Sometimes the world moves too quickly for a monthly publication. This month we have been a victim as the container weighing problem continues to evolve. Since writing the interview with John Trenchard on page 18 and reporting on the announcement from Tilbury that the port is prepared to weigh containers on behalf of customers (page 30), Southampton and London Gateway have said they will do the same. The port of Charleston has also come out as the first port in the US that plans to offer a service.

To be fair I have predicted in this issue that market forces will take over and command ports to provide a service where there is sufficient competition. But I didn’t really expect it to take off quite so quickly. Mind you, the port of Savannah, that competes head on with Charleston, is so far holding out. Who can say how it will develop? I am sure of two things though: 1) you should still make your own plans, and 2) by the time you read this the situation will have moved on again.

Some of you might have noticed that this issue of The Mover has changed. It has a slightly more robust and glossy cover. I hope you like it. It’s a sort of celebration really as this is number 60. Five years! And they said it would never last.

More importantly, we have increased the page count from 48 to 52. It’s only a small change but it has been made necessary by the amount of advertising the magazine is attracting nowadays. It would be easy to keep the same number of pages, fill the magazine up with adverts and give you nothing much to read. But that’s not our way. The Mover will always have more editorial than advertising and, if we have to keep on making it bigger, that’s what we’ll do. Thank you to all our advertisers and contributors who have helped us keep the industry informed while remaining solvent.

The extra space has given us room for even more stories. There are some real goodies in this issue. I would be very interested, for example, in your opinions on the ‘She’s RHA’ story on page 8. I know we are opening ourselves up to the wrath of scorned women the world over by running this story but our Nikki, who is undoubtedly female, was incensed by it. Thanks to Emma and Caroline for adding some balance. What do you think?