International freight marketing solutions company, Freight Media, has launched its long-awaited disruptive tool: Freightabase.

In January 2018 The Mover included a report on The Movers and Storers Show which mentioned a presentation from Alan Barnard of Green Urban technologies.

The Road Haulage Association (RHA) is warning plans in the government’s latest technical notice on commercial freight in the EU are too little, too late.

As part of an innovative partnership between the Volvo Group, California’s South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD), and industry leaders in transportation and electrical charging infrastructure, Volvo Trucks will introduce all-electric truck demonstrators in California next year and commercialise them in North America in 2020.

Younger van drivers are being urged to make sure they don’t overload their vehicles and make their driving licence invalid.

Just over six months from now the UK’s first Euro VI/6 urban requirement will start in London. Five other cities – Derby, Nottingham, Birmingham, Southampton and Leeds – have produced plans which may see all of them following suit before 2019 is over.

For Interem Relocations in Dubai, joining Harmony is a game changer.

Businesses are under more pressure than ever before to digitise information and the question of what to do with the UK’s mountain of boxes should be at the top of the agenda.

Steve Jordan gives his view of the 56th IAM Convention held in October.

PAIMA held its annual convention and general assembly from 2-4 October - immediately before IAM.

Steve Jordan interviews Chuck White who will take over from Terry Head as president of the International Association of Movers (IAM).

Terry Head has delivered his final State of IAM address as president of the organisation.

IAM has adopted FIDI’s new Professional Cooperation Guidelines (PCGs) as a de facto operational standard for the international moving industry and wishes to encourage all its members to use the PCGs as the basis for their operations and training.

At the IAM convention, IAM presented ISO 17451-1:2016 ISO as the Standard for the numeric coding of inventories

IAM Learning is a new initiative from IAM to help all members, worldwide, provide professional training to staff at all levels.

Intermovers Malaysia has recently packed and shipped a large air shipment of Islamic artefacts to the British Museum in London to form part of the exhibition at the Albukhary Foundation Gallery that opened on 18 October, 2018.

In August, Maersk - the world’s largest shipping line - braved the ice to send its first container ship through the northern route from Vladivostok through the Bering Straight to St Petersburg.

SEAT and Grupo Sesé have carried out a pilot test to analyse the performance of the duo trailer, the largest and most efficient freight delivery truck now driving on motorways in some European countries.

SIRVA Worldwide Relocation & Moving has awarded its agent Allied Pickfords, Bangkok, Thailand, the prestigious Customer’s Choice Award for Asia Pacific 2017. The award was presented at SIRVA’s Global Networking Meeting in Prague earlier this year.

Writer Information in India and IAL Nigeria Limited have recently announced a joint venture to offer premier data governance solutions, operating under the name Intelics Solutions Nigeria Limited.