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What’s killing the household goods moving industry?

By • Feb 3rd, 2012 • Category: COMMENTARY, Department of Transportation (DOT), FMCSA

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 [...]



Senate relies on industry pros to rout out rogue movers

By • Jan 25th, 2012 • Category: Consumer Help, Consumer Protection, FMCSA, Hostage Load, MovingScams, Scammers

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 [...]



Feds crack down on more rogue movers and brokers

By • Jan 15th, 2012 • Category: Consumer Help, Consumer Protection, FMCSA, Hostage Load, MovingScams, Rogue Mover

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 [...]



Senate investigates household goods carriers and move brokers

By • Dec 20th, 2011 • Category: Consumer Help, Consumer Protection, FMCSA, Hostage Load, MovingScams

On Monday, Sen. John D. (Jay) Rockefeller, D-W.Va, chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, announced that his Committee is conducting an investigation into the practice of moving companies holding household goods “hostage” to extract additional money from individuals and families mid-way through their moves. According the committee press release, “thousands [...]



Cell phone ban implemented for commercial drivers

By • Nov 30th, 2011 • Category: FMCSA, Motor Carrier Safety, WHAT'S NEW

Don't get too upset if you're an anxious customer waiting on a return call or text message from your long distance household goods driver or local moving crew and they don't respond immediately. In a joint rule just issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration [...]



FMCSA issues new guidance to movers

By • Aug 14th, 2011 • Category: *RELOCATION NEWS UPDATES*, FMCSA, Rogue Mover, Scammers

On Friday, August 12, 2011, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) issued regulatory guidance to clarify the appropriate and intended use of blank or incomplete documents under 49 CFR 375.501(d) – Must I write up an order for service? Carriers may require shippers to sign incomplete, but not blank, documents so long as the [...]



Visit ProtectYourMove.gov when moving

By • Jul 25th, 2011 • Category: COMMENTARY, Department of Transportation (DOT), FMCSA, Protect Your Move, Rogue Mover

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) just launched a newly designed website to help consumers protect themselves from fraudulent or unscrupulous interstate household goods moving companies. Different format; same content. The announcement comes two and a half months after the start of the relocation industry's traditional summer peak moving season. [...]



Mover testifies against proposed HOS rules

By • Jun 14th, 2011 • Category: *RELOCATION NEWS UPDATES*, FMCSA

On Tuesday, June 13, 2011, J D Morrissette, testified before a House subcommittee hearing titled “Do Not Enter: How Proposed Hours of Service Trucking Rules are a Dead End for Small Businesses.” Morrissette is President of Interstate Van Lines, a mid-sized household goods carrier and military approved transportation service provider based in Springfield, Virginia. JD [...]



Roadcheck 2011 to target illegal movers

By • May 27th, 2011 • Category: *RELOCATION NEWS UPDATES*, FMCSA, Motor Carrier Compliance and Safety

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) announced that their annual 72-hour International Roadcheck will take place this year June 7-9, 2011. Truck and bus safety inspectors will be on the job night and day checking vehicles and their drivers at inspection sites along major highways across North America. In addition, roving patrols will inspect vehicles [...]



Feds bust three California movers

By • Apr 30th, 2011 • Category: *RELOCATION NEWS UPDATES*, FMCSA

FMCSA Press Release 10-11, Friday, April 29, 2011 Three household goods moving companies are facing civil penalty fines of $25,000 each as a result of a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) enforcement sweep which took place in nine major U.S. cities from March 14-18, 2011. The companies are Guardian Moving & Storage of Los [...]



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