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Saudi Arabia has formally acceded to the United Nations’ TIR Convention, becoming the 74th country to do so, reports the International Road Transport Union. It follows the Saudi Council of Ministers approval in early April. The Saudi government aims to boost the country’s position as a logistics hub. Bilateral trade between Arab countries however is currently below 10%, and currently only 5.8% of Saudi exports go to its GCC neighbours including Kuwait, ...
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MEP and rapporteur on the driving and rest time Van de Camp and IRU general delegate Matthias Maedge spent the night in a truck cab, in a secure parking facility to highlight the urgent need to improve infrastructure in the run-up to the vote on the Mobility Package, which includes ...
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The TIR system is now operational in Pakistan, the IRU reports. It adds that, with Iran and Turkey having successfully completed digital TIR pilot operations and Pakistan’s capabilities to use digital TIR tools, the Istanbul-Tehran-Islamabad corridor has strong potential to benefit from fully digital operations.
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Russia has opened three more border crossings to goods transported under TIR carnet, the IRU reports – Brusnichnoe (Finland), Nekhoteevka and Troebortnoye (Ukraine). It brings the total number of Russian border points cleared for TIR to 48.
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The rise of new market entrants and the impact of automation are beginning to challenge European transport operators’ traditional concerns about fuel costs and environmental and regulatory constraints, according to research by the International Road Transport Union.
The road haulage operators’ grouping said that two in five respondents cite autonomous vehicles, ...
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The Saudi Council of Ministers has approved the country’s accession to the TIR Convention, reports the International Road Transport Union. With more than 30% of the world’s trade crossing the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia is pivotal for transit through the Gulf Cooperation Council countries and the Middle East due to ...
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The United Nations launched new technical standards to support the creation and exchange of electronic consignment notes on 4 April. Currently, transport operators often have to use different e-CMR services with varying standards but the International Road Transport Union (IRU) has worked with the UN Centre for Trade Facilitation and ...
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Turkey is now using digital consignment notes, following its accession to the e-CMR protocol.
It follows last year’s pilot of digital TIR operations between Turkey and Iran which, says the International Road Transport Union (IRU) marks a significant step forward for the wider global adoption of digital transport and logistics systems ...
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The International Road Transport Union (IRU) has appointed Boris Blanche as managing director. He was previously chief operating officer at IRU. In the newly created position, Blanche will coordinate and strengthen IRU’s advocacy work, in addition to his current role leading operations, finance and the value-added services that IRU provides ...
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The United Arab Emirates said that the TIR system has been fully implemented and is ready to begin operations in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah in the coming months, according to the International Road Transport Union. It said that further preparations for roll-out across all seven Emirates are proceeding, with plans ...
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