All articles by Automotive Logistics – Page 24
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FeatureWake up and smell the coffee…in Bonn
Carmakers continue to radically re-shape their supply chains across greater Europe to reflect both the shift east of production and the prolonged slump in demand for new cars.In tomorrow’s Europe that is putting faster and more responsive logistics back as a competitive advantage, not just a cheaper way of building ...
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Correction: ECG column and EU legislation
The ECG column that appeared in the most recent issue of Finished Vehicle Logistics on p70 contained some errors in the edited version that have now been corrected online. The printed version implied that the ECG had taken the lead role in instigating a change to the Irish cabotage rule, which ...
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FeatureInform - Next generation of yard management system
The webinar showed how customers such as Volkswagen, Indonesia Port Corporation, and ICO/NYK Line have achieved the next level of efficiency by using the yard management system SyncroTESS. Popular amongst large maritime terminals, plant compounds and inland distribution hubs around the world, this complimentary session explores the main success factors ...
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FeatureEurope’s outbound sector meets in Berlin
Delegates are heading to the ECG Conference in Germany next week in search of positive signs for European vehicle logistics. ECG is the Association of European Vehicle Logistics and its 2013 conference takes place at the InterContinental Hotel in Berlin on Friday October 11th. The annual meeting brings together the ...
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FeatureLive streaming from US conference
Lovett Hall, Henry Ford Museum played host to a fabulous gala dinner hosted by premier sponsor RyderFrom his Delta Airlines flight at 30,000ft, ICL president Patrick Donahoe watched live video streaming from the 2013 Automotive Logistics Global conference, which finished yesterday in Detroit. The event was our first to ...
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FeatureLetter to the Editor – Changing claims for damage
Dear Editor,Your article, Changing claims for damage, makes some valid points but surely the biggest effect on reducing insurance claims is to actually reduce the number of accidents in the first place? And reducing vehicle movements, and hence the risk of damage during movements, will have the largest effect overall. ...
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FeatureRiggs honoured as entrepreneur
Mike Riggs, chairman of Jack Cooper Holdings, has been recognised for his entrepreneurship at the Central Midwest regional heat of the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2013 Awards. The award, held annually by the global accountancy, recognises outstanding high-growth entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success ...
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FeatureCounting cost of 'MOL Comfort' disaster
Automotive OEMs and tier one suppliers are trying to assess what losses they may have made following the break up of the Mitsui OSK container vessel – MOL Comfort – off the coast of Yemen, which was carrying almost 4,400 containers.“We have been in contact with a number of ...
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FeatureMerc develops sales and dealer network in China
Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz division has set up a sales management unit for China in Stuttgart, Germany and announced the expansion of its dealer network in China, as well as a new aftersales initiative. The company said that all sales functions will be coordinated by the Stuttgart-based unit, Sales Management ...
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FeatureGlobal round up: Bosporus Shuttle, VW opens PDC, CP cuts time cross country, Rolfo updates Ego, Dealer satisfaction survey
DB Schenker to launch ‘Bosporus Shuttle’ in SeptemberDB Schenker Rail will start a new service between Germany and Turkey in September this year that will eventually offer five pairs of trains per week to enhance its existing service between Western Europe and Turkey. The service supports both finished vehicle ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move: Arild Iversen, Chris Connor, Robert Johnson,Hubertus Troska,
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics has a new president and CEO following the departure of Arild Iversen, who is moving on to a new role as consultant to WWL and its parent companies Wilhelmsen Lines and Wilhelmsen ASA. Chris Conner, who was most recently deputy CEO and chief commercial officer, took ...
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FeatureClear advantages for Russia localisation
Localisation of the automotive supply chain in Russia is critical to being a major player in the market according to speakers at this week’s Automotive Logistics Russia conference in Moscow. Speakers from General Motors and Russia’s Gaz Group said such localisation would be necessary not just because of the ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move: Gerrit Hes,Brian Taylor,Jesper Hansen,Erik Jonnaert,
Gerrit Hes has left his position as managing director at Koopman Logistics Group, a role he has been in for the last five years. According to a letter sent out by Siebe Koopman, director of parent company Koopman Holding, Hes decided to stand down from his position on June ...
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FeatureDHL reveals vehicle launch service
DHL has introduced a three-stage modular process for new vehicle launches that it says covers the entire product launch cycle from prototype to marketing and can reduce to a minimum the supply chain incidents that occur along the way. At a special DHL Automotive meeting held in Paris, France ...
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FeatureGM changes production disclosure
General Motors has said it will stop reporting its monthly production figures from its North American plants and provide only the number of wholesale deliveries it makes on a quarterly basis. A spokesman for the carmaker told Automotive Logistics News that it will continue to provide forecasts to the ...
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FeatureGlobal round up: Vehnet RFID, Russia road tolls, Kerry in China, Neovia buys MIQ, Stuttgart logistics park for Mercedes
Vehnet teams up with RF Code to supply improved RFID toolYard management specialist Vehnet is entering a strategic partnership with RF Code, a provider of RFID locating technology, to improve the tracking of reusable containers. The companies said their combined technology will deliver the most advanced Active RFID solution ...
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FeatureBrazil omits safeguards for ro-ro in ports bill
The Brazilian government has revised the law governing new terminal investment at the country’s ports this month following the announcement last December that it was introducing a $26m incentive programme to solve endemic problems of congestion. The previous law (8630/93) applying to terminal development stated that the port authority ...
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FeatureSpanish dealers raided in anti-trust action
The Spanish government’s anti-trust authority, the National Competition Commission (CNC), is investigating a number of automotive dealers and distributors across the country that are suspected of being involved in the price fixing of vehicles and services, as well as the exchange of commercially sensitive information. The organisation, which carried ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move: Michael Kluger, Mark Ellis, Herbert de Saint Simon, Michael Hawes
Michael Kluger has taken up a new role as vice president of the Commercial Division at Neovia Logistics. Kluger has been working as a visiting lecturer at the Baden-Würtemberg Cooperative State University since October 2012, a position he took up when he left DB Schenker Deutschland where ...
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FeatureMexico is mission critical
Either you are in Mexico today or you will be tomorrow. It is a location that is mission critical to the business of carmakers and logistics providers alike but at the moment it is a puzzle with many different pieces, each with its own challenge for the automotive industry. ...