OMNI (Overseas Moving Network International) has reluctantly decided to postpone its annual conference that was scheduled for April in Marseille, France. The decision is intended to help maintain the quality of the event which is an important part of the OMNI business calendar.

Africa Mobility Services (AMS) is marking its 10th year in operation with a new initiative aimed at helping children in Africa with their literacy studies.

The IMA (International Mobility Alliance) Conference will take place from 29 March - 2 April, 2022 at the Phuket Marriott Resort & Spa, Merlin Beach, Phuket, Thailand. This will be the first IMA conference since Cambodia two years ago.

A global survey published by Container xChange in December showed that the majority of the container logistics industry (75%) is rethinking its logistics strategy for 2022.

Vanpac GroupAsia has announced it is now accepting crypto payments in partnership with TripleA, a licensed payment gateway. The company is one of the first to give customers the option to pay with cryptocurrency.

​The Canadian Association of Movers (CAM) is heading off to cowboy country for its 2022 conference.

The 2022 FIDI conference will take place in Cannes on the French Riviera, from 10-13 April, 2022.

AGS United Arab Emirates has been appointed as an exhibitor partner for the Dubai World Expo in Dubai. The event started in October and runs until 31 March, 2022. The company will support exhibitors with their logistical needs.

PAIMA (Pan American International Movers Association) held an informal networking event at TOPGOLF in Orlando on 12 October, for those of its members who were able to attend the IAM (International Association of Movers) conference.

Held in Chicago, Illinois, during Worldwide ERC’s® Global Workforce Symposium, Altair Global hosted its fifth annual, invitation-only awards ceremony recognising supplier partners’ outstanding achievements.

Maersk says that it is making efforts to provide more accurate transit time predictions following the strain on supply chains in the last few months. ​

ISS Relocations in Dubai has achieved FIDI FAIM certification.

DNV, the independent assurance and risk management specialist, will acquire cyber security specialist Applied Risk to form the world’s largest industrial cyber security practice, for the maritime and other industrial sectors.

SSAA (Self Storage Association Asia) has announced that The Store House's Aberdeen location in Hong Kong is now certified SAFE at the Gold level in the SAFE Self Storage Standards programme.

China’s first autonomous container vessel, AV Zhi Fei, entered service in October and has already run into some heavy weather at the hands of the US unions.

Panama’s largest international moving company, Canal Movers and Logistics Corp, celebrated its 20th anniversary in August with a special Mass to give thanks for the company’s success followed by refreshments for all its employees.

According to KPMG, CEOs of the world’s largest businesses are increasingly optimistic about the outlook for their own business and despite the Delta variant slowing down the ‘return to normal’, their confidence in the global economy has returned to levels not seen since the start of the pandemic.

New research released in August by Worldwide ERC®, the professional association for workforce mobility and relocation professionals, takes a deep dive on corporate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) initiatives, finding broad global consensus on the competitive necessity of such initiatives, yet wide variances by region on what DE&I means and how programs are implemented.

China’s AMR International Relocation has announced that it has become a member of FIDI. The company is headquartered in Shanghai and also has offices in Beijing and the Taiwanese capital, Taipei.

China’s AMR International Relocation has announced that it has become a member of FIDI. The company is headquartered in Shanghai and also has offices in Beijing and the Taiwanese capital, Taipei.