International Road Transport Union

Description - International Road Transport Union (IRU)

The International Road Transport Union (IRU) is the responsible for managing globally the cargo and the people related to the transport sector, as well as creating the rules and conventions for the road transport:

1. 1949: TIR Convention (Transports Internationaux Routiers)
2. 1956: Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR). Definition of the responsibilities of the carriers.
3. 1975: New TIR Convention (Adapted for the intermodal transport)
4. 2008: protocol to the CMR Convention (use of the electronic consignment note)

Member countries of the International Road Transport Union (IRU): Afghanistan, Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Kingdom, United States, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Yemen.

The headquarters of the International Road Transport Union is in Brussels (Belgium), it was created in 1948.

The International Road Transport Union (IRU) is made up of local associations and road transport operators from more than 100 countries.

IRU International Guidelines on Safe Load Securing for Road Transport

The BIC Code (International Identification Codes of Container Owners) is accepted by the International Road Transport Union:

1. Trade Facilitation - Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) - Revised Kyoto Convention - International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods (UNECE)
2. Road-Rail Combined Transport
3. Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea (Rotterdam Rules, UN)

Economic Corridors:

1. Eurasian Land Transport Initiative (China-Europe)
2. Almaty-Bishkek Economic Corridor
3. Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor
4. China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor
5. China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
6. China-Central Asia-West Asia Economic Corridor
7. India-Chabahar (Iran)-Afghanistan Economic Corridor
8. Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA)
9. International Transport and Transit Corridor of the Ashgabat Agreement
10. Trans-Siberian Railway (Russia, Mongolia, China, North Korea)
11. International North-South Transport Corridor (India-Russia)
12. Afghanistan-Turkmenistan-Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey Transport Corridor (Lapis Lazuli)
13. Trans-Caspian Trade and Transit Corridor (Central Corridor)
14. East-West Economic Corridor (Myanmar-Thailand-Laos-Vietnam)
15. Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan-Afghanistan-Iran Transport Corridor (KTAI-ECO)
16. Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul Rail and Road Corridor (ITI-ECO)
17. Nanning-Singapore Economic Corridor

Trans-European Transport Network Corridors

1. Atlantic Transport Corridor
2. Baltic-Adriatic Transport Corridor
3. North Sea-Baltic Transport Corridor
4. North Sea-Mediterranean Transport Corridor
5. Mediterranean Transport Corridor
6. Eastern Europe-Eastern Mediterranean Transport Corridor
7. Scandinavian-Mediterranean Transport Corridor
8. Rhine-Alpine Transport Corridor
9. Rhine-Danube Transport Corridor
10. Strasbourg-Danube Transport Corridor
11. Pan-European Corridor II
12. Pan-European Corridor IX