(c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012 UNESCAP Special Session on Transport Facilitation...

(c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

UNESCAP Special Session

on Transport Facilitation

Bangkok, 13 March 2012

Haydar Özkan

IRU General Delegate to the Middle East and Region


Evolution of IRU Membership

1948: eight founder countries

IRU Priority Issues


Sustainable Development• Innovation• Incentives• Infrastructure

Facilitation• Trade• Tourism• Road Transport

These are also the priorities of

the IRU Academy

Each day of delay = reduces trade by at least 1%

Each day of delay = 85 km of distancing from trade partners

Poor trade facilitation affects the composition of trade• prevents countries to export time-sensitive goods

• a day’s delay reduces a country’s relative exports of time-sensitive goods on average by 7 %

Barriers to Road Transport Impede Development

Source: Economic and Policy Research Institute, TEPAV, 2007


Road transport drives progress

• Successful economic cooperation depends on efficient road transport services

• Trade facilitation is impossible without free and integrated road transport market

• Road transport drives progress, prosperity, a better life and thus peace to the citizens



2010

Evolution of sea containersin ports

Interconnecting all the businesses along the reopened Silk Road

Sea transport Land transportKey:

to US West Coast • to US West Coast

To East Coast

Saturated

Satu

rate

d

To Black SeaDiesel fuel = 30 cents/litreLabour costs = $200/monthTo US East Coast


Interconnecting all the businesses along the reopened Silk Road

Sea transport Land transportKey:

to US West Coast • to US West Coast

To East Coast

Saturated

Satu

rate

d

To US East Coast

To Mid East

To EU

To CIS


2005 Launch of Historic

Beijing-Brussels Caravan

Beijing

Brussels


Black Sea Ring Highway Caravan 2007


Black Sea Truck Caravan: Findings

Direct Cost of Waiting Times € 104 millionIndirect Cost of Waiting Times € 104 millionDirect Cost of Permits € 11 millionDirect Cost of Visas € 10 millionTotal Cost of Border Waiting Times € 229 million

in the BSEC Region for the BSEC hauliers per year(c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

IRU New Eurasian Land Transport Initiative – NELTI 1-2

NELTI Results

• 41 % unjustified levy paid

• 39 % of waiting time at borders


IRU-ECO Silk Road Truck Caravan 2010 and ECO-RMT / NELTI 3

Supported by 10 ECO member countries Monitoring the ECO Transit Transport Framework Agreement

ECO Secretary General, Mohammad Yahya P. Maroofi


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TIME STRUCTURE

Driving time

38%

Overnight stay/rest/

meals

22%

37%

33%

11%19%

Border control (incl. visa)

Customs clearance

Vehicle control

Other

Total time: 21 948 hrs


Waiting/time

in queue

19%

Average speed =14,3 km/hrs

Loading/discharge

7%Procedures

(inc. escort & repairs)

15 %

COST STRUCTURE(without fuel)

25%

21%

14%

6%

34%

Official costs structure

Custom clearance

Border control/inspections/visa

Overnight stay & meals

Vehicles repairs

Other (incl. transit, insurance & permits)

Unofficial $63,374


34,8%

Official

$118,990

NELTI: Solutions NELTI: Solutions

Introduce multilateral transport permit system

NELTINELTI

Implement UN trade and road transport facilitation tools

Increase cooperation between transit States

Improve customs procedures

Provide multi-entry and transit visas for drivers


BSEC Permit


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Visa for Professional Drivers

Annex 8, 1982 Harmonisation Convention

ECO TTFA (ECO Visa Sticker for Drivers)

BSEC Agreement of Driver Visas


Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Good by Road (CMR), of 1956

Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods, 1982 Convention on Road Traffic, 1968

TIR Convention, of 1975

Convention on Road Signs and Signals, of 1968

Customs Convention on Temporary Import of Commercial Road Vehicles, 1956

Customs Convention on Containers, of 1972

Road Traffic, 1949

Key UN Conventions

UNESCAP Resolution 48/11, 1992


Key UN Conventions

European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) (1957)

Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Special Equipment to be Used for such Carriage (ATP) (1970)

Note: These two Agreements are not included in the UNESCAP Commission Resolution 48/11 of 1992. However, their implementation would benefit to the road transport industry, significantly.


Annex 8: Border Control Harmonization Convention 1982

Main Focuses

Driver Procedure Vehicle

Infrastructure

Monitoring


Article 2 - Visa

Facilitate procedure


Article 3 – Transport Operation

Move away controls from borders

Special transport > special treatment:

speed, lane, advance notification

Perishable cargo, live animals


Articles 4 and 5 - Vehicle

Use International Technical Inspection Certificate

Use International Vehicle Weight Certificate


Article 6 and 7 - Border Crossing

Joint controls, one-stop, 24/24

Traffic separation; off-lane control

Driver facilities

Competitive forwarding agents

Reporting mechanism

•

Transports

Internationaux Routiers

Managed by the IRU since 1949


Securing and facilitating trade and international road transport

•

What is the TIR System?

The best multilateral facilitation instrument for international transport and trade

Based on TIR Convention of 1975

Currently signed by 68 contracting parties, with the possibility to be implemented globally and multi-modally (road-rail, road-maritime, road-air)


Geographical scope of the TIR Convention

68

57

2

3

8

Contracting Party in Admission Process

TIR Operational Countries

In Negotiation Process

Interested Parties

Contracting Parties


The six pillars of the TIR System


IRU Tools for Ensuring Security

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TIRElectronicPre-Declaration

Connecting Business and Customsfor facilitating and securing international trade www.tir-epd.org



Real Time SafeTIR (RTS)Up-to-date RTS information on guarantees status and validity

Automatic transmission of TIR Customs data to the IRU/Customs

All TIR Customs data available to authorised Customs/Associations worldwide

Connecting Business and Customsto facilitate and secure international trade



In 2008, IRU and ECMT surveyed attacks against truck drivers, as part of a wider study of crime against international HGV traffic

Survey showed that 1 out of 6 international truck drivers suffer from attacks, mainly in parking areas



TRANSPark• Identify secure and

convenient truck parking areas;

• Search by country, within a 100-km radius or along planned routes;

• Browse all facilities available at the selected parking area;

• Upload parking information;• And much more !

www.iru.org/index/transpark-app


Border Waiting Times Observatory


www.iru.org/index/bwt-app

IRU Academy: Worldwide Excellence in Road Transport Training


International Network of IRU Academy Accredited Training Institutes (ATIs)

IRU Academy Advisory Committee

World Bank

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

IRU Academy Programmes

CompetenceCompetence

ComplianceCompliance

RecognitionRecognition

SafetySafety


Safe Loading & Cargo Securing

ECO-DrivingIn focus

IRU Academy Programmes


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