According to online freight forwarder iContainers, mergers and acquisitions activities for shipping carriers are likely to slow down in 2018.

Eileen Girling, Regional HR Director at Crown Worldwide, has recently overseen the introduction of the Crown Aspire programme and believes apprenticeships offer an exciting future both for the business and for young people.

If you oversee fork lift operations you’ll be familiar with the term ‘Thorough Examination’, but what does it actually mean? Not knowing could come at a heavy cost, according to CFTS (Consolidated Fork Truck Services), the body that established a UK standard for the Thorough Examination of fork lift trucks.

Renault Trucks has said it will launch a range of fully electric vehicles in 2019. These all-electric trucks are primarily designed for use in urban and inter-city situations and will be produced at the Renault Truck’s plant at Blainville-sur-Orne in Normandy, France.

With offices in the UK, USA, Canada and Australia, SumoSafe Global is a new company offering a range of products that significantly reduce damage to palletised loads during the lift truck handling process and make fork lift trucks safer to operate.

Retread tyre specialist Vacu-Lug will be demonstrating to fleet managers visiting The Commercial Vehicle Show how their businesses can benefit - economically, environmentally and legally - from the company’s tyre management service.

The UK government has announced that learner drivers will be allowed on motorways from 4 June, 2018 – a move road safety charity IAM RoadSmart has welcomed as ‘common sense’ and could save countless lives.

Following a number of successful prosecutions, the DVSA is warning truck operators not to fit emulator devices to avoid using AdBlue in their Euro IV, V or Euro VI vehicles.

WHR Group Inc. has recognised Arpin International Group as a 2017 Partner in Quality for exceeding service and performance standards.

From February 26 to March 1, LACMA met in San Juan – Puerto Rico for its 2018 convention.

What do Artificial Intelligence, chatbots and automated self-service technologies have to do with the moving business? ... and what the heck is a chatbot, anyway? IAM's Ray daSilva gives his views on the march of new technology.

It’s been a problem in the moving industry forever: how to make money from baggage.

OMNI (Overseas Moving Network International) has become the first mobility commercial network in the world to have 100% of its members, and their supply chains, vetted for risk and compliance through a third party.

An interview with Andy Wells of Premier Relocation as his company shrugs off misfortune and carves its space in a competitive world, by Steve Jordan.

A report on the first ever IMA conference in Bangkok, by Steve Jordan

BOONMA in Thailand has recently announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with RE/MAX Real Estate Franchisee in Thailand.

The annual X2 Conference was held in Hua Hin, Thailand from 24-28 February, 2018 with - according to the organisers - over 400 in attendance to celebrate the fifth anniversary of X2 Logistics Networks.

Staff from House & Carriage Removals and Storage, based in the Cotswolds, have been out and about recently … but not for reasons you might expect.