The Mover has today learned of the untimely death of Max Chorus from Streff in Luxembourg, aged just 65 years old. Apparently he suffered a heart attack.

Quality Service Standards Limited (QSS) in the UK, the company that audits and assesses moving companies against recognised Quality Standards, has achieved 25 years in business having been incorporated on 9 July, 1999. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the British Association of Removers (BAR).

DeWitt Move Worldwide has announced the appointment of a strategic partnership with Charles ‘Chuck’ White, a renowned expert in the international household goods sector, as its new representative.

ISS Relocations in Dubai has announced the promotion of Anish D'Souza to country manager for Saudi Arabia.

Arpin International Group in the USA has announced that that its VP of Global sales and Business Development, Mark J Burchell, had been reappointed as chairman of the FIDI Quality Supervisory Committee (FQSC).

On 4 July, 2024 the Federal Association of Furniture Forwarding and Logistics (AMÖ) e. V., an organisation that represents 800 German furniture forwarding and special logistics companies with 25,000 employees, applied to rejoin the European association FEDEMAC e. V. with effect 1 September, 2024.

The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has advised that, following a meeting of the London Councils, the grace period for complying with the new Direct Vision Standard (DVS), due to come into operation on 28 October, 2024, is likely to be extended to six months, rather than three months.

This month we have a contribution from John Payne of JP Consultancy for ‘And finally …’. Of course, nobody can ever predict the future, but there’s no harm in having a go. Do you have a story to tell?

Peter Weltenius, Nordic Manager for Britannia Sandersteads in the UK, has advised that King Frederik X of Denmark has recently inaugurated the 18km Fehmarnbelt Tunnel which will link Denmark to Northern Germany.

UTA Edenred, a supplier of fuel cards in Europe, has been honoured with the German B2B Award from the German Association for Consumer Studies (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Verbraucherstudien) for the fourth year in a row.

Cybersecurity experts say that blocking certain websites lowers the risk of cyberattacks and removes distractions. This article looks at the types of sites British companies prevent their employees from visiting. Do you do the same?

The new immigration rules in Portugal, announced by the Portuguese Government on 3 June, 2024, are now officially in effect.

Less than two years ago, Maersk started construction works for its first low greenhouse gas emission warehouse in Denmark, located in Taulov Dry Port in Fredericia.

The new Volvo FH16 is, according to the manufacturer, Europe’s most powerful truck but also a very fuel efficient one.

How to sum up the FIDI conference that took place in Edinburgh from 11-15 May? Well, fortunately, for over 600 of you, there’s no need because you were there.

Most people in the mobility industry have never been to an OMNI (Overseas Moving Network International) conference. It’s not that it’s a secret, far from it, but it is only open to members and invited guests.

The Carbon Trust in the UK has acknowledged the challenges businesses face in their journey to reduce Scope 3 emissions, not only from a data gathering and tracking perspective, but also the difficulties faced in influencing their extended and global value chains.

In the June edition of The Mover, we published a press release from Nuss Relocations in Australia explaining that the company had stopped using plastic packing materials in Sydney.

A report from the Self Storage Association annual conference in Telford.

It’s a perennial problem: how to get corporations and RMCs to fully appreciate the value of the service provided by movers and be willing to pay for it. That was the topic on discussion at one of the FIDI panel discussions in Edinburgh in May entitled: Between Giants and Clients.