According to Mårten Johansson, president of the IRU Commission on Technical Affairs (CIT): ‘The aim of these guidelines is to enable ALL stakeholders involved in road transport operations anywhere in the world to correctly load and secure goods on vehicles. If all stakeholders implement safe load securing practices from the outset, it will create sustainable improvements in transport operations and road safety standards at national and international level.’

The organisation said the guidelines are primarily based on a European standard on load restraining on road vehicles (EN 12195-1:2010), they also include other safe practices observed across the road transport industry, such as timber and vehicle transport as well as others, not covered by the European standard.

The IRU added that rules on safe cargo securing vary from one country to another, or do not even exist in some countries and regions, making it difficult for road transport operators to know the minimum requirements for international journeys. Moreover, loads that have not been properly secured can fall off, affect a vehicle’s balance and sometimes even tip it over. 

To download, the IRU’s International Guidelines on Safe Load Securing for Road Transport, click here. For the IRU’s Safe Loading and Cargo Securing checklist, click here.

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