International Press Conference 16 May 2008 © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2008

Martin MARMY, IRU Secretary General International Press Conference of the world road transport organisation Martin MARMY, IRU Secretary General © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2008

Reviving the Great Silk Road © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2008

Evolution of sea containers in ports in 1971 The container movements in the main ports started with the birth of world containerisation in the 1970s. In the 1970s, it was a high number of ports linked with a high number of small container vessels. © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2008

Evolution of sea containers in ports in 1980 In the 1980s, there were bigger vessels and only five ports were emerging – New York and Rotterdam were the biggest. Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Singapore were emerging. © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2008

Evolution of sea containers in ports in 1990 In the 1990s the same trend continued. The huge growth in Asian trade was and remains by the Pacific route to California. © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2008

Evolution of sea containers in ports in 2000 In 2000, due to globalisation, the same trend continued at an even higher speed, mainly in the Asian ports. The Asian ports, due to the lack of road infrastructure, exploded in volume. © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2008

Evolution of sea containers in ports in 2006 The 2006 situation shows clearly why we have such massive congestion in all the main ports. The concentration of trade in a few ports generates not only bottlenecks, congestion and delays but above all additional costs! This concentration of 80% of world trade in very few ports also creates a desertification of trade development in numerous regions that most require economic, social and political stability. Our dream is to create, with road transport, peace and prosperity not only in a handful of ports, but in all the other regions. © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2008

Interconnecting all the businesses along the reopened Silk Road To CIS To EU To US To US To Mid East By doing so, we are not only transporting goods from China to the States, but we are interconnecting all the businesses along the 8,000 mile Silk Road, thus realising new business opportunities. In fact, by “looking West, young man”, you will also find your Middle Eastern markets, and we can interconnect all those businesses along that Middle East route, you can find your EU markets, and we can interconnect all the businesses along the EU route, you can find the CIS markets and we can interconnect all those businesses along the CIS route. ***** A truck is not a boat, it is not a train, it is not a plane. Truck service is not concentrated in a handful of ports. A truck is always, everywhere, at the disposal of everyone. Thus, “looking West”, you could find fabulous new business opportunities. Remember, a truck provides door-to-door service. A truck is therefore the best tool to unite people and to improve the distribution of wealth. You might be looking at me and saying, “Martin, you’re crazy!” But I say to you again, “wake up and smell the coffee, my dream has become reality.” 25% of world trade with neighbours sharing common border 50% of world trade between partners less than 3,000 km apart Trade between Canadian provinces 22 times greater than trade between a Canadian province and US state of similar size and distance Sea transport Land transport Key: © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2008

Beijing Euro-Asian Road Transport Conference and Ministerial Meeting, 26-27 September 2005 Visit of high-level governmental representatives, under the leadership of the IRU Secretary General, to Ju Huang, Deputy Prime Minister of the PRC. © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2008

Beijing-Brussels Caravan Launch of Historic Beijing-Brussels Caravan Brussels Beijing © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2008

The Silk Road Competitive time and cost conditions © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2008

Asian Highway Truck Caravan © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2008

Driving progress from Bangkok and Tokyo to Istanbul Logo not yet approved by UN © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2008

Black Sea Ring Highway Truck Caravan The Caravan was initiated and promoted with the aim of promoting the future BSEC Ring Highway and identifying the physical road conditions and the non- physical barriers to road transport. © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2008

New Eurasian Land Transport Initiative - NELTI © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2008

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