Atlas World Group has announced that Julio Yumpe has been hired as senior director of data management. Prior to joining the Atlas team, Julio served as manager of IT architecture for a cloud-based loan company. In his new role, Julio will develop and execute the Atlas World Group data strategy, including the business needs of the company’s ten subsidiaries and …

The EU has adopted new rules on road charging aimed at creating more efficient and sustainable road transport. It will phase out time-based vignettes for heavy-duty vehicles on the core Trans-European Network by 2030, in favour of a distance-based system. It will also introduce EU-wide rules to vary charges for heavy-duty vehicles based on their CO2 emissions. Moreover, after a …

EUROMOVERS member Fox Moving & Storage in Cwmbran, Wales recently played a significant part in helping to relieve the suffering of people fleeing the war in Ukraine. Managing Director Paul Fox, and employee Kevin Watkins drove the company’s newest Road Train, with 1200 boxes of supplies, to the Polish Border. The items had been donated in the UK by local …

Conroy removals explains how New Zealand is finally opening up again to its own nationals abroad and, from April, to overseas visitors.In February the New Zealand Government announced a new plan to open the borders to travellers across the world in a five-stage process for 2022. This resulted in, most notably, the end of the requirement for fully vaccinated passengers …

The whole of the EUROMOVERS group has been shocked and saddened by the news that Eddy Pfeifer, the owner of HVD Insurance Brokers in Hamburg, has died suddenly aged just 68. Eddy’s company was a supplier member of EUROMOVERS and a great friend of the organisation. Thomas Jochum, General Manager for EUROMOVERS said that HVD had been associated with the …

Atlas World Group Inc, the parent company of Atlas Van Lines, has entered into a strategic partnership with Yembo, the global leader in artificial intelligence (AI) for virtual home surveys. With Yembo’s software, Atlas enables its network of local movers to create meaningful operational efficiencies during local, long distance, corporate, government and military moves. Jack Griffin, Chairman and CEO of …

It appears that the personal information of customers moving goods into the United States may be regularly published on publicly-accessible websites. This has been highlighted recently by a complaint made to a European moving company. The customer had shipped household goods from Europe and had complained that private information had been made public. To help prevent any challenge, origin moving …

Atlas Van Lines in the USA has launched a new website aimed at increasing its visibility with the important and growing private customer market. The company says the new site has a cleaner, more contemporary design that includes aesthetic enhancements to provide a more engaging user experience. The Atlas® Van Lines website is also fully responsive with mobile devices, making …

EUROMOVERS member Atlas World Group, Inc has donated $120,000 to Truckers Against Trafficking (TAT). The donation was announced at the 74th Annual Atlas Convention and is the largest contribution made to TAT by Atlas to date. Truckers Against Trafficking is an organisation that exists to educate, equip, empower, and mobilise members of the trucking, bus, and energy industries to combat …