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The IRU-accredited TIR Logistics Hub in Zhengzhou in inland China has opened a new route to Kazakhstan. The first truck set off after completing its export customs declaration and TIR procedures at the hub, before exiting China through the Khorgos border crossing and arriving in Almaty. IRU said the 4,000km journey took only five days and saved 30% in costs compared with air and 50% in time compared with rail. ...
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The global truck driver shortage could double in five years with over 3 million truck driver positions – 7% of the total - currently unfilled in 36 countries, according to the latest report by the International Road Transport Union (IRU). It added that only 12% of drivers are below 25, ...
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Amazon has joined the International Road Transport Union (IRU) as a corporate member. The global e-commerce company says it will work with the organisation on common challenges including sustainability and decarbonisation, road safety and artificial intelligence.
Its Amazon Transportation Services and Amazon Logistics arms partner with thousands of small and ...
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The International Road Transport Union (IRU) and its local member associations have called on the European Commission to prioritise TIR trucks to ease lengthy border queues between Ukraine and the EU.
Truck queues at borders between Ukraine and neighbouring European countries are regularly exceeding 40km, it says, stranding drivers for days ...
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European Commission support measures to help companies affected by the war in Ukraine are welcome but do not go far enough to support road transport operators hit by escalating fuel costs, warns the International Road Transport Union (IRU). Director of EU Advocacy, Raluca Marian, said: “The exemptions on state aid ...
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The International Road Transport Union (IRU) is calling for urgent action to deal with rising commercial road transport fuel prices. It is calling for urgent action to cap fuel prices for commercial road transport and reduce or rebate taxes and excise on fuel for commercial operators.
Global oil prices have reached ...
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The International Road Transport Union (IRU) has launched a Green Compact for collective global action to achieve carbon neutrality in commercial road transport services by 2050. Decarbonising the sector, comprising more than 65 million heavy-duty vehicles and accounting for approximately 2.5% of global CO₂ emissions, is essential to achieve global ...
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There is still an alarming shortage of drivers worldwide, despite reduced demand due to Covid-19, says the International Road Transport Union in its latest survey. Surveying 800 road transport companies from over 20 countries, IRU found that the shortage was most acute in Eurasia, where last year 20% of driver ...
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The International Road Transport Union (IRU) has called for a coordinated approach in lifting containment on cross-border transport in the European Union. It says that a lack of coordination by member states has been a fundamental difficulty in setting up and managing restrictions and border control so far.
It follows publication ...
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The International Road Transport Union (IRU) is complaining that its global call for immediate and concerted action by governments and organisations to ensure that goods keep moving have largely gone unanswered.
IRU secretary general, Umberto de Pretto, said: “We are extremely concerned about the lack of coordination and individual approaches put ...
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