All articles by Automotive Logistics – Page 44
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FeatureMazda PDCs to improve deliveries
Mazda has shed more light on the development of its parts distribution network in North America, following last week's news that it has brought the number of facilities in the region to seven as it seeks to improve delivery times and reduce transport costs there. Four new parts distribution centres ...
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FeatureCaterpillar will export from US
Caterpillar is building a new plant in Athens, Georgia to make small tractors and hydraulic excavators for domestic and export markets. The new plant will continue output previously handled by the construction machine maker's plant in Sagami, Japan. The location has been chosen for its strong local supplier base ...
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FeatureBremerhaven takes lead in Euro vehicle handling
The German port of Bremerhaven has taken the top European spot for vehicle handling in 2011-and likely the world-with a record-breaking volume of 2,050,000 units handled last year. The result represents a 30% increase in vehicle handling compared to the previous year and means Bremerhaven has come from ...
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FeaturePSA and Opel rumoured to be in alliance talks
GM and PSA Peugeot-Citroën are reported to be in advanced talks aimed at establishing an alliance in Europe to build cars and components. The agreement, if it comes to pass, could have implications for supply chain and logistics operations. A report in the Financial Times, quoting sources familiar with ...
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FeaturePorsche Leipzig overhauls lean logistics
Porsche is investing €500m at its Leipzig plant and adapting its lean logistics system to increase output in 2012. The increase will include the full assembly of the Macan SUV (previously referred to as the Cajun), which is being introduced this year at the Saxony plant alongside existing Cayenne ...
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FeatureGlobal round up
Mazda opens latest North American PDCMazda North American Operations (MNAO) has opened the fourth of its new parts distribution centres in the US, part of a network that will include five centres in the US and two in Canada, all part of a $20m network expansion announced in 2010. ...
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FeatureStruggling PSA to sell part of Gefco
PSA Peugeot Citroën has announced plans to divest part of its ownership in Gefco, its logistics and transport subsidiary, in an effort to raise cash and support on-going investment in its automotive division, which today reported a loss in its 2011 financial results amidst a difficult second half ...
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FeatureExtortion on Indian highways
India’s National Permit System, which was introduced in 2010 to facilitate the free interstate movement of goods along the country’s national highways, may be failing to meet its objective because of road-side gangs that are extorting money from truck drivers delivering goods, including finished vehicles. According to first-hand testimony from ...
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FeatureCargoBeamer chooses Calais logistics park
German intermodal transport system provider, CargoBeamer, is conducting what it terms ‘extensive negotiations’ with carmakers and suppliers over the use of its trailer-loading solution, which will operate at the Calais Premier multimodal logistics project currently under construction at the Turquerie industrial park in France. CargoBeamer provides an automated and ...
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FeatureCar Terminal Alicante starts operations
Car Terminal Alicante has established an import-export facility for finished vehicles in the Mediterranean Spanish port of Alicante at Muelles de Poniente. It will mainly handle vehicles being exported to Asia or imported into Spain from that region, as well as sending rental cars to companies in the Balearic ...
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FeatureGlobal round up
Seat starts exports to China from Spain In January, Spanish producer Seat began exporting cars to China from the port of Barcelona, in northeast Spain. The initial consignments, which consisted of 250 Leon units, were shipped directly to the Chinese ports of Huangpu and Xingang. The new service is ...
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FeatureMitsubishi to end European output
Japanese carmaker Mitsubishi will end Colt and Outlander vehicle assembly at its Netherlands Car (Nedcar) production facility in Born at the end of 2012 and has no plans to introduce a new model to the plant in 2013. The company said that the status of the facility beyond then was ...
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FeatureVW builds Mexican distribution hub
In Mexico, Volkswagen has begun construction of a new $23m central distribution facility adjacent to its production plant at Puebla. The logistics hub will open at the end of August 2012. The construction of the facility is being handled by the Alhemos de Puebla company, which is being granted a ...
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FeatureImport tax to savage foreign car sales in Brazil
The Brazilian Association of Vehicle Importing Companies (Abeiva) estimates that the number of vehicles sold by its members in Brazil will fall by 20% in 2012. It blames this on a 30% tax hike imposed on imported vehicles as of 16 December 2011. Industrialised product tax (IPI) is levied ...
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FeatureRenault begins export-led production in Morocco
Renault has started production at its Melhoussa assembly plant in Morocco and will begin shipments of two models through the adjacent Tanger Med port, which has a 20-hectare car carrier terminal capable of handling 1m vehicles a year. The company has confirmed logistics contracts with French logistics providers including SNCF ...
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FeatureDB Schenker begins Portugal-Germany service
DB Schenker Rail Automotive is working with DB Schenker’s national subsidiary in Portugal, Schenker Transitários, to offer customers, including those in the automotive sector, a new weekly rail service between Portugal and Germany. DB Schenker said the trains would connect Porto and Lisbon with factories in northern ...
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FeatureGlobal round up
Russia auto imports grow in 2011Russia saw a 46% increase of vehicle imports in the period January to November 2011 compared to the same period in 2010, raising the number to 901,500 vehicles. According to data from the Russian Federal Customs Agency, nearly 776,000 of these were from countries outside ...
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FeatureFiat-Chrysler will use Mopar
Fiat and Chrysler are integrating their parts and aftermarket services under the Mopar brand, originally a Chrysler service, parts and customer care division that is celebrating its 75th anniversary. The globalisation of the Mopar brand begins today (Wednesday) and is being marked with the release of a new packaging design ...
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FeaturePortland first with Ford for Korea exports
Ocean forwarder Eukor has picked up a consignment of Ford vehicles from the US port of Portland for shipment to South Korea. It is the first time that Ford vehicles have been exported through the port, situated in Oregon, on the US West Coast. The vehicles were processed by ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move
Axel Marschall has officially moved to a new position at DB Schenker Rail this week assuming management responsibility for Sales at the European DB Schenker Rail Group. He is now member of the Board of Management of DB Schenker Rail Deutschland responsible for Sales, the responsibility he took over on ...