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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 [...]

Some RELO Roundtable subscribers and Linkedin connections might be aware of my personal penchant for using relevant moving industry indices and uniform quality metrics to search for and select the most qualified relocation product and service providers. On January 1, 2012, MoversReviewed.com announced the beta launch of their new consumer oriented database of active moving [...]

Anyone moving to, through, or away from The Garden State can expect their relocation related trip expenses to jump substantially if they use either the New Jersey Turnpike or Garden State Parkway as part of their itinerary. Revelers who celebrated the New Year watching the ball drop at New York's famous Times Squares celebration were [...]

Does national branding hurt local business? It might if you're in the moving industry. Quite a few new visitors stumbled across this site while researching both do-it-yourself (DIY) and full-service moving and storage options, or trying to search for local container or equipment rental companies or material suppliers online. As the economy continues to struggle, [...]

On December 19th, the U.S. military Surface Deployment Distribution Command (SDDC) posted a link to their baseline 400NG tariff rates in the Personal Property section of the SDDC website.  These are to be used in the Department of Defense's new automated procurement process, the Defense Personal Property System (DPS), to move the household goods shipments [...]

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 [...]

Designed to fill employment needs in the relocation nicheAre you in the market for an experienced household goods or special products salesperson?  How about a responsible claims adjuster, experienced operations or warehouse manager. local crew chief, or a hardworking, tenured independent owner-operator? Perhaps you're one of the disenfranchised or downsized employees, or hungry van operators [...]

Move for Hunger is among only 25 U.S. charities chosen to compete for grants ranging from $125,000 to $1 million through the American Giving Awards, a Celebrity Tribute to Community Heroes presented by Chase. Winners will be selected based on the public's votes on Facebook and at Chase.com.  Move For Hunger is a 501 (c)(3) [...]

During a recent Twitter #movechat, I posted a link to a comprehensive little tool that can be used by anyone shopping for quality moving services. The next day there were several requests for permission to use it in the in-box. A few came from industry; some from potential customers.  With this new Moving Cost Estimate [...]

  Why would you need Personal Bed Bug Detector when moving? Bed bugs are small, flat insects that feed primarily on the blood of sleeping people and animals. The adults are reddish-brown, shaped like a flattened oval, and wingless. Their nymphs are translucent, lighter in color than the parents but become browner as they reach [...]