Maersk Line and Hamburg Sud are ranked as the two most reliable container shipping carriers, according to performance rankings published in the new online version of the Carrier Performance Insight (http://cpi.drewry.co.uk) published by shipping consultancy Drewry.

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd (HHI) has built the world’s largest containership, the first of five 19,000 TEU containerships ordered from China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) in May 2013. The ship has been named CSCL Globe.

From 6 May 2015 drivers convicted of a road traffic offence in any of the 28 EU Member States, will be prosecuted in the same way as if they had committed the offence in their home country. The regulations will come into force in the UK, Ireland and Denmark two years later (6 May 2017).

Arpin International Group has opened its newest international customer care centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the company's first in the Middle East. The office will expand Arpin's services, assisting corporate personnel who are moving to and from the region.

MoveHub, the UK information centre for people moving abroad, has launched a new initiative to supply unwanted food donated by people moving house to local food banks and charities providing them with a consistent flow of donations, helping the most vulnerable people in society: FoodHub.

On 18 December, 2014, the European Commission adopted new rules to improve EU-wide traffic information services for road users.

Germany introduced a minimum wage of €8.50 on 1st January. This requirement also applies to foreign workers working in Germany and transport drivers/porters making deliveries and collections in the country.

Steel Storage Group has announced the sale of its European operation to Janus International Group LLC, effective 23 Dec 2014. Steel Storage Europe Ltd was formed in 1996 by Jonathan Perrins, now the company’s executive chairman.

The CLARS Platform, run by Sadler Consultants Ltd on behalf of the European Commission, has announced the expansion of its unique website www.urbanaccessregulations.eu that supports those that need to drive into European town and cities.

For the second year in a row, Arpin International Group has earned the Gold Award from FIDI.

David Jordan offers a warning to anyone planning on leasing a vehicle. All may not be what it first appears!

After 36 years at the helm of Anglo Pacific, a company he founded in 1978, Steve Perry has recently sold the business to Yogesh Mehta and family.

It has been ten years since Denise Magson formed the Steve Magson Memorial Trust to raise money to help the victims of the Tsunami that struck Thailand on Boxing day, 2004.

David Trenchard from Britannia Leatherbarrows, recently contacted The Mover to tell of a meeting he had attended with the British Prime Minister David Cameron on 15 December in Poole.

Bromley-based Coppards Removals has been working with the Freddie Farmer Foundation to help raise funds for a specialised physiotherapy centre in South-East England for children with cerebral palsy and severe mobility issues.

Johnsons Moving Services Ltd achieved initial OHSAS 18001:2007 accreditation in September 2013 and has recently undergone its first external verification audit.

Following a decision by the Employment Appeal tribunal (EAT) last August which confirmed that the overtime payments and commissions should be considered to be part of an employee’s normal pay when calculating holiday pay entitlement, the UK government has swiftly introduced new legislation to protect employers.

Pickfords was appointed the official removals partner for The Paddington Trail, a London-wide event from VisitLondon.com, STUDIOCANAL and NSPCC, which saw 50 statues of the famous Paddington bear placed across the capital from 4 November – 30 December.

Ian Thomas, Operations Director of Ship-Stuff.com, looks at the development of the sales leads industry for movers and considers what the future might hold.

Following her article in The Mover in January, Bethany de Montjoie Rudolf CFILEx Soc Legal Services Consultant at De Montjoie Consulting Ltd tries to explain why conveyancing lawyers are not complete idiots.