International Shipping & Storage (INSA) in Ecuador has announced that, following many years of working with different administrations of the Ecuadorian Customs Agency (SENAE), the agency has issued a new import regulation, SENAE-SENAE-2023-0043-RE to be applied to household goods, personal effects, vehicles, and working equipment with immediate effect for returning citizens and foreigners entering Ecuador. The new regulations apply to all imports shipped after 27 July, 2023.

At the end of June, OMNI (Overseas Moving Network International) held another of its World Series online events for its OMNI members.

Synergy Global Housing (Synergy), an international serviced accommodation provider headquartered in San Ramon, California, has recently announced the first eight furnished apartment operators to receive the certification for ‘Accommodation Excellence’ from global ratings company Bureau Veritas.

In an industry first, global freight forwarder Dimerco has partnered with Cathay Cargo to conduct a successful pilot of a new Air-Sea service transporting shipments from Singapore to Dongguan, China via Hong Kong, shaving up to a day off the established Air-Truck schedule.

Currencies Direct, a money transfer company, has been working hard recently to cement its position in the moving sector.

Volvo Trucks has now started sales of heavy battery electric trucks in Malaysia.

Abu Dhabi Airports has announced the forthcoming opening of its state-of-the-art new terminal at Abu Dhabi International Airport.

Following the recent end-of-life announcement for Microsoft SharePoint 2013, any transportation or logistics business still actively using the platform could be placing the security of sensitive information and documents at risk, according to Business Intelligence and Productivity solutions provider Circyl.

The OMNI 2024 conference will take place in Dublin, Ireland from 17-21May, 2024. This will follow the FIDI conference in Edinburgh, UK, from 12-15 May, 2024.

In early August, Georgia Angell from Trellis Vine Consulting in Florida, Maarten van Zutphen from Cani Consulting in the Netherlands and Mark Oakeshott from Mark Oakeshott Consulting based in Chicago, launched The Movers Consulting Group, with a mission to bring high-quality, industry-specific consulting to everyone in the industry, at an affordable price.

At this year’s EUROMOVERS conference in Catania, Sicily, member companies were acknowledged for their tonnage contribution to the network, service quality, administration and financial responsibility.

During the 2023 LACMA Convention held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Arpin International Group employee Ronnie Blanchard and his colleagues from the Latin and Caribbean Movers Association (LACMA) participated in a volunteer project with Techo.

Just over 80 years ago, on the afternoon of 15 August, 1943, an air battle took place in the skies over the towns and villages around Le Folgoët in France where three Royal Air Force pilots and two Luftwaffe pilots lost their lives.

AltoVita, the online corporate property company, will hold its Smart, Safe, Sustainable Summit in Asia for the first time.

At a ceremony at the IMO headquarters in London, H E Suhail Al Mazrouei, United Arab Emirates (UAE) Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, and Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen, CEO DNV Maritime, representing the Foundation Det Norske Veritas, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on establishing a new UAE Decarbonization Centre.

Grace in Australia has announced the conclusion of its Trees for Containers initiative that started in 2021.

Maersk has ordered six mid-sized container vessels fitted with dual-fuel engines able to operate on green methanol. Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group will build the six 9,000 TEU ships which will be delivered in 2026 and 2027.

AltoVita, the corporate accommodation platform specialising in large enterprises, has announced its partnership with Noah Mobility, a global mobility management company that supports companies and individuals during the entire process of relocation. Both companies are taking strides to redefine the global mobility sector with their technology.

The main panel discussion at the OMNI conference in DaNang was on the topic of leadership. Leadership is a hot topic in the industry right now.

A joint UK-EU project to develop retrofit carbon capture solutions and other technologies for ships to reduce their emissions and fuel consumption has got underway.