Atlas Van Lines has announced the promotion of Ryan McConnell to president and COO of the company. Ryan was formerly vice president of strategic planning and has more than 25 years’ experience in the transportation and logistics industry. In his new role, Ryan will be responsible for leading the Atlas Van Lines household goods division […]
Reproduced by kind permission of The Mover magazine Steve Jordan investigates Eurovan, the organisation that many thought had gone away, but remains a major part of the European and global moving scene. For many, the name Eurovan harks back to another era, back in the 1980s, when the organisation joined with CETI to form what […]
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 […]
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 […]
In Germany, customers of mobility service provider UTA Edenred can now use UTA eCharge, a new solution for charging electric and hybrid vehicles. UTA eCharge provides access to over 295,000 public charging points in 32 European countries. Charging stations can be quickly and easily located via a smartphone app (available for iOS and Android), and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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, […]
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, […]
