The Movers and Storers Show took place at Stoneleigh in the UK on 19 and 20 November, 2024.

Atlas World Group International has announced that it has appointed Christy Lewis to the position of vice president, general manager. Christy joined the Atlas team as director of commercial operations in July 2019.

The Road Haulage Association (RHA) in the UK is urging the government to reform a penalty scheme which is seeing some transport operators and drivers unfairly penalised when ‘clandestine entrants’ are found on vehicles.

It’s a commonly heard, from companies in the West, that their efforts towards improved sustainability are diminished because other countries produce most of the emissions and do not take environmental sustainability so seriously.

Stephan Strauss has recently taken over as chairman of the Executive Board at EUROMOVERS Worldwide Alliance, the global moving network.

John Mitchell, Business Development Manager with Rotom Roldorent, crate hire and equipment pooling company for the moving industry, looks at the changing world of crate rental.

Steve Jordan reports on a panel discussion in Las Vegas exploring what today’s customers want and what the mobility industry needs to do to keep them happy.

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.