With the attention on reducing the impact daily living has on the world that we live in, is important to all businesses; this includes the moving industry. It can be difficult to be green if your business is about moving people from one place to another. But things are changing in the moving business and there are lots of ways that you are able to reduce bills and prevent landfill sites around the world from becoming full from the moving industry.

When you are in the moving business you know only too well the cost of moving premises, the insurances involved and other costs that add up. But when you are looking to expand your own business you need to be extra cautious in a market that has the potential to collapse at any minute. This article discusses staffing, getting loans, and expanding into other services.

When all around you is closing down and the jobs that were once easy to come by have all but gone, how do you expand and grow in this economy? There are companies that are expanding and growing, when all else seems to want to pack up and shut down; the correct answer is to find the right area to grow.

As with all cases of fraud, the FMCSA has taken action against those movers that have failed to provide the service that they charged customers for. It has been found that these companies, which are situated in Florida, South Carolina and Maryland, have failed their customers and have therefore shut down five companies because of their bad practice.

The well-known “Hours of Service” rule that is presently in effect for any long haul driver is currently undergoing some interesting changes that will play an important role in regards to the moving industry.

In the first part of this two-part article we discussed the foundations that have built and strengthened the recent rise of containerization in the moving industry. In the final part of this article we will be discussing how containerization is shaping the moving world, and what the future holds for the world of containers.