Hey movers! In case you haven't noticed, there's an elephant in your front room. And that big pink pachyderm sitting on top of your industry interests is squishing the profitability out of your business. What's worse is that he's got a whole lot of relatives standing in line waiting to invade the same shrinking piece [...]
On January 10, 2012, the Surface Transportation Board (STB), the successor agency to the Interstate Commerce Commission housed within the U.S. Department of Transportation, made three (3) major changes in the way that shipment valuation will apply when licensed household goods carriers transport interstate shipments for individual (COD) shippers. The STB ruling clarified a earlier [...]
One of the reasons I enjoy hanging around the self-storage community is that those who work in the trenches seem to enjoy a free, unfettered, and mutually-supportive exchange of opinions and ideas – regardless of each individuals position, tenure, or brand affiliation within the industry. That's the reason the RSS link to Inside Self-Storage (ISS) [...]
ABF Freight System, one of the nation's largest less-than-load (LTL) common and contract general freight motor carriers, has produced a two new migration trends infographics. (Click individual graphic to see a larger image.) The first illustrates the relocation patterns of their individual customers who moved themselves using the LTL freight company's two do-it-yourself transportation options [...]
As part of an ongoing investigation, the staff at the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation recently invited representatives of the International Association of Movers (IAM) to join them to answer questions regarding their official inquiry. IAM is a global association of movers and forwarders based in the shadows of Capitol Hill. The [...]
Greg Hoover has joined A. Arnold World Class Relocation in Louisville as the President and CEO, effective January 17, 2012. Recently Hoover held the position of Chief Executive Officer at Bekins Van Lines. Previously he was part of Evansville based Atlas World Group as Chief Marketing Officer, and then President/COO. As President, Hoover assumes the [...]
The Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC) has released their new Defense Personal Property Program Domestic 400NG and International Tender for 2012. Both documents contain the military's latest new rules for governing the interstate, intrastate and international movement of personal property and household goods for Department of Defense (DOD) and the Coast Guard (CG) [...]
RELO Roundtable WILL NOT BE publishing any new moving and storage industry content or updating any of site's more than 450 relocation related articles on Wednesday, January 18th. This action is being taken as personal protest against the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) (HR 3261) in the U.S. House of Representatives, and the PROTECT [...]
Bad guys beware!On January 10, 2012, the US Attorney's Office filed a fifty five (55) count indictment in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado against defendants Yaron “Roni” Levin, Liat “Lee” Levin, Francisco Guevara, John Allen Darby, Golden Hand Moving LLC, and Movers USA LLC. The plaintiff's charges allege that each [...]
United Van Lines, the largest household goods mover in the U.S, has released their 35th annual migration study which tracks where the household goods carrier's customers move from and to over the past 12 months. They started tracking the data back 1977. This year's study is based on 146,278 interstate household moves handled within the [...]
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