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Most reputable members the full-service household goods moving industry refer to those unscrupulous, fly-by-night motor carriers and move brokers who've developed a reputation for being here today and gone tomorrow simply and collectively as rogue operators. Now it appears that the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) has given them another name – "chameleon carriers". [...]

Movers aren’t the only ones frustrated by the military’s arcane procurement processesSeems that it's not just small mom-and-pop moving and storage companies or independent household goods motor carriers who find it difficult to do business with Uncle Sam. On Mar 20 2012, the House Armed Services Committee’s Panel on Business Challenges Within the Defense Industry [...]

Responding to a petition filed by the American Moving and Storage Association and comments submitted by industry consultants from the Moving Pros Network, the Surface Transportation Board announced on March 8, 2012, that it had agreed to postpone the implementation date on a congressional directive to enhance consumer protection when loss or damage occurs during [...]

In addition to the hundreds of articles of pertinent moving industry information cataloged at RELORT, first-time visitors, new readers, and regular subscribers will all find a helpful new relocation resource in the right sidebar of every page. Beginning on February 24, 2012, RELORoundtable.com has installed a new search widget to assist anyone planning (or even [...]

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 [...]