After an extraordinary 51-year career in the international transportation and moving industry, Vince Parry, from Intercontinental Group in Canada, announced his retirement effective 31 December, 2024.

The UK is to develop a new sanctions regime to cripple people smuggling crime rings and starve them of the illicit finance that fuels their operations.

Grospiron Mobility Solutions in France has announced the appointment of its CEO, Philippe Mirault, as president of FIDI France with effect from 1 January, 2025.

DNV, the classification society and recognised advisor for the maritime industry, has launched a new family of class notations, Autonomous and Remotely Operated Ships (AROS), providing a framework for how autoremote vessels can achieve equivalent or higher safety compared to conventional vessels.

The Spanish government is reported to be planning to impose a 100% tax on non-residents, from outside the EU, buying homes in the country.

I am writing this between Christmas and New Year. The royal dates of the calendar: the interregnum. Or, as many might say, boredom.

Take a scroll through social media and it is awash with people telling you that they have started new jobs or moved to different companies. But we thought, at The Mover, that it might be useful to bring all these movements together in one place.

The US East and Gulf Coast ports have averted another strike, which will be a relief for shippers worldwide.

Businesses are crawling on climate action according to international consultants EY.

Recent data from the Netherlands Statistical Office (CBS, 2024) indicates that the Netherlands continues to be a top destination for highly skilled migrants.

Craig Reilly, from DASA (Dubai Arabian Shipping Agency LLC) in Dubai has been awarded the trophy as the ‘The Middle East Business Leader of the Year’.

A few predictions and a little advice to help you prepare your business for the year to come, from Laura Moxham of Your Business Angels.

Ramiro Quiros, from Movingtech.ai, provides a beginner’s guide to AI for moving companies.

At last, the EU has standardised charging ports for mobile phones and other portable electronic devices with all new devices sold in the EU now required to support USB-C charging.

The EU’s Gender Balance on Corporate Boards Directive, intended to create a more balanced gender representation on the boards of listed companies across all EU Member States, is set to come into force on 30 June, 2026.

Forum for Expatriate Management has once again honoured the Mobility industry in the EMEA region (Europe, Middle East and Africa) at the EMEA Expatriate Management & Mobility Awards (EMMAs), presented in London on 30 October.

The Movers and Storers Show took place at Stoneleigh in the UK on 19 and 20 November, 2024.

Atlas World Group International has announced that it has appointed Christy Lewis to the position of vice president, general manager. Christy joined the Atlas team as director of commercial operations in July 2019.

The Road Haulage Association (RHA) in the UK is urging the government to reform a penalty scheme which is seeing some transport operators and drivers unfairly penalised when ‘clandestine entrants’ are found on vehicles.

It’s a commonly heard, from companies in the West, that their efforts towards improved sustainability are diminished because other countries produce most of the emissions and do not take environmental sustainability so seriously.