Ferry company DFDS is reported to be planning a new direct ferry route for passengers and freight from Rosyth in Scotland to Dunkirk in France. If it goes ahead, it will be one of the longest ferry crossings in Europe.

A P Moller - Maersk (Maersk) named its newest dual-fuel methanol container vessel in Mumbai on 28 February. The vessel, named Albert Maersk, is the eleventh vessel in Maersk’s fleet capable of operating on methanol.

Rafael Moreno, Founder of Moreno International in Mexico, has died at the age of 83. He passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, on 12 February, 2025.

Atlas Van Lines in the USA has released its 2024 Migration Patterns Study revealing key trends and insights for the moving industry.

TwentyCi has provided The Mover with its most recent MoverAlerts Property & Homemover Update.

Paul Barnes, Global Mobility Consultant from Inspire Global Mobility Consulting, looks at the current mobility industry and considers whether the one-stop shop RMC model is here to stay.

The annual FIDI conference this year will take place in the 4-star, Valamar Lacroma Hotel in Dubrovnik, Croatia, from 27 – 30 April.

Rennie Schafer, CEO of the Self Storage Association (SSA), spoke at The Movers and Storers Show about technology in the self storage sector, how its changing and what that means to operators.

Dees Peters, Owner and CEO of Atlas International Movers in Amsterdam, has become the new president of FIDI Netherlands.

Steve Jordan talks to two female industry leaders, in acknowledgement of International Women’s Day (IWD), and finds the answer to a question he has been asking for 30 years.

The Global Moving Foundation (formerly the Alan F. Wohlstetter Scholarship Fund) is now accepting applications for the Wohlstetter Academic Awards.

Anna Roberts, Co-founder and CEO of SelfStorageBooker.com, the digital self-storage marketplace, has published her debut book, Home Buyer’s Essentials.

The new survey, which seeks input from across the UK road transport sector, will be open until April and will help to inform the Association's work with government and other stakeholders involved in delivering HGV decarbonisation.

The UK government’s Climate Change Committee has recently issued its Seventh Carbon Budget which sets national carbon emission targets for 2038 to 2042 with a view to achieving net zero by 2050.

On 19 February, the HomeSafe Alliance announced that it had completed more than 1,400 relocations under the new Global Household Goods Contract (GHC) for US Department of Defense (DoD) service members, civilians and their families.

On 21 February, 2025, Sirva issued a press release relating to its data breach in the last quarter of 2023.

HOLD Self Storage has acquired a new site in Croydon for over £6m and will be opening its second, London-based facility at the end of 2026.

Maddi Solloway-Price has joined Logistics UK as the new head of road freight & English regions policy. Maddie previously worked as a chief of staff at the House of Commons.

Logistics UK has announced that, on 25 February, 2025, The Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV) announced that standard category B licence holders will be able to drive electric vans without additional training.

For the first time ever, Volvo Trucks is the market leader in Europe for heavy trucks, 16 tonnes and above.