Yesterday, ·¬ÇÑÊÓƵaddressed a special WTO COVID-19 Symposium and a meeting of the UN Advisory Group on Transport Responses to the pandemic, providing an update on the impact of COVID-19 on the road transport industry.
·¬ÇÑÊÓƵcalled on governments to support the industry and reiterated its emergency call for action on COVID-19 vaccinations for professional drivers.
Referring to its latest research, ·¬ÇÑÊÓƵwarned that last years¡¯ predicted looming wave of bankruptcies in the road transport industry is turning into a real wave of bankruptcies. To enable road transport to continue offering essential services and bringing goods and passengers to where they need to be, governments need to act now.
·¬ÇÑÊÓƵalso urged governments to build back better by fully implementing the UN TIR and CMR Conventions and their digital tools eTIR and e-CMR.