Niemi Services in Finland has introduced the world’s first fully electric moving vehicle, with solar panels on the roof, to its fleet. The electric truck represents a concrete step in the electrification of Niemi’s fleet and contributes to the company’s goal of a net-zero emission fleet by 2030.

Alchemy Global Talent Solutions has won the Outstanding International Recruitment Firm of the Year award at the INT-X Awards 2022, presented at the Global Expansion Conference in the Four Seasons Hotel in Park Lane on 26 May, 2022.

On 14 June, 2022, acting on advice from insolvency practitioners PKF GM, the directors of Pluscrates Ltd proposed a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) in satisfaction of its debts to creditors.

London Medway, part of the Peel Ports Group, has reported a substantial increase in trade on its unaccompanied freight service between the UK and France in recent weeks amid ongoing Dover delays.

Aiming to reduce transit times and alleviate congestion while offering higher flexibility in current challenging times, A P Moller - Maersk (Maersk) has announced a new feeder service between Port Said, at the northern end of the Suez Canal, and Vado Gateway at the Port of Genoa, one of the most significant and busiest ports in Italy.

Asian Tigers Singapore, and its sister company, Silk Relo, have become the first companies in the international relocation industry to have earned certification from the Human Resource Standards Institute (HRSI) in alignment with International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 30415:2021: Human resource management (HRM) – Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) standards.

A new survey by Graebel has shown that the opportunity for international relocation is at least as important to employees now than it was before the pandemic.

TruTac, the supplier of compliance control software products, is warning businesses about little-known but stringent tachograph compliance rules that require commercial vehicle operators to record and show evidence of drivers’ timetables – both during and outside of working hours – for the past 28 days.

Steve Wakley of Gosselin UK has worked for three international moving companies without leaving any of them.

So I’m phoning my doctor, I’ve been asked to make an appointment for a routine blood pressure test. I’m advised, after a long preamble, that I am currently number ten in the queue; nice voice, at least she pronounces her words properly - although the music is enough to drive you bonkers!

Long-term demountable body detester James De-Machen explains why he had a change of heart.

Sustainability should be important to us all. Everyone has a responsibility to do what they can to minimise the effect of their actions on the environment. By now most companies, and individuals, have got the message.

Deputy Editor, David Jordan talks to McGimpsey’s Michael Dunbar about how he moved from being a porter to a member of the company’s management team, and a few of the trips along the way.

Steve Jordan looks at a service that might help private movers sell their homes more quickly and get the moving process started.

BAR Vice President Mike Andrews hosted a discussion at the BAR conference in Jersey to look at the future of the Association.

Cyber security can seem like a very dry subject, but Sam Parsons from the Regional Cyber Crime Unit of the South West Police made it anything but boring during the BAR Conference in Jersey.

Steve Jordan interviews Brian Limperopulos, IAM Vice President, as the world’s biggest moving association plans its 60th anniversary conference and asks whether the future will be more of the same, or not.

New EU rules to introduce a range of mandatory advanced driver assistance systems to cars came into force on 12 July, 2022.

Atlas World Group has welcomed two new team members and made two strategic promotions to grow and strengthen the capabilities of its finance departments for Atlas Van Lines and Atlas Logistics.

The Gou Group has announced the appointment of Roeland Delfgaauw as its commercial director.