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Moving company Atlas Van Lines has announced that two of its Agents were awarded high honours at the 2023 American Trucking Associations (ATA) Moving & Storage Conference Industry Awards held in Orlando, Florida. ACE Relocation Systems won the 2023 MSC Agent of the Year Service Excellence Award and Collins Brothers Moving Corporation received the MSC Fleet Safety Award. The ATA …

The European Commission recently announced 26 projects from 12 Member States selected for funding to install alternative fuels infrastructure along the trans-European transport network (TEN-T). Between them, they will receive EU grants totalling roughly €189 million from the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Facility (AFIF). Commissioner for Transport, Adina Vălean said: “Applications for AFIF funding continue to increase, illustrating the transport industry’s interest in the switch to …

Customers of DKV Mobility, the European B2B platform for on-the-road payments, can now settle their toll charges at Storebælt Bridge in Denmark and Øresund Bridge in Sweden using the DKV BOX EUROPE. The BOX covers 16 tolling services in 13 European countries, can be quickly installed via plug and play, and is configured and updated over the mobile network. Jérôme …

From 1 March, 2023 electric trucks have been granted priority passage and handling in the container terminal at the Port of Gothenburg. This initiative is being used by terminal operator APM Terminals to favour those haulage firms that have already started to convert their vehicle fleets, while at the same time giving an additional incentive to those considering investing in …

The moving industry has lost another long-term friend with the announcement of the sad death of Roger Brown.  He died recently at the age of just 65 from the effects of a heart attack.  Roger had a long career in the shipping industry in which he focussed primarily on international household goods.  Most recently he worked with Kuehne + Nagel …

A P Moller – Maersk (Maersk) has entered into an agreement to divest its logistics sites in St  Petersburg and Novorossiysk to IG Finance Development Limited. Selling the sites is a consequence of the company’s decision made in March 2022 to discontinue activities in Russia. “We are pleased to have found a new owner of our two logistics sites in …

EUROMOVERS member Gebr. Van den Eijnden  in The Netherlands is 125 years old this year.  The company was founded in 1898 by Hendrik van den Eijnden. He took care of the transport of the luggage of tram passengers with a handcart, and from there eventually the moving company emerged. The handcart was later exchanged for a horse and carriage, and …

Six public charging locations with ultra-fast 300kw charge points aimed at E-Trucks have been launched along a 600km stretch of the Rhine-Alpine corridor across Germany. The corridor is one of the busiest road freight routes in Europe connecting key North Sea ports in Belgium and the Netherlands with the Mediterranean port of Genoa in Italy through a network of roads …

The problem of illegal immigrants attempting to cross the Channel from Europe into the UK has been a major problem for vehicle operators for many years, with large fines being levied on those found to have clandestines onboard their vehicles.  This year the fines are set to dramatically increase with potentially devastating consequences for both operators and drivers.  Here, Libby …

Euromovers International General Manager Thomas Juchum attended the ReloAdvisor business meeting in Amsterdam from 3-5 February.  During his presentation he explained the origin of the organisation in 1995 and the formation of Euromovers International in 2004.  He said it started with five founding members and now has 61 members operating in in 37 countries.   Thomas said the organisation’s main …