Building on past success, the IRU International Taxi Forum gathered again, for its 8th edition. Taxi professionals from around the world discussed growth opportunities for the taxi sector and the need for a regulatory environment that fosters fair and efficient competition.
At the IRU World Congress, Mwasalat, Oman’s national transport company, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the BusWorld Foundation, organisers of BusWorld, the biggest bus and coach trade exhibition in the world.
The first ever container from the United Arab Emirates under TIR has reached its destination in the Czech Republic, demonstrating significant time savings, and in turn reducing costs both for transport operators and their customers.
Oman announces today its intention to join TIR. The pending ratification of the global standard for customs transit is now poised to transform the country’s road transport, intermodal and trade potential, bringing it ever closer to becoming a major global logistics hub.
IRU welcomes the adoption of the European Parliament’s report on the revision of the Clean Vehicles Directive – a key piece of legislation that will help drive the uptake of more environmentally friendly vehicles in public procurement.
China opened the world’s longest sea-crossing bridge and tunnel on Tuesday, linking the financial center of Hong Kong, the gambling hub of Macau and western reaches of the Pearl River Delta at the heart of southern China’s economic boom.
Participation at the World Trade Organization Public Forum demonstrated IRU’s leadership position in road transport and transit facilitation, and its role as a trusted partner to the WTO and the trade community at large in delivering tangible solutions.
Savings in time and costs were reported by an Afghan transport operator this week, which sent three trucks from Torkham, Afghan-Pakistan border crossing point, to Dushanbe, Tajikistan using TIR.