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Arpin International Group has announced the appointment of Jeanette Tomaselli as a domestic and international move coordinator.
Errol Gardiner joined Transworld International in New Zealand to handle business development on 24 September, 2018. Until recently Errol ran New Zealand Van Lines and became FIDI president in 2013.
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has expanded its training team with the appointment of Claire Capaccioli as Trainer – Freight and Customs Procedures.
The Road Haulage Association (RHA) is warning plans in the government’s latest technical notice on commercial freight in the EU are too little, too late.
Writer Information in India and IAL Nigeria Limited have recently announced a joint venture to offer premier data governance solutions, operating under the name Intelics Solutions Nigeria Limited.
Aires has been awarded the Outstanding Corporate and Social Responsibility Initiatives award by the Forum for Expatriate Management (FEM) at the APAC Expatriate Management & Mobility Awards (EMMAs) ceremony held on 6 September in Hong Kong.
You can prepare contingency plans for the unlikely event of a ‘no deal’ by applying for an ECMT permit to continue operating in the EU after 29 March, 2019.
In August, Maersk - the world’s largest shipping line - braved the ice to send its first container ship through the northern route from Vladivostok through the Bering Straight to St Petersburg.
Volvo Trucks has launched a new tyre management service in Sweden as well as a major test pilot for advanced monitoring of trucks in Europe. By also applying machine learning, the accuracy of predicting and preventing unplanned stops will be improved even further.
In January 2018 The Mover included a report on The Movers and Storers Show which mentioned a presentation from Alan Barnard of Green Urban technologies.
International freight marketing solutions company, Freight Media, has launched its long-awaited disruptive tool: Freightabase.
Volvo Trucks is now presenting a new transport solution consisting of autonomous electric commercial vehicles that can contribute to more efficient, safer and cleaner transportation.
2019 financial levels confirmed for UK operators
The UK government has announced the new level of financial standing required for heavy fleet operators from 1 January, 2019.
The rates are:
1st vehicle: £8,000 (previously £7,950)
Each additional vehicle: £4,450 (previously £4,400)
Cartus Corporation recently announced its new MovePro ToolKit that provides clients and customers with easy-to-use products to navigate the entire relocation process.
Younger van drivers are being urged to make sure they don’t overload their vehicles and make their driving licence invalid.
As part of an innovative partnership between the Volvo Group, California’s South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD), and industry leaders in transportation and electrical charging infrastructure, Volvo Trucks will introduce all-electric truck demonstrators in California next year and commercialise them in North America in 2020.
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Just over six months from now the UK’s first Euro VI/6 urban requirement will start in London. Five other cities – Derby, Nottingham, Birmingham, Southampton and Leeds – have produced plans which may see all of them following suit before 2019 is over.
Intermovers Malaysia has recently packed and shipped a large air shipment of Islamic artefacts to the British Museum in London to form part of the exhibition at the Albukhary Foundation Gallery that opened on 18 October, 2018.
SIRVA Worldwide Relocation & Moving has awarded its agent Allied Pickfords, Bangkok, Thailand, the prestigious Customer’s Choice Award for Asia Pacific 2017.
SEAT and Grupo Sesé have carried out a pilot test to analyse the performance of the duo trailer, the largest and most efficient freight delivery truck now driving on motorways in some European countries.
The business group representing the logistics sector, the Freight Transport Association (FTA), is calling on MPs to vote in favour of the Withdrawal Agreement to keep Britain trading post-Brexit by delivering the frictionless trade that the logistics sector was promised.
A UK first: parents who lose a child entitled to bereavement leave
A new workplace right to paid leave for bereaved parents was officially enshrined in law on 13 September, 2018 as the Parental Leave and Pay Bill achieved Royal Assent.
PricePoint has joined forces with ECU Worldwide and Apex Shipping BV to provide freight pricing to its subscribers and corporate/RMC suppliers.