More than 750 people from the UK and overseas visited the Movers & Storers Show last November, helping to make it one of the best shows in the event’s ten-year history.

Leeds’ oldest removals company, Britannia Turnbulls, has invested more than £100,000 in a new Scania P250 truck as it looks to start its 16th decade in style.

Ziegler Relocation in Brussels has announced the death of Arthur Ziegler, described by the company as a figurehead of the European transport world.

Arpin International Group has transported three 40-foot shipping containers filled with emergency supplies, food and bottled water to Puerto Rico to aid recovery efforts in the wake of hurricane Maria.

In November Chris Grayling, UK Secretary of State for Transport, announced the withdrawal of the earlier decision to site a lorry park at Stanford West in Kent on the grounds that the government can no longer defend the judicial review

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), will replace the Data Protection Act on 25 May and will affect all businesses, large and small. Speaking at the Movers & Storers Show, James Backhouse from Backhouse Jones Solicitors gave a taste of what the new rules will mean and how businesses must prepare if hefty fines are to be avoided.

Ajit Venkatesh from Globe Moving in Bangalore, India has started a new company: Mera Transport Exchange Pvt. Ltd.

French packing materials supplier Sofrapack has recently announced a new service that allows customers to design their own packing cases online. The company offers delivery anywhere in Europe within three days.

The fifth annual X2 Conference will take place in Hua Hin, Thailand at the Dusit Thani Resort from 24-28 February, 2018.

The Tesla Semi is due to be launched next year in the USA.

Ray DaSilva from IAM’s Mobility Exchange explains IAMX, a universal directory for the mobility industry.

The world’s first autonomous electric container ship, Yara Birkeland is due to begin operating in the latter half of 2018 according to its Norwegian builders Kongsberg.

The number of gap-year managers is on the rise with international assignments being turned into ‘adventure moves’ to attract young talent. Lisa Johnson, Global Practice Leader (Consulting Services) from Crown World Mobility tells the story.