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The American Moving & Storage Association (AMSA) is the non-profit trade association representing members of the professional moving industry based primarily in the United States. Its approximately 4,000 members consist of van lines, their agents, independent movers, forwarders, industry suppliers, and certain individuals and organizations (AMSA does not represent the self-storage industry). AMSA administers the industry’s ProMover quality certification program, aimed at consumers. It offers its members professional training and certification and provides them with federal government representation, statistical industry reporting, arbitration services for loss or damage claims, safety and compliance guidance, federal government rate filing, professional conferences, public relations, publications, and annual safety and quality awards. It publishes a bimonthly magazine, ''Direction'', and a quarterly data summary, ''Industry Trends''. Based in Alexandria, Virginia, AMSA is affiliated with 27 state moving associations and several international moving associations. Its Moving & Storage Institute, founded in 2001, sponsors industry research and scholarships. == History == AMSA is the result of three predecessors merging over time: the National Moving & Storage Association (NMSA), the American Movers Conference (AMC), and the Household Goods Carriers’ Bureau (HGCB). The NMSA, the first national U.S. trade association for movers, was founded on Mackinac Island, Michigan in 1920 as the National Furniture Warehousemen’s Association and later became headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.promover.org/content.asp?pl=1&sl=36&contentid=36 )〕 In 1935, the Household Goods Movers’ Group of the American Trucking Association was formed as a separate trade organization, changing its name in 1962 to the American Movers Conference.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.fairpricemovers.com/the-history-of-the-american-moving-storage-association/ )〕 The HGCB was established in 1936 to help carriers comply with the Motor Carrier Act of 1935. In 1994, the AMC and the HGCB merged; and in 1998, the AMC and the NMSA merged to form American Moving & Storage Association.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「American Moving & Storage Association」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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