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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 positions were not filled. China was the least affected country in 2020 with only 4% of jobs open. Elsewhere, 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.
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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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The first intermodal transport using TIR from India to Afghanistan via Chabahar port in Iran was completed in early March, reports the International Road Transport Union (IRU).
Carrying factory line components, the operation took seven days in total - five by sea and two by road from Chabahar port in Iran ...
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Global road transport activity could fall by up to 20% in 2020 as a result of the corona virus, says the International Road Transport Union (IRU). This could lead to a global loss in operator revenues of $2 trillion, it adds.
Nearly 6% of all people in employment worldwide work in ...
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The United Nations adopted a resolution to connect landlocked countries with global markets in early December, reports the International Road Transport Union. IRU secretary general Umberto de Pretto took part in a high-level panel on regional integration and infrastructure connectivity in New York which called on governments to implement existing ...
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The International Road Transport Union has joined forces with other EU industry bodies calling on the European Commission and member states to implement additional customs contingency to reduce disruption to freight in the case of a no-deal Brexit. IRU says that any goods starting their journey to or from the ...
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A fifth of driver positions are unfilled in European road transport according to a report by the International Road Transport Union (IRU) published on 21 March. The sector is facing its most acute shortage in decades, it said.
Polling of IRU members and associated organisations in Europe from October 2018 to ...
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