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Toyota's Andy Winebloom discusses PPWR compliance, design-for-packaging and Toyota's strategy for smarter vehicle launches
Disruption is the new normal: Key themes and takeaways from ALSC Europe 2026
Iran war continues to impact automotive supply chain: Strait of Hormuz access and energy price volatility remain key concerns
Driving sustainable logistics together: Insights from JLR’s Levent Yuksel

Digitalisation

XPeng and Vinturas partner on blockchain visibility tech for European expansion

Megan Kelly

Trade and compliance

US Trade Representative begins Section 301 forced labour investigations into 60 countries

James McLoughlin

Vehicle logistics and RoRo shipping

Salloum Logistics becomes Polaris Logistics, part of the new Polaris Group

James McLoughlin

Developments in the Middle EastView more

Global impact and analysis

Iran war continues to impact automotive supply chain: Strait of Hormuz access and energy price volatility remain key concerns

Passing through the Strait of Hormuz

‘Maximum disruption’ in Strait of Hormuz as 16 vessels are hit during US-Israel war on Iran

Crude oil climbs to almost $120 per barrel

Oil prices surge due to US-Israel war on Iran, impacting automotive logistics and supply chains

The chain reaction

Iran conflict threatens key shipping routes in the Middle East; shippers halt operations, re-route vessels and introduce surcharges

That's a wrap on ALSC EuropeView more

Executive profilesView more

Cummins, Robin Newing

Cummins is turning packaging into a managed supply chain asset

Aston Martin; Daimler Truck

Building resilience from the ground up is a daily discipline at Aston Martin and Daimler Truck

Matthias Bartels, VW Group Logistics

Volkswagen readies its container network for PPWR

IN FOCUS: EV & BatteryView more

On the red sofaView more

Marcio Lucon, GM

GM’s Marcio Lucon on agility, packaging strategy and EV logistics transformation

Marcio Lucon discusses how GM is embedding logistics early in decision-making, optimising packaging, adapting to EV growth and transforming aftersales supply chains.

Levent Yuksel, JLR

Driving sustainable logistics together: Insights from JLR’s Levent Yuksel

At ALSC Europe 2026, Jaguar Land Rover’s Freight Operations Director shares how industry-wide collaboration, green corridors, and innovative network strategies are key to achieving sustainable automotive logistics.

Anu Goel, Volkswagen Group of America

Strategies for dealing with uncertainty and the impact of tariffs on parts and service

Anu Goel, executive vice president, group aftersales and service at VW, discusses how automotive supply chains have adapted to address uncertainty since the US' introduction of global tariffs.

Features View more

EV and battery

Europe’s battery supply chain shifts to ‘marathon’ phase

Uneven EV demand, global overcapacity and rising complexity are reshaping battery logistics in, as leaders from PowerCo and CATL highlight the shift from sprint to marathon with a need for resilient supply chains, deeper partnerships and localisation across Europe and beyond.

Megan Kelly

Automotive resilience lessons

Disruption is the new normal: Key themes and takeaways from ALSC Europe 2026

From AI and data strategy to green logistics, packaging regulation and the evolving role of supply chain in boardroom decisions, ALSC Europe 2026 brought together industry leaders in Bonn. What emerged was a clear and increasingly confident argument that the companies investing in collaboration, technology and talent are building competitive advantage from uncertainty.

James McLoughlin

Digitalisation

How OEMs are using data, AI and collaboration to transform O2D

Audi, Aston Martin, Genpact, and MSC Germany are reshaping the order-to-delivery process through transparency, AI-driven decision-making, and cross-functional collaboration.

Megan Kelly

Analysis View more

Trump's tariff moves

US Customs and Border Protection prepares for tariff refunds after Supreme Court decision on Trump's IEEPA global tariffs

EV and battery

EV slowdown drives hybrid shift as Stellantis, Ford, GM and Honda reset automotive logistics

Global EV demand slows, driving hybrid growth as Stellantis, Ford, GM and Honda reset strategies. Automotive logistics providers face greater complexity and volatility, needing flexible, multi-powertrain supply chains and selective battery investment to match uneven electrification.

Megan Kelly

Supply chain

VW Group speeds up production cycle with ‘In China, for China’ strategy

VW Group has delivered its first vehicle off the production line through its “In China, for China” strategy, with the ID.UNYX 08 having been developed in just 24 months and now entering series production.

Megan Kelly

European supply chain uncertainty

Uncertainty looms for automotive supply chains in Europe

Geopolitical instability, trade volatility, policy ambiguity and economic stagnation are contributing to uncertainty for automotive supply chains across Europe in 2026.

James McLoughlin

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Partner content

FlexLink Online Store is open for business

FlexLink has launched an online platform to help customers identify, configure and purchase material handling systems, including for EV battery cell conveyance.

Automotive Logistics

Thirty years of urgency: lessons in resilience in time-critical logistics

Expedited logistics services have evolved over the last 30 years from an emergency measure to a strategy of resilience as supply chains have become more complex and disruption has increased.

Automotive Logistics

Logistics is a strategic tool to stay competitive

In the face of supply chain disruption and the EV evolution, European carmakers need to treat logistics as a strategic and flexible tool, says DP World.

Automotive Logistics

Inbound logistics View more

Red Sofa interview

Toyota's Andy Winebloom discusses PPWR compliance, design-for-packaging and Toyota's strategy for smarter vehicle launches

At ALSC Europe, Toyota's Andy Winebloom discussed design-for-packaging, PPWR compliance and Toyota's six-step approach to smart vehicle launches and packaging.

Automotive Logistics

AI-driven supply chains

From firefighting to foresight: how automotive supply chains are learning to trust their data

At ALSC Europe 2026, leaders from ZF Lifetec, Stellantis, Shippeo and Blue Yonder laid out why closing the gap between data and it's use is less about the sophistication of the technology and more about the unglamorous work that has to come first; and why, once the foundations are right, the transformation can move faster than most organisations expect.

Anushka Dixit

Mergers and acquisitions

Tawin Holdings acquires transport provider inTime Group

Tawin Holdings, which owns of Priority Freight, has agreed with Mutares SE & Co to purchase inTime Express Logistik and its subsidiaries: TLT and Routewise.

James McLoughlin

Vehicle logisticsView more

Sustainable logistics

Going green at scale demands more than ambition; it demands a different kind of partnership

As leaders from JLR, Volvo Group and Wallenius Wilhelmsen made clear at ALSC Europe 2026, the gap between what is possible and what is deployed for low-emission logistics at scale is not primarily a technology problem. It is a collaboration, affordability and ecosystem problem and solving it will require the industry to work in ways it has never worked before.

Anushka Dixit

Vehicle logistics

Volkswagen Group: AI and automated driving set to transform vehicle logistics and yard operations

At Volkswagen Group Logistics, automated driving, AI and data-driven optimisation are reshaping vehicle logistics, helping to improve efficiency, forecasting and yard management across the OEM’s global networks.

Megan Kelly

Supply chain resilience

Turning supply chain disruption into competitive advantage at GM, Schaeffler, and Toyota

At ALSC Europe 2026 in Bonn, leaders from General Motors, Schaeffler, Maersk, Toyota Motor Europe and Kinaxis discussed how companies pulling ahead are the ones that have restructured how logistics fits into the enterprise before the crisis arrives.

Anushka Dixit

Supply chain View more

Tariffs and trade

Vehicles and parts exempt from new global tariffs after US Supreme Court rules initial tariffs illegal

The US Supreme Court has ruled Trump's global tariffs under the IEEPA illegal. They've been replaced by a new 15% tariff, from which auto products are exempt.

James McLoughlin

Digitalisation in service parts logistics

Service parts retailer Autodoc to modernise last-mile delivery with AI-powered platform

Automotive parts retailer Autodoc has partnered with last-mile technology provider FarEye to modernise its delivery processes and improve customer experience.

James McLoughlin

Audi continues scaling up AI in production and logistics, reducing lead times and streamlining logistics

AI in production and supply chain

Audi continues deployment of AI in production and logistics

Audi is scaling up AI deployment in production and logistics to improve factory and supply chain processes in line with its digitalisation roadmap and 360factory strategy.

James McLoughlin

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Must reads

Latest newsView more

Toyota's Andy Winebloom discusses PPWR compliance, design-for-packaging and Toyota's strategy for smarter vehicle launches

Disruption is the new normal: Key themes and takeaways from ALSC Europe 2026

Iran war continues to impact automotive supply chain: Strait of Hormuz access and energy price volatility remain key concerns

Driving sustainable logistics together: Insights from JLR’s Levent Yuksel

XPeng and Vinturas partner on blockchain visibility tech for European expansion

US Trade Representative begins Section 301 forced labour investigations into 60 countries

Salloum Logistics becomes Polaris Logistics, part of the new Polaris Group

Developments in the Middle EastView more

Iran war continues to impact automotive supply chain: Strait of Hormuz access and energy price volatility remain key concerns

‘Maximum disruption’ in Strait of Hormuz as 16 vessels are hit during US-Israel war on Iran

Oil prices surge due to US-Israel war on Iran, impacting automotive logistics and supply chains

Iran conflict threatens key shipping routes in the Middle East; shippers halt operations, re-route vessels and introduce surcharges

That's a wrap on ALSC EuropeView more

Red Sofa interview

Toyota's Andy Winebloom discusses PPWR compliance, design-for-packaging and Toyota's strategy for smarter vehicle launches

EV and battery

Europe’s battery supply chain shifts to ‘marathon’ phase

Red Sofa interview

Inside Renault Group’s EV battery service parts and aftersales supply chain

Automotive resilience lessons

Disruption is the new normal: Key themes and takeaways from ALSC Europe 2026

Red Sofa interview

Driving sustainable logistics together: Insights from JLR’s Levent Yuksel

Executive profilesView more

Cummins is turning packaging into a managed supply chain asset

Building resilience from the ground up is a daily discipline at Aston Martin and Daimler Truck

Volkswagen readies its container network for PPWR

IN FOCUS: EV & BatteryView more

Europe’s battery supply chain shifts to ‘marathon’ phase

Inside Renault Group’s EV battery service parts and aftersales supply chain

EV slowdown drives hybrid shift as Stellantis, Ford, GM and Honda reset automotive logistics

VW Group speeds up production cycle with ‘In China, for China’ strategy

FlexLink Online Store is open for business

On the red sofaView more

GM’s Marcio Lucon on agility, packaging strategy and EV logistics transformation

Driving sustainable logistics together: Insights from JLR’s Levent Yuksel

Strategies for dealing with uncertainty and the impact of tariffs on parts and service

Features View more

Europe’s battery supply chain shifts to ‘marathon’ phase

Disruption is the new normal: Key themes and takeaways from ALSC Europe 2026

How OEMs are using data, AI and collaboration to transform O2D

Analysis View more

US Customs and Border Protection prepares for tariff refunds after Supreme Court decision on Trump's IEEPA global tariffs

EV slowdown drives hybrid shift as Stellantis, Ford, GM and Honda reset automotive logistics

VW Group speeds up production cycle with ‘In China, for China’ strategy

Uncertainty looms for automotive supply chains in Europe

Business intelligence reportsView more

Partner contentView more

FlexLink Online Store is open for business

Thirty years of urgency: lessons in resilience in time-critical logistics

Logistics is a strategic tool to stay competitive

Inbound logistics View more

Toyota's Andy Winebloom discusses PPWR compliance, design-for-packaging and Toyota's strategy for smarter vehicle launches

From firefighting to foresight: how automotive supply chains are learning to trust their data

Tawin Holdings acquires transport provider inTime Group

Vehicle logisticsView more

Going green at scale demands more than ambition; it demands a different kind of partnership

Volkswagen Group: AI and automated driving set to transform vehicle logistics and yard operations

Turning supply chain disruption into competitive advantage at GM, Schaeffler, and Toyota

Supply chain View more

Vehicles and parts exempt from new global tariffs after US Supreme Court rules initial tariffs illegal

Service parts retailer Autodoc to modernise last-mile delivery with AI-powered platform

Audi continues deployment of AI in production and logistics

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