Steve Jordan talks to Shai Rahat, from Sonigo Quality Worldwide Moving in Israel, about the current conflict and the effect it’s having on him and his company.

One of the highlights of the IAM (International Association of Movers) conference every year is the IAM General and State of the IAM address.

Steve Jordan talks to the new chair and vice chair of the IAM Young Professionals group: the people who have the future of the mobility industry in their hands – for a while at least.

John Burrows, CEO DeWitt Move Worldwide, took over as chairman of IAM (International Association of Movers), the world’s biggest moving association, in 2023 following the IAM Annual Meeting & Expo in Toronto, Canada.

It has been 23 years since IAM (International Association of Movers) was last in the sin city.

Holly Rincón from Clover Systems in Miami has become the president of LACMA (Latin American and Caribbean International Movers Association), based in Maimi.

The PAIMA (Pan American International Moving Association) conference is always good fun. It’s a small group who meet immediately before the IAM conference, in the same hotel.

George Naumann, 63, from Swiss Moving Services in Switzerland is retiring from the moving industry, handing over his company to Adrian Hinton.

The Mover Magazine reported in July that John Mason International Movers in the UK had been awarded the King’s Award for Enterprise 2024. On 11 November, in Liverpool, the King’s representatives presented the award itself to the company.

Ports of Stockholm has been granted support from the Swedish Institute within the framework of the Ukraine Cooperation Programme to cooperate with Ukrainian ports.

The Bliss Corporation in Italy has joined the OMNI network.

DONATH Moving & Relocation in Germany has moved from Koenigstein (Taunus) to Steinbach (Taunus).

The Scottish government has recently announced a consultation on the National Speed Management Review.

Bill Lloyd, from Asian Tigers Indonesia, has joined the Board of OMNI (Overseas Moving Network International).

Aires in the USA has won the award for ‘The Most Innovative Use of Technology in Global Mobility – Assignee Management’ by the Forum for Expatriate Management (FEM) at the EMEA Expatriate Management & Mobility Awards (EMMAs).

The safety of the trucks on European roads is in the spotlight after Euro NCAP, (the European consumer test organisation) revealed the first set of results for its brand-new TRUCK SAFE assessment programme recently.

A planned meeting of the DP3 International Industry Provider Conference, scheduled for 19-20 November, was cancelled at short notice in an e-mail from Andy Dawson, Director, Defense Personal Property at USTRANSCOM.

Arpin International was honoured by ICUnet (Intercultural Network) with the Top Moving Company Quality Award. The award ceremony took place on 27 September, 2024, during a Gala dinner.

I have no wish to scare you. I really haven’t. But there are some things that simply defy explanation. Some things that cannot be anything other than what they appear to be.