During the IAM Annual Meeting & Expo in Las Vegas in October, IAM (International Association of Movers) announced a ‘soft’ launch of the Global Moving Foundation (GMF).

Anthony A Shipp, President and CEO of M. Dyer Global in Hawaii, explains how the US Global Household Goods Contract (GHC) could reshape Hawaii’s moving industry and impact local companies.

Ebru Demirel, from Asyl International Movers in Türkiye, Chair of the selection committee for the IAM Hall of Honor, opened the 2024 ceremony at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas in October.

Atlas Canada has announce that it has acquired Orbit Brokers, a family-owned provider of customs brokerage services founded in 1988.

The UK’s Office of the Traffic Commissioner has advised that from the end of January 2025, as part of a modernisation process, all alterations to transport managers on an operator’s licence must use the digital process already available within the Vehicle Operator Licensing (VOL) system.

Atlas Van Lines in the USA, the largest subsidiary of Atlas® World Group, has been introduced to the USAA Perks program as a full-service moving partner.

Transport for London (TfL) has confirmed that the new Silvertown Tunnel will open on 7 April, 2025. The new tunnel, close to the existing Blackwall Tunnel, is expected to increase capacity in the area by up to 30,000 vehicles a day.

Discussions between the employers and employees in the US dockworkers’ dispute resumed on 7 January.

The Department of Transport in the UK has advised that in 2026 the process of issuing ECMT Permits will be going digital.

From 1 January, 2025, a kilometre-based toll system replaces the Eurovignette in Denmark. The new CO2-differentiated toll is estimated to reduce CO2 emissions by approximately 0.3m tons in 2025 and approximately 0.4m tons in 2030.

The UK government has issued its Clean Power Action Plan entitled ‘A New Era of Clean Electricity’. The plan highlights the opportunity to use warehouse roofs for solar power generation.

After years of bad news about the number and aging population of HGV drivers in the UK, Logistics UK has now reported that successful training initiatives are improving the situation.

In response to a 5 December e-mail by Andy Dawson, TRANSCOM’s Director of the Defense Personal Property Program Management Office, sent to some industry leaders outlining significant changes to the current Defense Personal Property Program (DP3) for 2025, the International Association of Movers (IAM) sent a letter in response to the e-mail from Dawson, expressing significant industry concerns with the proposed changes.

A new white paper from the United Kingdom Warehousing Association (UKWA) CEO, Clare Bottle, offers fresh insights into future innovations and likely trends ahead for the warehousing sector, highlighting the potential changes in store that warehousing businesses should be preparing for right now.

President-elect Donald Trump has expressed strong support for the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) in their dispute with the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) over port automation.

International movers move people overseas every day. But recently, De Haan in the Netherlands took on a different kind of move across the water.

Barry Gilbert has joined Gil Stauffer as strategic account manager, contributing to both operations and account management in the company’s London and Barcelona offices.

Fuel card company UTA Edenred has added 37 Beroil service stations to its acceptance network in northern Spain.

Now I know we live in a complicated world. As every year goes by, it seems to me, as a gentleman of advancing years, that everything I try to do becomes more difficult.

Albin Porquez, is to take on a new position as the CEO of AGS on 1st January 2025.