The Japanese have a most instructive axiom which states the following: You have one mouth and two ears; speak once, listen twice!

Erika Venturini has recently become a shareholder of Atlantis in Rio de Janeiro alongside the company’s CEO and President Karl Rafael Wollny.

When Darren French was made redundant after 35 years in the moving industry due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he began to wonder if he would ever go back to work again.

​Voxme and Moveware have come together to develop an interface that allows users of Moveware to use the Voxme Estimator app for pre-move surveys.

Toyota has announced that it is working with partners in North America and Japan to extend its research and development of hydrogen-fuelled transport beyond cars to heavy-duty trucks and trains.

The RHA has estimated that UK haulage operators have slashed NOx emissions from trucks by at least 59% in only six years.

Inspecting and maintaining vehicles and trailers effectively in today’s increasingly technological world is becoming more challenging for commercial vehicle engineers. To help those responsible for the maintenance of fleets of all sizes, Logistics UK will be holding its first virtual Fleet Engineer Conference on 21 October, 2020.

Charge4Europe, the joint venture of DKV Mobility and innogy eMobility Solutions, has activated its 100,000th charging point.

In September the JK Community Farm, a 150-acre farm in Purcellville, Virginia that grows crops and livestock and donates them to non-profit making organisations to alleviate hunger, has supplemented its distance learning by providing a field trip programme. Groups will be able to take self-guided tours with tailored programming tied to Virginia Standards of Learning to teach about farming and nutrition.

A recent survey shows that the UK is seeing a marked shift towards different ways of working. It’s a shift that is being mirrored worldwide and will have a profound effect on the market for household and office moving.

Leading transport and logistics operator, Maritime Transport Ltd, (Maritime) has agreed terms to acquire Wincanton plc’s container transport business, Wincanton Container Logistics. The move follows a strategic review of Wincanton’s business and its decision to focus on its core activities.

As part of its continuing efforts to reduce its impact on the environment, US-based JK Moving has installed an auger compacting device to reduce waste volumes sent to landfill.

Formula Global Mobility - a leading international moving services provider - has launched Formula Go, a new import service for consolidated or groupage containers arriving in the United States aimed at making life easier for international moving companies around the world and their customers.

The British Industrial Truck Association (BITA) and Informa Markets – joint owners of IMHX, the UK’s largest logistics and supply chain event – have welcomed the UK government’s decision to allow business events and exhibitions to recommence in England from October 2020.

London law firm, Fox Williams, is pursuing possible dirty diesel emissions claims for Mercedes owners in England and Wales in collaboration with US law firm, Hagens Berman, which spearheaded an investigation and consumer group action lawsuit leading to more than $700 million for US Mercedes owners.

Rolf Schaefer has joined Andreas Christ International Moving in Wiesbaden, Germany. He will be responsible for sales and marketing for the international household goods moving business. ​

Move One has successfully completed the delivery of 32 Toyota Land Cruisers from Douala, Cameroon to N’djamena, Chad.

Graebel has announced the appointment of Trent Krause as chief information officer. He will be responsible for Graebel’s people-first technology solutions that were announced earlier this year.

Long-term ocean freight rates remain unbowed by the impact of the global coronavirus pandemic, with the latest XSI® Public Indices report from Xeneta showing a decline of just 0.1% across September.

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