Atlas World Group wins prestigious Newsweek award

Atlas World Group, a global family of companies delivering transportation, moving, and storage services, has been recognised as one of the Most Trustworthy Companies in America by Newsweek. This prestigious award is given to companies that have demonstrated outstanding corporate responsibility, transparency, and ethical business practices. A total of 700 US companies in 23 industries were included in the nationwide …

Stacie Banks promoted at Atlas

Atlas World Group, Inc., the parent company of Atlas® Van Lines, has announced the promotion of Stacie Banks to the position of Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Atlas World Group. Her appointment to this key leadership role in the company is effective immediately and continues her 21-year tenure at Atlas. Stacie first joined Atlas as the Director of Tax …

EUROMOVERS visits Catania

EUROMOVERS held its annual conference at the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel overlooking the Ionian Sea just north of Catania in Sicily from 25 – 28 May, 2023. This year there were 109 attendees, a record turnout for the event.  Attendees came from as far away as Australia, the Far East and the USA, plus most European countries.  The EUROMOVERS …

New EU law will boost alternative fuels infrastructure

The European Commission has welcomed the political agreement reached between the European Parliament and the European Council to boost the number of publicly accessible electric recharging and hydrogen refuelling stations, in particular across the European Union’s main transport corridors and hubs. This is a landmark agreement that will enable the transition to zero-emission transport and contribute to the EU’s target …

Atlas survey shows relocations and budgets up in 2022

US-based Atlas® Van Lines has recently launched its 56th annual Corporate Relocation Survey, revealing that relocation volume and budgets are expected to increase in 2023 for around half of all companies, despite global economic factors and low workforce participation, which remain significant challenges for employers. Atlas’ Corporate Relocation Survey is the industry’s first and longest-running deep dive into corporate relocation …

Atlas World Group wins prestigious Newsweek award

Atlas World Group, a global family of companies delivering transportation, moving, and storage services, has been recognised as one of the Most Trustworthy Companies in America by Newsweek. This prestigious award is given to companies that have demonstrated outstanding corporate responsibility, transparency, and ethical business practices. A total of 700 U.S. companies in 23 industries were included in the nationwide …

Bill to protect personal information in the USA

Worldwide ERC has reacted positively to passage of the Moving Americans Privacy Protection Act (S. 758) by Senators Steve Daines (R-MT), Gary Peters (D-MI) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI). This bipartisan bill would help protect the sensitive personal data of transferees and military personnel shipping their household goods to the United States, a reform long advocated by Worldwide ERC. “Worldwide ERC …

Atlas Van Lines Agents recognised in 2023 ATA MSC Awards

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 …

More funding for alternative fuel infrastructur

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 …

DKV BOX EUROPE can now settle bridge tolls in Denmark and Sweden

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 …