There was a lot of industry interest in a recent post about Who has liftvans for sale? A lot of interest. Many of those poring through the article were local movers curious to see if these corrugated alternatives to the traditional Type II wooden containers could be used to move the growing backlog of small [...]
It's a question I'm being asked a lot lately. The entire household goods moving industry is fighting over any available liftvan or mobile/portable container capacity they can find this summer – especially as the backlog of hard-to-service, unassigned small shipments still sitting on the dock or warehouse floor continues to grow! To meet this growing [...]
On March 19, 2012, moving container granddaddy Portable On Demand Storage (PODS) became part of a bankruptcy protection plan filed by Arcapita Bank, a $7.4 billion Bahraini investment firm in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. In the news release announcing their court filing, Arcapita said it had more [...]
Atlanta dealer places portable moving and storage containers here, there and everywhereThirty years ago or so a large international container transportation company wrestled with how to overcome the full service moving industry's reluctance to use container-on-flat-car (COFC) rail service to move household goods (HHG) on in their new dedicated double-stack intermodal rail routes. Their challenge [...]
Competitively priced alternative for moving a small amount of furniture and personal effectsThe other day a California coed inquired about a small, affordable household goods shipping solution she'd recently uncovered. She's spreading her wings for the first time since graduating and, having never moved before, was quite concerned about being ripped off after hearing some [...]
United Van Lines, America’s #1 Mover, recently unveiled it's new, updated paint scheme by aligning itself to a piece of Americana – the Bald Eagle. When the Great Seal was adopted in 1782, the eagle was chosen as the emblem of the United States of America because of its long life, enduring strength, and [...]
For years Mayflower Transit proudly boasted about being “the most recognized name in moving” because of it's nationally trademarked ship logo, distinctive patented lettering, and easily recognized vivid green, red, and yellow billboard paint design which became the hallmark of all their over-the-road equipment. But, alas, no more! The ship has been re-outfitted. The [...]
Received an email from a nervous reader asking if the Smart Move container service option she saw reviewed was a good idea for moving a few of her personal things from her mother's home just outside of Akron to her new job in the Silicon Valley. She's getting ready to spread her wings for [...]
Several years ago during a private vu déjà moment in which he shared his retirement plans, a well respected captain of the moving industry predicted that the rapid growth of the the do-it-yourself mobile/portable container market and self-storage facilities would challenge – and perhaps eventually overshadow – the revenue volume of most full service movers. [...]
To combat the wave of consumer and corporate belt-tightening, members of the traditional full-service relocation industry continue to scramble to take advantage of the growing interest in do-it-yourself (DIY) moving and storage options . And now there’s a new kid on the block. Covan World-Wide Moving, Inc., one the Southeast’s largest privately held full [...]
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