The IRU Guidelines are based on a European standard for load restraining on road vehicles (EN 12195-1:2010). They include safe practices observed across the road transport industry, such as for timber and vehicle transport, as well as other operations not covered by the European standard.



Mårten Johansson, president of the IRU International Commission on Technical Affairs, said: ‘These guidelines enable road transport stakeholders anywhere in the world to correctly load and secure goods on vehicles. If safe load securing practices are implemented from the outset, this will create sustainable improvements in transport operations and road safety standards at national and international level. I would like to thank Scania China and the German technical cooperation organisation GIZ for contributing to the translation of the Guidelines into Mandarin.’

‘We are very proud to be part of this initiative to introduce these guidelines to the Chinese transport market as proper load securing is a very important element of road transport safety”, said Mats Harborn, Executive Director, Scania China.



The guidelines have been downloaded in 120 countries and are also available in English, Estonian, French, Spanish and Russian.

To download the IRU International Guidelines on Safe Load Securing, click here.