Crown Relocations is partnering with HSBC to provide global relocation and storage solutions tailored for international students. The new collaboration will simplify relocation for the booming international student population.

FEDEMAC is inviting all movers worldwide, and the associations that represent them, to help celebrate Movers' Day on 19 May, 2025.

Federal Maritime Commission Chairman, Louis E Sola, made a statement to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, examining the Panama Canal and its impact on US Trade and National Security. His comments were posted on 28 January, 2025.

Supermove, the US technology company for the moving industry, has recently issued its State of Moving and Storage Report for the country.

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.

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

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

In a new initiative, FEDEMAC has declared Monday, 19 May 2025 as International Movers' Day. The day is intended as a celebration of the skills and dedication of on-road moving staff and an acknowledgement of the excellent work they do.

As the Crown Worldwide Group, one of the world’s largest privately-owned logistics companies, turns 60, it is refocussing its emphasis for growth on services and divisions that are inherently local, as a changing geopolitical environment seeks to slow globalisation further.

Bill Lloyd, Managing Director of Asian Tigers Indonesia, has advised that the company’s e-mail server appears to have been compromised triggering automatic security measures to mitigate any risks.

A recent story in The Loadstar, talking about IATA’s (International Air Transport Association) OneRecord communication system on which IAM’s (International Association of Movers) approach to future communications in the moving sector are based, will require everyone to be ‘on board’ for it to work.

According to a report in The Loadstar, the Houthis in Yemen have confirmed that they will stop attacking vessels in the Red Sea, other than those owned by Israeli companies or sailing under the Israeli flag.

DNV, the classification society and recognised advisor for the maritime industry, has launched a new family of class notations, Autonomous and Remotely Operated Ships (AROS), providing a framework for how autoremote vessels can achieve equivalent or higher safety compared to conventional vessels.

Atlas Canada has announce that it has acquired Orbit Brokers, a family-owned provider of customs brokerage services founded in 1988.

Albin Porquez, is to take on a new position as the CEO of AGS on 1st January 2025.

Boonma in Thailand has come to the aid of the victims of flooding in Chiang Rai, the most northern city in Thailand.

Santa Fe in Hong Kong has announced that it has become a member of OMNI (Overseas Moving Network International) with effect from 1 January, 2025.

The Bliss Corporation in Italy has joined the OMNI network.

According to Xeneta, the ocean and air freight intelligence platform, Donald Trump’s victory in the US Presidential Election is ‘a step in the wrong direction’ for international trade as importers fear another spike in ocean container shipping freight rates.