IRU and PTV plot the road ahead

Over 3M truck driver positions are currently unfilled in 36 countries studied, according to the latest survey from the IRU in Geneva and shortages are forecast to double in the next five years

The world road transport organisation in Geneva has launched a 17-point emergency plan for governments to tackle rising fuel prices and their impact on transport networks and energy security, and scale back decarbonisation plans

Austria’s policy to limit goods transport by road in the Tyrol region is increasingly hindering the ability to provide services and move goods through one of the most important transit corridors in the EU, with about 7,000 truck movements per day, says the Geneva-based IRU

Hauliers’ association AZV, part of TLN, aims to streamline utilisation of truckers’ slots at the Rotterdam container terminals

Planned long-haul field tests in the Netherlands with 32m long Super Eco Combi trucks (SEC) have been rejected by the Dutch road transport authority (RDW)

Germany faces a “tsunami” of claims as European road haulage associations mobilise their members to recover unlawfully charged German truck tolls (Maut)