Automotive Logistics

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Autonomy ahoy: Shipping industry moves toward crewless vessels

GAZ Group is the biggest manufacturers of LCVs in Russia, controlling 44% of the domestic market. Photo - GAZ Group's vehicles

Gaz Group rolls towards bankruptcy

All mixed up: the impact of the SUV trend on European car carriers

Automatisierte Lieferdrohne von ZF / Automated Delivery Drone from ZF

Flight club: Why more logistics operations are signing up to drone technology

Autonomy ahoy: Shipping industry moves toward crewless vessels
Gaz Group rolls towards bankruptcy
All mixed up: the impact of the SUV trend on European car carriers
Flight club: Why more logistics operations are signing up to drone technology

Latest features

Steering the future
2019-06-18T10:29:00+01:00By Victoria Johns
South Africa's dream of an EV supply base
2019-06-03T16:35:00+01:00By Gavin du Venage
Market sharing: New rental platform for underused trucks
2019-05-20T09:38:00+01:00By Victoria Johns

People

New managers on board at Road & Rail
2019-06-12T13:53:00+01:00By Steve Garnsey
Dieter Braun takes over as head of brand logistics at Audi
2019-06-11T10:06:00+01:00By Marcus Williams
Criss Edwards moves from XPO to automotive role at Ceva Logistics
2019-06-04T10:53:00+01:00By Automotive Logistics

OEMs

Volkswagen signs joint venture for assembly in Uzbekistan
2019-06-12T13:14:00+01:00By Vladislav Vorotnikov
Ford announces closure of UK engine plant
2019-06-10T10:02:00+01:00By Steve Garnsey
Toyota to build Hilux pickups in Myanmar from SKD imports
2019-06-04T15:15:00+01:00By Steve Garnsey

Data and reports

Working together to drive out disruption
2019-05-01T16:02:00+01:00By Victoria Johns
A transformation for China's automotive landscape
2019-04-29T18:45:00+01:00By Marcus Williams
Fighting for space at Europe's ports
2019-04-12T16:51:00+01:00By Marcus Williams

Peel Ports on a roll at Sheerness

2019-06-19T09:36:00+01:00By Steve Garnsey

Peel Ports has spent £5.5m ($7m) replacing the Royal Bridge Pontoon to increase overall throughput capacity at Sheerness, part of the London Medway cluster of ports…

Volvo’s Vera gears up for shuttle service

2019-06-19T09:03:00+01:00By Steve Garnsey

Vera, an electric, connected and autonomous vehicle (AV) developed by Volvo Trucks, has begun transporting containers between a DFDS logistics centre in Gothenburg to the APM port terminal in the Swedish city…

US Trade Representative rejects Volvo and GM requests for tariff exemptions

2019-06-12T14:05:00+01:00By Steve Garnsey

The United States Trade Representative (USTR) has turned down separate applications from Volvo and GM to be excluded from a 25% import duty on their Chinese-made SUVs.

New managers on board at Road & Rail

2019-06-12T13:53:00+01:00By Steve Garnsey

Road & Rail Services, based in Kentucky, has appointed two new managers as the third-party logistics (3PL) provider works towards new commercial opportunities

Changan Ford fined for anti-competitive practice in China

2019-06-12T13:50:00+01:00By Steve Garnsey

China’s anti-trust regulator has ordered Changan Ford Automobile, the US carmaker’s 50:50 joint venture with Chongqing Changan Automobile, to pay a penalty of 162.8m yuan ($23.5m) for having restricted prices since 2013.