Aakanksha Bhargava, CEO, of India’s PM Relocations (PMR) has been conferred with the National Runner Up Award in the Lady Transport Personality Category at the celebrated Mahindra Transport Excellence Awards 2018, held in New Delhi on March 19, 2019.

Danish shipping giant Maersk will enhance its Remote Container Management (RCM) platform later this year with a virtual assistant, named ‘Captain Peter’. The app will assist customers throughout the journey of their cargo.

Blockchain remains a popular topic, but supply chain leaders are failing to find suitable use cases.

E-Movers in the UAE has recruited a team of female packers to work from its Dubai office.

After gaining regulatory approval from the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), four container shipping companies - AP Moller – Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd, MSC and Ocean Network Express - officially established the Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) on April 12, 2019 in Amsterdam.

Online freight forwarder iContainers says the maritime industry will be left ‘shaken’ for at least a year following the implementation of the IMO (International Maritime Organization) 2020 regulation.

Uruguay’s Alejandra Briano Moving & Relocation has moved to new premises just five minutes from Montevideo airport and 30 minutes from the capital’s port.

Members of the Latin American and Caribbean International Movers Association (LACMA) gathered in Panama City in February to celebrate the Association’s 50th anniversary.

Intermovers Malaysia has outlawed the use of plastic tape (OPP) in an effort to reduce the amount of non-recyclable waste produced by its packaging departments.

Cartus Corporation has recently launched an enhanced version of its client interface CartusOnline®.

An increase in US export activity and European imports has reversed the downward trend in rates for the container shipping industry, according to the latest XSI® Public Indices report from Xeneta.

The Investment Corporation of Dubai, the principal investment arm of the Government of Dubai has announced the launch of ISS Global Forwarding, a wholly-owned subsidiary focused on supply chain logistics.

PM Relocations of Haryana, India recently celebrated 33 years in business by holding it’s annual staff party that sees management and staff come together in a special lunch party that includes performances of singing, dancing, acting and comedy from the company employees.

AMR International in Singapore has recently opened a new office in Taipei.

According to a recent report in Seatrade Maritime News, the port of Singapore is planning to digitalise shipping documentation, such as Bills of Lading, by using Blockchain technology. This was a move predicted in The Mover two years ago (see The Mover, July 2017).

A report in the Australian Guardian recently says that the prices of houses in Australia, especially in Sydney and Melbourne, have slumped since their peak in 2017.

The measures taken by the Australian government in May 2018 to strengthen Australia's domestic and international aviation security by requiring piece-level examination of all air cargo bound for, or transiting through, the United States will be extended to all international destinations from 1 March, 2019.

AP Moller - Maersk has announced changes to its services connecting Asia and Europe intended to further improve schedule reliability, enabling stable and reliable cargo deliveries to its customers on the world’s most comprehensive Asia-Europe Network.

The Mover’s readers picked up many of the honours at the HR Vendors of the Year awards held respectively in Malaysia, Hong Kong and Singapore in November last year.

The latest round of port fees announced by Australia’s major stevedoring companies have resulted in Victorian and Federal Senate inquiries.