ePortal Newsletter: Dec. 7, 2022

December 07, 2022

In this Issue:

  • Renewal Season is Upon Us
  • Top Five News Stories You Might Have Missed
  • IAMTrusted Moving Company
  • DHS delays REAL ID compliance to 2025
  • New Code of Ethics
  • Alex Kiefer Joins the IAM-YP Management Board
  • IAM Holiday Schedule
  • IAM Membership Updates

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Renewal Season is Upon Us

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IAM membership demonstrates your company's commitment to professionalism and excellence to customers and industry partners. There has never been a better time to take advantage of the top resources IAM provides by renewing your membership.

 

On December 6, IAM emailed the renewal notices to the billing contact of each member company. If you still need to do so, please renew your membership as soon as possible to avoid disrupting your IAM member benefits. The renewal invoice is available online in your company profile's "IAM Billing" section in the IAM Mobility Exchange, (IAMX) directory. Learn how to access this feature.


In addition, upon renewal, you will have access to download your 2023 IAM Certificate of Membership to display to your industry partners and customers proudly. Download your certificate of membership at any time in the IAM Mobility Exchange (IAMX) directory under your company profile: Download Certificates

 

Learn more about the offerings available with each membership category. Please contact membership@iamovers.org with any questions.

 

Julia O'Connor

Director, Membership & Database Management

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Top Five News Stories You Might Have Missed

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IAMTrusted Moving Company

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Professionalism Assured, Built on Collaboration and Trust.

 

Did you miss the IAMTrusted webinar this week? Watch it now!

 

Our business relies on our ability to collaborate with service partners operating to professionally expected standards. This system, built on experience and trust, works remarkably well. Most transactions flow seamlessly without formal written contracts but the few exceptions create tremendous friction, inefficiency and financial risk for the industry.

Learn More About This Important Credential and See the Early Adopters who Already Set Themselves Apart

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DHS delays REAL ID compliance to 2025

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Citing lingering Covid-19 backlogs, DHS announced that May 7, 2025, will be the new compliance date. The agency has postponed the deadline several times due to the pandemic, with the most recent deadline being May 3, 2023.

 

Remember that the IAM Annual Meeting will be in Toronto, Canada, next year, so make sure you have a valid passport and visa. 

 

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Portal Magazine

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In every issue of the Portal, we invite our authors to share their experiences, success stories, learning experiences, and vision with others in the moving and forwarding industry. In addition to our regular columns, feature articles for each issue are united by a central theme. 

 

Submit your story today for the upcoming edition of the Portal Magazine. Contact Portal Editor Will Kohudic if you have any questions or want to send him your article.

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New Code of Ethics

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IAM's Ethics Council recently adopted a new Code of Ethics. Every member must agree to the code in order to join or renew membership. Download the text of the code now and review it as soon as possible.

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Alex Kiefer Joins the IAM-YP Management Board

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Alex Kiefer recently joined the IAM-YP Management Board. He has been working at Frey & Klein for more than 14 years, making it his only company of employment in the moving industry. At the age of 18, Alex started dual trainee education at Frey & Klein leading to graduation as a forwarding manager. During this time, he went out with the crew and began with small local moves, moved onto Intra-European moves, and as then became a crew leader to pack VIP moves in other oversea countries.

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IAM Holiday Schedule

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With the upcoming winter holidays, IAM will be closed from Dec. 23 through Jan. 2. We will return to the office on Jan. 3. We wish all our members and partners a wonderful holiday season.

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IAM Country Guides

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IAM’s Country Guides provide customs information for more than 170 countries and territories around the world.

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IAM Membership Updates

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Member News

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Enterprise Database Corporation (EDC®) recognised as a Top 100 Tech Company

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Enterprise Database Corporation (EDC®), which specialises in developing software for the moving and relocation industries, has been recognised as a 2022 Top 100 Tech Company by Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC).

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Pasha Hawaii Fleet Receives 2022 Environmental Achievement Awards from the Chamber of Shipping of America

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Honolulu, HI-based Pasha Hawaii has announced that its fleet in the Hawaii/Mainland trade was recognized with Certificates of Environmental Achievement by the Chamber of Shipping of America for operating a total of 68 years in environmental excellence.

 

Horizon Pacific was honored for 22 consecutive years, Horizon Reliance for 21 years, Horizon Enterprise and Horizon Spirit each at 11 years, and MV Marjorie C for 3 years of environmental excellence.

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 Joe Mwambay Joins Africa Move

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David Vancayseele writes:

"After more than 15 years with Leaders in the Moving Industry in Africa, Joe joins Africa Move as Partner and Country Manager of our new office in Cape Town, South Africa.
 

"Joe will also be our Group Business Development Manager; he is excited to contribute to the development of our rapidly growing African network and strengthen the links we already have with our colleagues and trusted partners.

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Dominic Offer Joins Santa Fe

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Dominic Offer has been appointed to the newly created position of ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) Manager at Santa Fe Relocation.

 

Dom was previously responsible for building a leading industry sustainability initiative, which led to him being invited to share his insights at events and conferences with businesses and associations worldwide.

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Move One Celebrates 30 Years

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Move One Reports:

Today is Move One’s (originally known as AES Cargo) 30th Birthday and also the final day of our East Africa management conference in Nairobi, Kenya. From very humble beginnings in 1992, we are proud to have now expanded into 55 countries. Today we are established in 21 countries in Africa and even have 6 offices throughout Ukraine. I would like to thank all of those who have dedicated so much of their efforts to building and supporting such a great company.

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Gosselin's Partnership with Schelde Exotech puts on weight

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Gosselin has been transporting large industrial components for Schelde Exotech for years. Now that the company is moving to a new location, the weight restrictions no longer apply, and Gosselin is looking forward to new possibilities.

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Netmove Celebrates 27 Years Of Moving Services

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Netmove is celebrating its 27 years on Jan. 16. Since its foundation in 1996, the company has been listening, learning and innovating alongside the moving industry, clients and employees to better understand the evolving needs.

 

After working for some of the major moving companies in Brazil, Arnaldo Petarnela started Netmove from scratch. It was created as a moving management company in a time when Brazilians did not even now what move management was. To contract a moving company without trucks or packers was absolutely insane for some people. In October 2011 Arnaldo decided to invest in operations as well hiring crew, buying trucks, liftvans, containers, investing heavily in infrastructure as there was an opportunity in the Brazilian market for it. 


The celebration of 27 years show that Netmove is on the right track. To keep a business running in Brazil for all these years, going through many domestic and international crisis over decades, is not easy and Netmove has been a case of success.