First of all, I am truly saddened by the vanishing of WridgWays in the international removal scene.

The PAIMA Board of Directors has regretfully decided not to hold its annual conference in 2021, planned for 10-12 October in Orlando, immediately before IAM.

One of the world’s leading transportation and freight forwarding specialists in the Asia Pacific market, Dimerco Express Group, is celebrating 50 years since establishing its first operating unit in Taipei, as an air transportation service provider.

The French family-owned Mobilitas Group has completed the construction of two new warehouses in Rwanda’s Special Economic Zone of Kigali.

The BGRS 2021 Talent Mobility Trends Survey: Reinventing Mobility Beyond 2020, examines how mobility practitioners adapt to the change and chart the future of workforce mobility in their organisations.

A new survey conducted by InterNations, a Munich-based expat network, has ranked Taiwan, Mexico and Costa Rica as the top three places to live and work in 2021.

The Panama Canal has increased the maximum allowable length (LOA) for vessels transiting the Neopanamax Locks.

The Mover recently reported on the launch of a new sustainability program, ecolegIT, from software developer UNLSH Mobility and the involvement of its launch partner BGRS. On June 14 Harmony Relocation Network announced that it has also adopted the program for use by its members.

International freight forwarding and transportation specialist Dimerco has stepped forward to assist in shipping vital medical supplies to COVID-hit India.

In a move to support the Hong Kong government's newly launched ‘Early Vaccination for All’ campaign, Crown Worldwide (HK) Limited announced on June 4 that all vaccinated employees are eligible to enter an internal lucky draw to win cash prizes.

The Harmony Relocation Network has recently updated its membership criteria. According to Paul Bernardt, Harmony’s Managing Director, the changes have been implemented to bring the rules more into line with the needs of the current market.

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to create havoc across the world, FIDI has been monitoring the developments very closely.

Following the 2019-2020 catastrophic Australian bushfires, Grace Worldwide Australia recognised the urgent need to act on climate change and has partnered with Greenfleet with the aim to completely offset carbon emissions generated by the company’s fleet. ​

Global mobility specialist BGRS and technology company UNLSH Mobility, have announced a partnership to bring its all-new sustainability program, ecolegIT for the global mobility industry, to BGRS clients.

The Self Storage Association Asia (SSAA) has established Asia’s first standards and certification programme for Hong Kong. The SAFE Self Storage Standards will promote regulatory compliance, best practice and accountability in the self storage industry across the region.

US-based moving specialist Trünk Moves has announced the launch of a Lead Retargeting Program designed to enable moving companies to reassign stale or dead leads in return for a commission.

Fitting sails to cargo ships and sailing more slowly could reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the shipping industry by up to 40% or possibly more as technologies improve, according to a new report from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

During the COVID crisis there has been much talk about how companies that have diversified into new business areas have been better set to meet the challenges as they have come along. One good example of this is Portan in Bogotá, Colombia.

The Maersk 40ft container consignment arrived at Felixstowe, UK, on 2 March, after its departure from Yokohama, Japan in January, having crossed Russia by both land and sea.

DNV, an independent assurance and risk management company, has supported Hapag-Lloyd in obtaining financing for six new containerships according to the Green Loan Principles of the Loan Market Association (LMA). DNV has verified that the transactions fulfil the requirements of the programme.