 International Road Transport Union
Syllabus of the Subject - International Road Transport Union (IRU)
- Introduction to the International Road Transport Union (IRU)
- International road transport facilitation
- TIR Convention of the International Road Transport Union (IRU)
- Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of the TIR Carnets
- New TIR Convention (Adapted for intermodal transport)
- Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR), United Nations
- IRU Guidelines for transport operators on insurance matters
- Importance of the International Road Transport in the global economy
- International Guidelines on Safe Load Securing for Road Transport
Sample of the Subject - International Road Transport Union (IRU)

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

Economic Corridors:
- Eurasian Land Transport Initiative (China-Europe)
- Almaty-Bishkek Economic Corridor
- Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor
- China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor
- China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
- China-Central Asia-West Asia Economic Corridor
- India-Chabahar (Iran)-Afghanistan Corridor
- Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA)
- International Transport and Transit Corridor of the Ashgabat Agreement
- Trans-Siberian Railway (Russia, Mongolia, China, North Korea)
- International North-South Transport Corridor (India-Russia)
- Afghanistan-Turkmenistan-Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey Transport Corridor (Lapis Lazuli)
- Trans-Caspian Trade and Transit Corridor (Central Corridor)
- East-West Economic Corridor (Myanmar-Thailand-Laos-Vietnam)
- Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan-Afghanistan-Iran Transport Corridor (KTAI
-ECO)
- Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul Rail and Road Corridor (ITI-ECO)
- Nanning-Singapore Economic Corridor
Trans-European Transport Network Corridors
- Atlantic Transport Corridor
- Baltic-Adriatic Transport Corridor
- North Sea-Baltic Transport Corridor
- North Sea-Mediterranean Transport Corridor
- Mediterranean Transport Corridor
- Eastern Europe-Eastern Mediterranean Transport Corridor
- Scandinavian-Mediterranean Transport Corridor
- Rhine-Alpine Transport Corridor
- Rhine-Danube Transport Corridor
- Strasbourg-Danube Transport Corridor
- Pan-European Corridor II
-
Pan-European Corridor IX

IRU International Guidelines on Safe Load Securing for Road Transport

The International Road Transport Union (IRU) is made up of local
associations and road transport operators from more than 100 countries.
The BIC Code (International Identification Codes
of Container Owners) is accepted by the International Road Transport Union:

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


See also:
- Road-Rail Combined Transport
- United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea (Rotterdam Rules)
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