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 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 …

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 …

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 …

Atlas Van Lines has announced the promotion of Ryan Parmenter to senior director of enterprise architecture. Ryan has more than 20 years of experience at Atlas and most recently served as the company’s director of architecture and integration.  In his new role, he will be responsible for leading the efforts of integration, architecture and digital transformation from a technology perspective. …

Atlas World Group has announced the appointment of Katie Caldwell as the manager of internal audit for Atlas Van Lines after most recently serving as an audit team member for Old National Bank in Evansville. With a strong internal audit background from a large financial institution, she is currently working on becoming a certified internal auditor. Atlas World Group Inc …

Atlas World Group has announced the promotion of Greg Williams to senior director and controller for Atlas Van Lines. Greg most recently led the Internal Audit function for the company and has worked for Atlas for more than 12 years. In his new role, he will be responsible for financial reporting, consolidation accounting, payroll and tax for the company. Atlas …

EC seeks views measuring greenhouse gas emissions from transport 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. CountEmissions EU will offer a framework for calculating transport and logistics-related door-to door greenhouse gas emissions in a consistent way, regardless of transport mode, sector …

A new survey has recently been launched by Atlas® Van Lines in the USA. The annual Corporate Relocation Survey reveals the ongoing COVID-19 impacts; economic shifts, including inflation and housing prices; and personal and workplace priorities as the main factors driving career relocation decisions. This is the 55th edition of the Corporate Relocation Survey, the industry’s first and longest-running investigation into …