Euromovers and IMA joined forces for one night in Atlanta last week to celebrate their long-standing close relationship. The joint dinner took place at Max Lager, close to the IAM convention hotel. It was attended by 125 people 40 of whom were Euromovers members. As always Patricia Jade Ooi, the charismatic matriarch of IMA, put a spin on the event, …
EUROMOVERS director takes on Panda Raid
EUROMOVERS is sponsoring two cars in the Panda Raid, a rally across the Moroccan desert in old Fiat Pandas that is taking place now and ending on Saturday, 29 October. Peter Lauret, a member of the EUROMOVERS board, is on one of the teams. Panda Raid is an amateur 3,000km racing rally from Madrid to Marrakesh, in 4×4 Fiat panda …
ISS appoints new manager for Dubai
ISS Relocations has announced the appointment of Akhilesh Sharma as its manager for Dubai. Akhilesh has over 20 years’ experience in the relocation, cargo and FMCG industries having previously worked for a number of well-known global brands, including Crown and Allied Pickfords. Commenting on Akhilesh’s appointment, Global CEO Abhilash Nair said, “Akhilesh is an exceptional addition to our senior management …
Volvo Trucks’ new fully electric axle will extend range
Volvo Trucks unveiled a completely new, fully electric rear axle at the 2022 IAA transport show held at Hannover, Germany, in September. Volvo says the new e-axle means even longer range for Volvo’s electric trucks as it enables more batteries to be carried. Volvo Trucks claims to have the widest offer of battery electric trucks in the industry, with six different …
The future of European Road User Charging
Gabriel Makki, tolling expert at Kapsch TrafficCom provides insights into road user charging (RUC) and the challenges the technology is still facing. The number of vehicles on the roads shows continued growth, while the cost of maintaining road infrastructure is increasing. At the same time, new environmental protection and sustainability goals are forcing new mobility concepts. How can tolling still be …
Xeneta container rates news
Long-term ocean freight rates climbed yet again in August, edging up 4.1% month-on-month to stand 121.2% higher than this time last year. The latest global data, crowd sourced by Oslo-based Xeneta for its Xeneta Shipping Index XSI, demonstrates that despite softening spot rates, uneven demand and on-going supply chain issues, the world’s leading carriers remain on course for another bumper …
Denis Zonneveld Joins Roldo Rent
Denis Zonneveld has joined Roldo Rent, the European rental supplier of reusable moving equipment as the company’s commercial director. The new appointment will allow the company’s Directors, Gerard Geijtenbeek and Gerdine Leeuwis, to focus on the development of the company throughout Europe. Roldo Rent was taken over by Rotom, a supplier of logistics load carriers, in November 2021. Gerard said …
Atlas Logistics acquired pad-wrap transport specialist
Atlas Logistics, a subsidiary of Atlas World Group, has announced the acquisition of Progressive Transportation Inc of Wausau, Wisconsin, USA, a premier provider of over-the-road pad-wrap (blanket-wrap) transportation.“The acquisition of Progressive Transportation accelerates the growth of padded-van solutions within Atlas Logistics’ service offerings and delivers additional capacity to our network of agents across the company,” said Phil Wahl, President and COO of Atlas …
Container delays easing
According to Drewry Shipping Consultants, after more than two years of chronic delays in container shipping, shippers are finally seeing continuing improvements in both transit times and in port delays. Since January, port congestion in North America – the most congested region – has halved from 20 times the norm to about 10 times the norm, based on the Automated …
Scott Schulte joins Atlas
Atlas World Group has announced the appointment of Scott Schulte to the newly created position of senior director of financial planning and analysis for Atlas Van Lines. He joins the company with an extensive financial background, having held controller and assistant controller roles with Old National Bank and Springleaf Financial Services respectively. Scott is focussed on the Household Goods Division …