS will address your pressing decarbonisation questions during a three-part webinar series. Join us tomorrow for part one.

From Beijing to Brussels, the entire IRU global team have visited road transport operator facilities as part of their joint 2024 kick-off meeting, exploring opportunities and challenges facing the industry.

IRU unpacked road-rail digitalisation opportunities to boost the efficiency and transparency of trade at the European Commission’s “Investors Forum for EU-Central Asia Transport Connectivity” in Brussels.

The Republic of North Macedonia’s national road transport association, Best Mobility NTA, has joined IRU as its newest member.

The UK's fastest-growing taxi and private hire technology platform has joined IRU as its newest member.

IRU marked its 75th anniversary this year with special events in Geneva, Brussels, Tashkent, Cancun, Beijing, Riyadh and Istanbul. Relive the dialogues, debates and celebrations with more than a thousand public and private sector leaders from around the world.

IRU’s Secretary General presented key measures to address connectivity gaps in Asia and beyond at ITF’s regional high-level conference in Mongolia.

Industry leaders, development organisations and financial institutions from 30 countries gathered in Uzbekistan for a timely regional conference on trade and transit developments.

With shifting trade routes increasing pressure on corridors crossing Central Asia and the Caucuses, IRU unpacked the challenges and solutions at a recent forum with the private and public sector.

IRU’s North American Transportation Forum is gathering at CANACAR’s national convention in Mexico tomorrow to unpack obstacles and opportunities for cross-border operations in the region.

Professional driver training, trade facilitation and new TIR routes were explored by IRU and Pakistani multimodal transport company NLC at key regional conference in Central Asia.

Industry leaders and EU political figures have gathered in Brussels to explore future opportunities in digital technology for the road transport industry.

As road transport leaders gather in Uzbekistan today for a key regional conference, we look at IRU’s New Industry Shapers from across the region leading the sector into the future.

IRU members, transport companies, development organisations and financial institutions are gathering in Uzbekistan for a key regional conference on pressing transport and transit challenges and emerging opportunities.

Polish company EwiCenter, with EU-wide road transport expertise, has joined IRU as its newest member.

EU authorities, government ministers and industry leaders debated digitalisation, decarbonisation and road transport beyond 2040 at IRU’s special anniversary event celebrating 50 years of representation to the EU.

IRU is celebrating 50 years of representation to the EU today with a special anniversary event featuring EU authorities, government ministers and industry leaders who will debate the past, present and future of road transport.

IRU and UN-OHRLLS held high-level talks today on international trade tools essential for economic growth in landlocked countries.

IRU’s Secretary General held bilateral talks and spoke at the annual International Transport Forum (ITF) Summit of transport ministers in Leipzig.

Hundreds of delegates from over 40 countries gathered in Turkmenistan recently to discuss challenges and opportunities in cross-border transport and logistics.

The Top Road Transport Manager Award encourages the road transport industry and its employees to be in tune with the latest legislative and operational developments impacting the sector.  

Huawei Group is now benefiting from faster, safer and more efficient road transport connectivity in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) with the TIR system. To effectively meet growing customer demand, notably for e-commerce, Huawei has turned to TIR to better serve its consumers in Saudi Arabia and the rest of the GCC region.

As many traditional routes are under immense pressure, the Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA) region has to unleash its full potential to keep up with growing transit demand. IRU attended TRACECA’s high-level annual meeting to brief member states and observer countries on major border challenges and opportunities confronting the road transport industry due to evolving routes.

In a keynote speech in Riyadh, IRU’s Secretary General has highlighted the importance of transit and trade facilitation in driving Saudi Arabia’s economic development.

Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan have acceded to e-CMR, committing to fully paperless goods transport and reinforcing their transition from landlocked to landlinked countries. Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan, two countries at the heart of east-west and north-south trade, have acceded to the e-CMR protocol, which will further digitalise goods transport, boosting trade and connectivity.