After 18 years of working in the moving industry in Myanmar, Raju Aung Naing decided in 2011 to strike out for himself and go it alone. As usual, starting something new was a lonely place.

My friend Bob possessed what I think was one of the first truly commercial mobile phones on the market. He used to swear by it - and sometimes at it - but he always maintained that it had changed his life.

Pia Meling VP Sales and Marketing for Massterly, the world’s first company set up to operate autonomous vessels, is more focused on getting trucks off the road than unmanned vessels on the water.

2020 sees some refinement in UK employment law of which employers need to be aware. Here, Jo Trimarco of JT HRConsultancy Ltd tells you all you need to know.

The Road Haulage Association (RHA) says more detail is needed on the UK government’s ‘Australian style’ points system for immigrants and the criteria for establishing the basis of ‘skilled’ work.

Aires has announced the opening of a new office in Phoenix, Arizona, to accommodate client growth and ensure strategic alignment in the Western region.

According to a survey conducted by DriveElectric - one of the UK’s leading EV (Electric Vehicle) leasing companies - eight out of ten employees who currently opt out of a company car scheme would be keen to move back to company cars if they were electric.

Moving industry software specialist, Move4U Moving Technology, has announced the release of its new CrewPro application, putting an end to traditional pen-and-paper inventory packing lists and manual shipment tracking.

A concrete barrier that can be set up within hours to keep Kent’s roads moving at times of cross-channel disruption will be available from December this year. The announcement was made by Transport Secretary Grant Shapps on 17 February.

Self Storage Expo Asia 2020 takes place on May 13-15 in Singapore.

Logistics expert Allison Kemp, Managing Director of A.I.M Commercial Services Ltd, has been appointed chair of the Freight Transport Association’s (FTA) Road Freight Council.

At an exclusive event at the TEC Equipment dealership in Fontana, California, Volvo Trucks offered a first look at its North American Class 8 battery-electric project trucks.

The UK’s largest independent road safety charity, IAM RoadSmart, has said it is disappointed at yet another year of stagnation in the annual drink-drive statistics announced on 12 February, saying the ‘hardcore’ of persistent drink-drivers are still not getting the message.

Digital fine-art forwarding specialist Convelio, has raised €9 million in Series ‘A’ funding led by European venture capital investor Acton Capital.

Vanpac GroupAsia has welcomed Alvin Ong back after seven years away. He has been appointed general manager/network director for Vanpac and will be based at the company’s HQ in Singapore.

Highways England announced on 6 February that Britain’s biggest road project - to improve the busy A14 - is set be completed more than half a year early and will open to traffic this spring.

The announcement by Boris Johnson on 4 February that the deadline for banning the sale of petrol and diesel cars and vans will be brought forward to 2035 has attracted comments from both the Freight Transport Association (FTA) and the Road Haulage Association (RHA).

International moving company Metropolitan has announced the appointment of Dora Sayegh as its USA commercial representative.

Relocation and logistics specialist Suddath has announced the promotion of Scott Perry to president of Suddath Moving & Logistics. He succeeds Frank Senatore who is retiring after five years on the Suddath team.

A recent podcast issued by IAM Learning looks closely at the increasing consolidation in the moving industry and considers how it will continue and what affect it is likely to have over time.