Mudinmar in Spain has joined EUROMOVERS, the global moving network. The Mover asked Grego Martinez, the company’s CEO, why, when his company is already a member of a number of other moving groups, he should join another.

An online transport company in France, Convelio, founded in September 2017, has received €1.85million in funding to aid its quest to become the ‘Amazon of the art world’.

Janus International Europe has acquired Active Supply and Design (ASD).

Is it me or are our lives becoming too complex?

Van builder UVB’s General Manager Rob Hampson took over from predecessor Terry Sinnott just over a year ago. The Mover’s Editor Steve Jordan caught up with him at The Mover & Storers Show to find out how UVB has changed since he took the reins, and how Euro VI is affecting the market.

A joint endeavour between Ford and a Sao Paulo-based creative agency, GTB, has taken a great leap forward in helping to prevent drivers ‘nodding off’ at the wheel.

Cartus Corporation has recently announced its predictive analytics innovation for global relocation, MovePro VisionSM.

The UK government announced in January that it is investing £7.2m in robots to help repair the UK's vast underground pipe network and prevent the disruption caused by roadworks in the future.

From Tuesday, 29 January, 2019 the way the UK’s Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) collects roadside payments changed. Instead of paying by chip & PIN, fixed penalties are now collected using a secure payment portal.

FEDEMAC, the European Movers Federation, established in 1959 as a lobbying organisation dedicated to influence the law-makers and authorities both in the EU and worldwide, has introduced a new level of commercial membership.

Last November the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) in the UK announced that if its inspectors found truck tyres being used that were more than 10 years old, follow up investigations would be carrier out on the vehicle’s operator.

The measures taken by the Australian government in May 2018 to strengthen Australia's domestic and international aviation security by requiring piece-level examination of all air cargo bound for, or transiting through, the United States will be extended to all international destinations from 1 March, 2019.

AP Moller - Maersk has announced changes to its services connecting Asia and Europe intended to further improve schedule reliability, enabling stable and reliable cargo deliveries to its customers on the world’s most comprehensive Asia-Europe Network.

The Mover’s readers picked up many of the honours at the HR Vendors of the Year awards held respectively in Malaysia, Hong Kong and Singapore in November last year.

The latest round of port fees announced by Australia’s major stevedoring companies have resulted in Victorian and Federal Senate inquiries.

Tippet Richardson in Toronto has recently announced the launch of its new rate calculator for Eastern Canada.

The Investment Corporation of Dubai, the principal investment arm of the Government of Dubai, has announced the launch of ISS Global Forwarding last year, a wholly-owned subsidiary focused on supply chain logistics.

Maersk has recently announced its goal to reach carbon neutrality by 2050. To achieve this goal, carbon neutral vessels must be commercially viable by 2030, and an acceleration in new innovations and adaption of new technology is required.

E-mobility software company Virta has recently received a capital injection from energy company E.ON. The investment will accelerate Virta’s international growth and strengthen its position in the European market.