Crown Records Management has appointed Mike Dunleavy to the new position of head of customer development and experience for the UK and Ireland.

Mike Jacobs, formerly project director of O’Neil Software, has been promoted to vice president of marketing. His responsibilities include messaging campaigns that promote the O’Neil brand.

3D drawings are helping Volvo Trucks and bodybuilders to work together to reduce the lead time on vehicles by up to two weeks. The drawings allow the truck and the body to be built simultaneously.

Oman-Beverly Smyth is the warehousing sponsor for the Pigs on Parade fundraising campaign in aid of Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation taking place Dublin in January.

On 6 January, 2015, Graebel Companies, Inc. announced that the company has embarked on a global expansion and will introduce ground-breaking initiatives for its Global 100 and Fortune 500 clients.

Arpin Group has opened New England's first 100% green gym for its employees.

Australia’s Grace Removals Group has continued its fleet replacement programme as part of its plan to meet and exceed Australian emissions standards and deliver on its commitment to safety.

The Global Shippers' Forum (GSF) has said that it welcomes the news that the EU’s new Commissioner for Competition, Margrethe Vestager, will be keeping a ‘close eye’ on the mega-alliances in the container industry (see The Mover, January 2015, Page 20).

The December issue of The Mover included a Mystery Mover photo of the greatly missed Pierre Luigi Muzzio, of Alpha International of Naples, Italy. Pierre Luigi died in 2007 but Antonio Gil from Mudanzas Clara del Rey in Madrid wrote to tell us of a remarkable talent that he had.

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!