John Burrows, CEO DeWitt Move Worldwide, took over as chairman of IAM (International Association of Movers), the world’s biggest moving association, in 2023 following the IAM Annual Meeting & Expo in Toronto, Canada.

It has been 23 years since IAM (International Association of Movers) was last in the sin city.

Holly Rincón from Clover Systems in Miami has become the president of LACMA (Latin American and Caribbean International Movers Association), based in Maimi.

The PAIMA (Pan American International Moving Association) conference is always good fun. It’s a small group who meet immediately before the IAM conference, in the same hotel.

George Naumann, 63, from Swiss Moving Services in Switzerland is retiring from the moving industry, handing over his company to Adrian Hinton.

The Mover Magazine reported in July that John Mason International Movers in the UK had been awarded the King’s Award for Enterprise 2024. On 11 November, in Liverpool, the King’s representatives presented the award itself to the company.

Ports of Stockholm has been granted support from the Swedish Institute within the framework of the Ukraine Cooperation Programme to cooperate with Ukrainian ports.

The Bliss Corporation in Italy has joined the OMNI network.

DONATH Moving & Relocation in Germany has moved from Koenigstein (Taunus) to Steinbach (Taunus).

The Scottish government has recently announced a consultation on the National Speed Management Review.

Bill Lloyd, from Asian Tigers Indonesia, has joined the Board of OMNI (Overseas Moving Network International).

Aires in the USA has won the award for ‘The Most Innovative Use of Technology in Global Mobility – Assignee Management’ by the Forum for Expatriate Management (FEM) at the EMEA Expatriate Management & Mobility Awards (EMMAs).

The safety of the trucks on European roads is in the spotlight after Euro NCAP, (the European consumer test organisation) revealed the first set of results for its brand-new TRUCK SAFE assessment programme recently.

A planned meeting of the DP3 International Industry Provider Conference, scheduled for 19-20 November, was cancelled at short notice in an e-mail from Andy Dawson, Director, Defense Personal Property at USTRANSCOM.

Arpin International was honoured by ICUnet (Intercultural Network) with the Top Moving Company Quality Award. The award ceremony took place on 27 September, 2024, during a Gala dinner.

I have no wish to scare you. I really haven’t. But there are some things that simply defy explanation. Some things that cannot be anything other than what they appear to be.

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.

Regular readers know that it’s rare for me to talk about advertising. Generally, I just write the words and let others worry about the commerce.

According to Xeneta, the ocean and air freight intelligence platform, Donald Trump’s victory in the US Presidential Election is ‘a step in the wrong direction’ for international trade as importers fear another spike in ocean container shipping freight rates.

The Conroy Group in Australia and New Zealand has announced the official integration of Whybirds Removals & Storage in Brisbane and Darwin into the company’s services.