A new service has been launched in the USA that has the potential to take business away from traditional moving companies by offering customers a simple self-move or baggage moving service.

Bishops used two brand new DAF 18-tonne vehicles for the ministerial move, one sporting retro style livery similar to that used on the company’s vehicles in the 1930s.

The IMA conference next year will take place in Siem Reap, Cambodia, from 28 February until 3 March.

OMNI (Overseas Moving Network International) is a network of some of the world’s largest and most active corporate moving companies. In this article, Ian Waters, OMNI General Manager, looks at one way in which the corporate moving world has changed dramatically in recent years: the lump sum customer.

As the whole of the global moving industry heads off around the world to join in the annual conference season, here’s some good advice from the sleep and wellbeing expert at Hypnos beds, Natalie Pennicotte-Collier, to help keep the dreaded jet lag away.

Lenny Madussi, who sold his company, MS Move Management in Switzerland, to Sirva in 2015, is back with his own company again. Steve Jordan took a flight to Geneva to find out more.

Steve Jordan takes a trip to one of Europe’s tallest buildings to interview Dale Collins of Graebel Companies, Inc.

According to a recent study by Sterling Lexicon, the answer is a resounding yes. The study engaged several organisations in the luxury goods sector in a panel discussion to better understand which Global Mobility (GM) trends and issues are currently impacting companies and mobility programmes.

Ray daSilva of Mobility Exchange unlocks some of the jargon of modern communications technology.

DNV GL, the data management company, has recently opened a new base in Singapore for its Veracity industrial data platform that aims to stimulate closer collaboration in the maritime sector through the sharing of data.

Voxme Software’s inventory system now features barcode-based tracking of liftvans and pallets as they travel from origin agent to port agent to delivery agent and finally to the delivery address, where individual pieces can be scanned out as part of the delivery process.

Global transportation, relocation and logistics company Suddath, has announced the appointment of Steve Brock as director of business development for the Los Angeles market.

Work will begin later this year to convert 8.9km of Central London’s roads to 20mph maximum speed. The work will be completed in early 2020.

Convelio, the online art shipper, has launched a new platform that it claims will make the process of shipping works of art around the world much simpler and effective allowing instant online quotes, booking and tracking.

SEAT, the Spanish vehicle manufacturer, is participating in the Life Landfill Biofuel project, which was recently approved by the European Commission.

Uber Freight – a subsidiary of the global brand behind the ride-hailing app – is to open a new global headquarters in Chicago, underlining its belief that the global freight and logistics industry is ‘ripe for change’.

Keith Meader, the President and Chief Operating Officer of Transpo/Asian Tigers Household Goods and Relocation Services, will be retiring at the end of November. His position at the company will be taken by Andy Marshall.

A new global partnership, lead by the UK Met Office, is aiming to make one billion people safer from the increasingly devastating effects of dramatic weather events.

The US military household goods moving contract, managed by US Transport Command (US TRANSCOM) recognised as the largest contract of its kind in the world, is now up for grabs.