IRU - Busworld 2015

IRU - Busworld 2015

IRU - Spring Cocktail 2015

IRU - Spring Cocktail 2015
with main speaker Violeta Bulc (Commissioner for Transport)

IRU 4th IRU/EU Road Transport Conference

4th IRU/EU Road Transport Conference : Brussels Renaissance Hotel - 09 10 2014
"Future of Road Transport Innovation & Efficiency"
including exclusive photos :
Enrico Finocchi, Director for Road Transport, Ministry for Infrastructure and Transport
Michael Cramer, Chair, European Parliament Transport & Tourism Committee
Siim Kallas, EC Vice-President and European Commissioner for Transport
Umberto de Pretto, Secretary General, IRU
Award Ceremony
Best EU Road Freight Transport Operator
NINA TRANS
Signing of Memorandum of Understanding
IRU & UITP Secretaries GeneneralHermann Meyer ,CEO, ERTICO
Erik Jonnaert, Director General, ACEA
Jean-Luc di Paola-Galloni, Vice Chairman, European Road Transport Research Advisory Council (ERTRAC)
Gert Blom, Strategic Advisor Mobility, City of Helmond, Netherlands
João Aguiar Machado, Director General, DG MOVE
Florence Berthelot, President of the Goods Transport Liaison Committee to the EU, IRU
Ambassador Marco Peronaci, Deputy Permanent Representative of Italy to the European Union
Yves Mannaerts, President of the Passenger Transport Council, IRU
Michael Nielsen, General Delegate to the EU, IRU

IRU - Forum - Workshop

IRU - European Citizens' Mobility Forum Workshop on Multimodal Terminals - Renaissance Hotel - 14 10 2014
including exclusive photos : Michael Nielsen (General Delegate, IRU Permanent Delegation to the EU - Yves Mannaerts - President IRU Passenger Transport Council -Gesine Meissner (MEP) - John Gilbert (Eurolines President) - Gavin Booth (Bus Users Scotland) - Andras Mogyoro (Legal Adiser DG MOVE) -
Cleo Davies (POLIS) - Libor Lochmann (CER Executive Director) - Mathieu Grosch (TEN-T Coordinator) - Oleg Kamberski (IRU - Passenger Transport)

IRU - BUSWORLD - Opening Ceremony - BUSWORLD 2013 - 18 10 2013 - Busworld Kortrijk
including exclusive photos of :

IRU - 8th IRU European Bus Coach Forum - 18 10 2013
exclusive photos: Mr. Umberto de Pretto, IRU Secretary General - Mr. Oscar Almendros, European Commission, DG Enterprise & Industry - Tourism Policy Unit - Mr. Jamil Benabdallah, Director, Détente Consultants SRL - Mr. Jean-François Defour, General Director, Voyages Léonard & Sales-Lentz Travel - Mr. Alan Edmonson, CEO ETOA - Mr. Anssi Manninen, Bussi-Manninen Oy, Finland -
Mr. Danny Silva, Project Manager, ISTO/OITS - Victor S. Parra, President and Chief Executive Officer, US United Motorcoach Association - Mr. Yves Mannaerts, IRU Vice President - Michael Nielsen (General Delegate, INternational Road Transport Union IRU)...

IRU - Press Conference & Award Ceremony - BUSWORLD 2013 - 17 10 2013 - Busworld Kortrijk
including exclusive photos of :

3rd IRU/EU Road Transport Conference - Radisson Blu Hotel Lietuva Vilnius, Lithuania - 16 09 2013
exclusive photos
Rimantas Sinkevicius (EU Transport Council President and Minister for Transport, Republic of Lithuania) - Siim Kallas (EC Vice-President and European Commissioner for Transport) - Janusz Lacny (President, International Road Transport Union)- Rainer Bomba (State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development, Federal Republic of Germany) -
Kristian Hedberg (Head of Unit, Land Transport, European Commission DG MOVE) - Peter Tropper (Vice President, Goods Transport Liaison Committee, International Road Transport Union) - Ricardas Malkus ( Secretary General, Lithuanian National Road Carriers Association (LINAVA) - Keir Fitch (Deputy-Head of Cabinet for Vice-President Siim Kallas, European Commission) - Maciej Jankowski (Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Transport, Construction and Maritime EconomyPoland, speaking on behalf of Slawomir Nowak) - José Viegas (Secretary General, International Transport Forum) - Yves Mannaerts (President of Passenger Transport Council, International Road Transport Union) - Vladislav Kondratovic (Lithuanian Deputy Minister for Transport & Communications) - Matthias Ruete (Director-General, DG MOVE, European Commission) - Algimantas Kondrusevicius (President, LINAVA) -Umberto de Pretto (Secretary General, International Road Transport Union)
Michael Nielsen ( General Delegate, International Road Transport Union IRU , Permanent Delegation to the EU, Brussels) .Gerard Schipper (General Delegate, Euro Contrôle Route) -

IRU - Gala Dinner 2013 Vilnius - Lithuania - 16 09 2013
exclusive photos

IRU - Spring Cocktail 2013 - Musée BELvue- 05 03 2013
exclusive photos

IRU - EU PUBLIC-PRIVATE HIGH LEVEL GROUP “SMART MOVE” - 21 02 2013
exclusive photos & statements by : Gesine Meissner (EP) - Mathieu Grosch (EP) - Trevor Garrod (EPF) - Yves Mannaerts (IRU Vice President) ...

IRU - EU PUBLIC-PRIVATE HIGH LEVEL GROUP “SMART MOVE” - 06 12 2012
including exclusive photos

2 nd IRU/EU Road Transport Conference
"Efficient Solutions for Making Road Transport Greener" - (Brussels Bozar 29 02 2012)
including exclusive photos of : Corine Wortmann-Kool (MEP, Vice President of the European People's Party) - Henrik Dam Kristensen (EU Transport Council President and Danish Minister for Transport) - - Janusz Lacny (President, International Road Transport Union) - Alan C McKinnon (Professor, Head of Logistics, Kühne Logistics University, Hamburg)
- Philip Owen (Head of Unit, Transport & Ozone, DG Climate Action, European Commission) - Jos Dings, Director, Transport&Environment -Alexander Sakkers (President of the IRU Goods Transport Liaison Committee to the EU) - Jos Delbeke( Director General, DG CLIMA (tbc)) - Lars Holmqvist (CEO, European Association of Automotive Suppliers (CLEPA) (tbc) -Yves Mannaerts (Vice- President of IRU, President of Passenger Transport Council, International Road) - Martin Marmy (Secretary General, International Road Transport Union) - Henrik Hololei (Head of Vice-President Kallas Cabinet) -Matthias Ruete (Director General, DG MOVE, European Commission) - Siebe Riedstra (Secretary General Dutch Ministery of Transport and Waterworks) - Keir Fitch (Deputy Head of Vice-President Kallas Cabinet) ....

IRU - Workshop - Long Distance Bus and Coach Transport in Europe
(re) Discovering the wheel ( Brussels - 29 02 2012)
including exclusive photos of : Thierry Mariani (Minister of Transport, France) - Simon Smith (Steer Davis Gleave, UK) - Jan Möllmann (EPTO) - Francisco Iglesias (Director of the Interurban Transport Divison, ALSA, Spain) - Bruce Alexander (Business Development Director, National Express, UK) - Paolo Beria (Assistant professor of Transport Economics Politecnico di Milano, on behalf of ANAV, Italy) - Terje Sundfjord (International Affairs, NHO Transport, Norway) - Heinrich Strößenreuther (Verkehrs Innovations Partner/Transport Innovations Partner, Germany) - Eric Ritter (Secretary General, FNTV, France) - John Gilbert (President Eurolines) - Stéphane Buffetaut (President, Transport section, European Economic and Social Committee) - Yves Mannaerts (IRU Vice President) - - -

IRU - Spring Cocktail 2012 - 29 02 2012 - Musée Belvue
exclusive photos 29 02 2012

IRU - Conference - Brussels 02 03 2011
- Traffic restrictions & low emission zones in Europe -
including photos of : Michael Nielsen (IRU Brussels) - Yves Mannaerts (Vice President, IRU Passenger Transport Council) - Franz-Xaver Söldner (Deputy Head
of Unit, Clean Transport & Urban Transport, DG MOVE of the European Commission) - Andrea Ricci ( European Commission commissioned-study - Study Team Leader) -
- Lucy Sadler (Manager of LEEZEN) - Samantha Kennedy (Head of Strategy & Stakeholder Partnerships, Transport for London) - Christiane Leonard (BDO, Germany) -
Lars Göran Larsson (City of Stockholm’s Traffic Department, Sweden) - Paul Poppink (TLN) - Mathieu Grosch ( Member of the European Parliament (MEP)) - Graham Smith (Vice President of the IRU)

IRU Spring Cocktail 2011 ( Musée BELvue - Brussels) 02 03 2011
including exclusive photos of :Henrik Holelei, Head of Cabinet of Transport Commissioner Mr. Kallas - Janusz Lacny, IRU President - Ad Hellemons ,TISPOL Director -
Danny Drooghenbroodt, Member of the Executive Committee of ECR - Martin Marmy, IRU Secretary General - Michael Nielsen IRU General Delegate to the EU ...

IRU / EU Presidency Road Transport Conference & Ministerial Meeting - The Square Meeting Centre - 01 12 2010
"Efficient, Save and Sustainable Road Transport for the Future"
including exclusive photos of : Etienne Schouppe (Secretary of State for Mobility, Kingdom of Belgium) - Janusz Lacny (President, International Road Transport Union) - Siim Kallas (EC Vice-President and European Commissioner for Transport) - Brian Simpson (Chair, Committee on Transport and Tourism of the European Parliament) - Martin Marmy (Secretary General, International Road Transport Union (IRU)) - Enrico Grillo Pasquarelli (Director of Inland Transport, DG MOVE) - Graham Smith (Vice-President and President of Passenger Transport Council, International Road Transport Union (IRU)) - Ad Hellemons (Director, TISPOL European Traffic Police Network) - Yves Mannaerts (Deputy Managing Director, FBAA) - Peder Jensen (Head of Air and Climate Change Programme, European Environment Agency (EEA)) - Ivan Hodac (Secretary General, European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA)) - Christophe Nicodeme (Director General, European Road Federation (ERF)) - Alexander Sakkers (President of the Goods Transport Liaison Committee with the EU, International Road Transport Union (IRU)) - Martin Marmy,(Secretary General, International Road Transport Union (IRU)) - Michael Nielsen (IRU) - Kremena Todorava - Dobrin Ivanov - Krum Krumov (IRU Grand Prix d'Honneur 2010) - Dr Ronald R. Knipling (IRU Order of Merit)

IRU - Gala Dinner / EU Presidency Road Transport Conference & Ministerial Meeting - The Square Meeting Centre - 01 12 2010
"Efficient, Save and Sustainable Road Transport for the Future"
Reception & Gala Dinner
including exclusive photos

IRU Spring Cocktail 2010 ( Musée BELvue - Brussels) 02 03 2010
including exclusive photos of :Janusz Lacny, IRU President - Martin Marmy, IRU Secretary General -
Bertil Dahlin, President of the IRU Goods Transport Liaison Committee (CLTM) -
Michael Nielsen, General Delegate of the IRU Permanent Delegation to the EU
main speakers : Janusz Lacny, IRU President -
Zoltán Kazatsay, Deputy Director General – European Commission TREN DDG2 -
Keir Fitch (Deputy Head - Cabinet of Commissioner Siim Kallas) - ...

IRU - EPTO - - 02 09 09
Collective bus and coach transport in the European Union in the next decade
including exclusive photos : Graham Smith (Vice President of the IRU) - Michel Quidort (Chairman of EPTO) - Magda Kopczynska (Head of Unit, DG TREN.A.4, Clean Transport and Urban Transport) - Thomas Avanzata (Avanzata consulting) - Claire Haigh (Campaign Director, Greener Journeys, UK) - Peter Robinson (Olympic Delivery Authority, Spectator Bus and Coach Services, UK) - David Martin, (CEO, Arriva) - Steven Salmon (Policy Director, Confederation of Passenger Transport (UK)) - Eric Ritter (Secretary General, FNTV, France) - Anna Grönlund (Secretary General, Swedish Bus and Coach Federation) - Luís Cabaço Martins (Grupo Barraqueiro, board member of EPTO and president of ANTROP (PT)) - Silvia-Adriana Ticau (Deputy Chairman, TRAN Committee of the European Parliament) - Michael Nielsen ( General Delegate, International Road Transport Union IRU , Permanent Delegation to the EU, Brussels) ...

IRU - European Bus & Coach Day - Smart Move - 2009 - IRU - 02 12 2009
including exclusive photos of the Smart Move campaign to European politicians and media at the European Parliament
including exclusive photos

IRU - FTA - Joint Seminar 2009 - 31 03 09 including exclusive photos of : · Michael Nielsen General Delegate IRU to the EU -- Theo de Pencier, Managing Director FTA -- Carl Olufsen, Fleet Engineer for DHL Express UK Ltd (UK) --· Paul Wauters, Managing Director, Wauters Tanktransport n.v. (BE)·Antonio Mousinho, General Director, TAS Portugal S.A (PT) -- Karen Farr, Senior Business Owner Project Leader, Graduated Fixed Penalties, Deposits and Immobilisation, Vehicle and Operator Services Agencies (VOSA) (UK) ·Yves Marchadour, Head of Control Organisation Bureau, French Ministry of Transport (FR) -- Frank Davidsen, Chief Inspector, Danish National Police, National Traffic Centre, Heavy Vehicle Section (DK)·José Piscitelli, Adviser and Coordinator for Enforcement in Road Transport, Luxembourg Customs & Excises, President of CORTE (LU) -- Szabolcs Schmidt, Head of Unit - Land Transport Policy, DG TREN, European Commission
· Theo Rabenberg, Head of Department, Road Safety and Transport Agency (DK) -- Tamis Kwikkers, Director, Freight Transport Inspectorate, Inspectorate of Transport and Water Management (NL)-- Chris Welsh (General Manager - Campaigns - FTA) ....
photos exclusive

IRU Spring Cocktail 09 ( Amigo Hotel Brussels) 18 02 2009
including exclusive photos of : Michael Nielsen, General Delegate of the IRU Permanent Delegation to the EU - Janusz Lacny, IRU President
Martin Marmy, IRU Secretary General - Bertil Dahlin, President of the IRU Goods Transport Liaison Committee (CLTM)
Graham Smith, IRU Vice President and President of the IRU Passenger Transport Council
main speaker : Zoltán Kazatsay, Deputy Director General – European Commission TREN DDG2 ...

IRU Press Conference - 26 06 08
The Internalisation of External Costs:
"Polluter Pays, Problem Stays!"
including exclusive photos of : Bertil Dahlin, President of the IRU's EU Goods Transport Liaison Committee - Michael Nielsen, IRU General Delegate to the European Union - Prof. Dr. Dieter Schmidtchen, Centre for the Study of Law and Economics, Germany - Nicolette van der Jagt, Secretary General of the European Shippers' Council - Martin Marmy, Secretary General IRU - Juliette Ebélé , IRU Press Officer...

IRU - Spring Cocktail 2008 - Brussels - 27 02 08
exclusive photos with main speakers as Jacques Barrot (Vice-President of the European Commission) - Janusz Lacny (IRU President) -
Michael Nielsen (IRU - General Delegate to the European Union) .... and all their guests ...

IRU : "12 days" to save European Coach Tourism - 28 01 08
An IRU petition, signed by 20,000 European coach managers and drivers, was submitted to
EU Commission Vice-President & Transport Commissioner, Jacques Barrot & Paolo Costa - MEP & Chairman of the European Parliament TRAN Committee)
The petitioners demand the urgent reinstatement of the 12-day driving derogation in European Coach tourism.
including photos of :
Jacques Barrot - Paolo Costa - Graham Smith - Yves Mannaerts - Jaroslav Hanak - Steven John Salmon - Gunther Mörl
( Michel Seyt - Serge Nossovitch - Michael Nielsen - Oleg Kamberski - Damian Viccars - Rafael Jime ...

PRESS INFORMATION AVAILABLE // FR & ENG

IRU / FTA Seminar - World Customs Organisation (WCO) - Brussels 30 05 07
exclusive photos exclusive photos of main speakers as :

Paul Laeremans (President of the IRU) - Richard Turner (Chief Executive FTA) - Steven Salmon (operations Director CPT) - Pascal Linglez (Chairman FBAA) - Jacqueline de Rijk-Heeren (Director Jan de Rijk Logistics) - Carl Olufsen (Fleet Engeneer for DHL Express UK Ltd, UK) -Neil Cummings (Head of Testing and Roadworthiness Enforcement - VOSA) -Yves Marchadour (Transport Ministry, Department for Road Transport Controls, France) - Imre Rada (Head of Control Department, National Transport Authority, Hungary) - Ad Hellemons (Council Member, European Traffic Police Network (TISPOL) - Chris Welsh (General Manager - Campaigns - FTA) - Hubert Linssen (IRU General Delegate to the EU) - Enrico Grillo Pasquarelli (Director Inland Transport - DG TREN / European Commission) - Thierry Granturco ( Secretary General - CORTE) - Jörg Wagner ( Director of Road Transport - Ministry of Transport Germany) - Tomasz Polec (Deputy General Inspector - Ministry of Transport Poland) - Stephen Fidler (Head of Freight and Logistics Division, Department for Transport, UK) - Bertil Dahlin (President of the EU Goods Transport Liaison Committee (CLTM) - IRU) ....

IRU : Press Conference - 25 04 07
Scientific study ETAC (European Truck Accident Causation)
exclusive photos of Bertil Dahlin - (IRU Goods Transport Liaison Committee) =
Hubert Linssen (IRU General Delegate to the EU)
Vuthy Phan (CEESAR - Accidentology Research Scientist) = Juliette Ebele ( IRU In Charge of Communications)

IRU : Press Conference - 25 04 07
Scientific study ETAC (European Truck Accident Causation)
exclusive photos of Bertil Dahlin - (IRU Goods Transport Liaison Committee) =
Hubert Linssen (IRU General Delegate to the EU)
Vuthy Phan (CEESAR - Accidentology Research Scientist) = Juliette Ebele ( IRU In Charge of Communications)

IRU : Spring Cocktail 2007 - 28 02 07 - Brussels

The IRU : B. Dahlin, President of the IRU Goods Transport Liaison Committee (CLTM), H. Linssen, IRU General Delegate to the EU, P. Laeremans, IRU President, J. Lacny, President of the IRU Goods Transport Council (CTM), and M. Marmy, IRU Secretary Genera) today welcomed the new EU Member States, Bulgaria and Romania, at its traditional Spring Event in Brussels. Attending were some 250 representatives from the European transport industry, EU institutions and EU Member States, notably the Minister of Transport of the Republic of Bulgaria, Mr Petar Mutafchiev.
236 exclusive photos of this very nice event !

IRU : 4 th European Bus & Coach Forum 21 10 2005 Expo/ Kortrijk

Paul Laeremans, IRU President - Jack Short, Secretary General, ECMT - Jean Wyns, President of Eurolines -
Tom Howes, Administrator, European Commission, DG TREN -
Romain Hubert, Mechanical Engineer, Technology Section, UNECE Transport Division
Harald Möller, Bayern Express & P. Kühn, Berlin, Germany - Nathalia Volk, Director, Evroclub, Passenger Transport Company, Ukraine
Huseyin Uludag, Head Road Passenger Transport Department, Ministry of Transport and Communication, Turkey
Maris Pekalis, Director of the Road Transport Department, Ministry of Transport, Latvia
Ruben Prada, Director International Division, ALSA Grupo, Spain - Gerhard Rust, Head International regular services, Blaguss Reisen GmbH, Wien, Austria - Oleg Starovoytov, Ministry of Transport, Russian Federation - Yves Marchadour, President of
EUROCONTROL Route -David Sutton, Chairman of the ECMT Group on Road Transport - Francesco Pacifico, IRU Vice-President - Martin Marmy ... and many more ...
over 150 exclusive photos

Press Conference (19 10 05 - Brussels)

IRU City Trophy 2005The City of Dresden (Germany) has been awarded the IRU 2005 City Trophy for its comprehensive and long term Coach Parking and Guidance System. ....
Gunther Mörl , (IRU Vice-President of the Passenger Transport Council) - Mr Herbert Fessenmayr, Bürgermeister in charge
of Dresden City Development, and Dr. Matthias Mohaupt ( Head of Department, Transport Planning of Dresden )

Eurochallenge Award 2005
The IRU has awarded the Eurochallenge Award 2005 to the Austrian company ÖBB-Postbus GmbH for its innovative call-system project “BEHA-Points, the flexible future for bus stops”.Walter Wasner and Martin Krammer from ÖBB-Postbus GmbH, Austria, received the IRU EuroChallenge Award 2005.I
exclusive photos

IRU Spring Cocktail - 27 03 2004
Signing of the launch on the 1st of April of the European Truck Accident Causation Study (ETAC)
Including photos of : Mr D. Calleja Crespo (Head of Cabinet of Mrs L. De Palacio, Vice-President European Commission) - Mr Paul Laeremans (President IRU) - Mr Hubert Linssen (General Delegate - IRU permanent Delagation to the EU) - Mr Martin Marmy (Secretary General IRU)

Over 70 photos (including Mr. Laeremans, Mr. Grewer, Mr. Marmy, Mr Linssen, Mrs Durant, Mr. Röckmann, Mrs. Maître, show Barbara Hendricks ...

Mr. Laeremans, Mr. Grewer, Mr. Dahlin, Mr Linssen, Mr. Marmy, Mr. Pacifico, Mr. Mannaerts, Mr Hügel