Santa Fe looks at what’s happened to ocean freight and what might be on the horizon. ​

The BAR Young Movers came together in Cambridge in October for the group’s annual conference. Around 70 under 40s, plus invited guests, gathered in the comfort of the University Arms Hotel alongside the educational elite and architectural wonder of one of the UK’s iconic university cities, to swap ideas, learn and enjoy each other’s company. The event proved to be successful and enjoyable.

On 13 October, 2022 Gerry Lane, founder and owner of Asian Tigers Indonesia, signed a Management Buyout (MBO) agreement with Bill Lloyd, long-term managing director of the company. Here Steve Jordan talks to Bill about what the future holds.

The DVSA has confirmed that most goods vehicles and trailers in the UK will have to be appropriately laden for their annual test from 1 January, 2023 onwards.

Evo Supplies, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of furniture moving equipment, has announced the launch of a range of high-specification aluminium piano trolleys.

Restore Records Management has been awarded a £5.857m contract by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to transfer approximately 375,000 boxes of records into off-site storage and provide retrieval services.

Enterprise Database Corporation (EDC®), which specialises in developing software for the moving and relocation industries, has been recognised as a 2022 Top 100 Tech Company by Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC).

Leading crate and packaging supplier, phs Teacrate, has announced the appointment of Becky Brown as its new sales director.

The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has welcomed the UK government’s announcement that they’re opening a match funding grant scheme to improve HGV driver facilities.

Government plans that could see novice drivers being allowed to automatically drive lorries have been condemned by the UK’s leading independent road safety charity, IAM RoadSmart.

As part of the 2022 Worldwide ERC’s Global Workforce Symposium held in Las Vegas in October, global mobility provider Altair Global hosted its sixth annual awards event recognising supplier partners’ outstanding achievements.

Atlas Van Lines has announced the promotion of Ryan McConnell to president and COO of the company. Ryan was formerly vice president of strategic planning and has more than 25 years’ experience in the transportation and logistics industry.

Hyster has added the new platform double stacker to its range of warehouse equipment to help operations increase productivity, while managing costs.

Xeneta, the ocean and air freight rate benchmarking and market analytics platform, has partnered with marine industry data analyst, Marine Benchmark, to provide a Carbon Emissions Index (CEI) for the container shipping market.

Global freight forwarder Dimerco has been certified to the ISO 14064-1:2018 Standard for quantification and reporting of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and removal.

Clockwork Removals and Storage has upgraded its 70-strong fleet with 11 new Euro 6 vehicles. The company’s London branches have taken delivery of three Maxi Mover 3.5 tonne low-loaders with a fourth being delivered to its Sheffield branch.

Energy reduction company for the road transport sector, fleetenergies, has appointed Robin Quittard to the position of product and operations director with the task of making its technology as accessible as possible.

EVBox, the electric vehicle (EV) charging company, is entering the Saudi Arabian market with its SASO-certified EVBox Elvi and EVBox Business Line.

Cyro Cyber has been created to address the dynamic and expanding cyber security requirements of business in the UK.

L-Charge, a UK-based developer of ultra-fast, off-grid charging solutions, and A-1 Alternative Fuel Systems, a Californian-based leader in the design and manufacture of onboard high-pressure alternative fuel solutions, have agreed to develop advanced fuel systems for L-Charge's product portfolio.