Hutchison Ports Port of Felixstowe has launched OCEAN (Online Container Enquiry Analytics Notifications), a new online platform to provide fast and accurate real-time information for customers.

Global talent mobility company Topia has announced the acquisition of Pearl Global Tech, the independent immigration risk engine and knowledge base.

Tippet-Richardson (T-R) is celebrating its 95th anniversary this year! T-R began life from humble beginnings in 1927 - the year of Canada’s Diamond Anniversary - when Basil Tippet and C A Richardson rented a warehouse and a moving van, to start their operation in Toronto. This was before there was even a highway into Western Canada.

FIDI and the International Association of Movers (IAM), as representatives of the international moving and relocation industry, have written to the European Commission to demand an immediate start to the review of the European Union’s Consortia Block Exemption Regulation (CBER) for the container shipping industry.

The Paxton Companies is proudly celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. The story of the Paxton Companies began with a single donkey pulling a wagon, moving the families of lawmakers and their belongings onto Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

On 28 July, 2022 the European Commission launched an open public consultation on a new initiative that will make it easier to measure the environmental performance of different transport options.

Lakelan Fennell, Network Development Manager for Suddath Government Services, looks at the role of the moving associations in helping you grow your business.

Niemi Services in Finland has introduced the world’s first fully electric moving vehicle, with solar panels on the roof, to its fleet. The electric truck represents a concrete step in the electrification of Niemi’s fleet and contributes to the company’s goal of a net-zero emission fleet by 2030.

Alchemy Global Talent Solutions has won the Outstanding International Recruitment Firm of the Year award at the INT-X Awards 2022, presented at the Global Expansion Conference in the Four Seasons Hotel in Park Lane on 26 May, 2022.

On 14 June, 2022, acting on advice from insolvency practitioners PKF GM, the directors of Pluscrates Ltd proposed a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) in satisfaction of its debts to creditors.

London Medway, part of the Peel Ports Group, has reported a substantial increase in trade on its unaccompanied freight service between the UK and France in recent weeks amid ongoing Dover delays.

Aiming to reduce transit times and alleviate congestion while offering higher flexibility in current challenging times, A P Moller - Maersk (Maersk) has announced a new feeder service between Port Said, at the northern end of the Suez Canal, and Vado Gateway at the Port of Genoa, one of the most significant and busiest ports in Italy.

Asian Tigers Singapore, and its sister company, Silk Relo, have become the first companies in the international relocation industry to have earned certification from the Human Resource Standards Institute (HRSI) in alignment with International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 30415:2021: Human resource management (HRM) – Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) standards.

A new survey by Graebel has shown that the opportunity for international relocation is at least as important to employees now than it was before the pandemic.

TruTac, the supplier of compliance control software products, is warning businesses about little-known but stringent tachograph compliance rules that require commercial vehicle operators to record and show evidence of drivers’ timetables – both during and outside of working hours – for the past 28 days.

Steve Wakley of Gosselin UK has worked for three international moving companies without leaving any of them.

So I’m phoning my doctor, I’ve been asked to make an appointment for a routine blood pressure test. I’m advised, after a long preamble, that I am currently number ten in the queue; nice voice, at least she pronounces her words properly - although the music is enough to drive you bonkers!

Long-term demountable body detester James De-Machen explains why he had a change of heart.

Sustainability should be important to us all. Everyone has a responsibility to do what they can to minimise the effect of their actions on the environment. By now most companies, and individuals, have got the message.

Deputy Editor, David Jordan talks to McGimpsey’s Michael Dunbar about how he moved from being a porter to a member of the company’s management team, and a few of the trips along the way.