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Global news in brief

2011-01-19T00:00:00Z

Evolution Time Critical celebrates 10th anniversaryEmergency logistics provider Evolution Time Critical is celebrating ten years of activity supporting global carmakers and suppliers.“We have developed with the automotive industry over the past decade and moulded our services to meet its needs,” said managing directory, Brad Brennan. “We have continually sought to ...
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Mexican-made Fiat bound for China

2011-01-19T00:00:00Z

Following last week’s news that Chrysler will be exporting the Fiat 500 minicar to Brazil and wider South America from its Toluca facility in Mexico (read more here), CEO Sergio Marchionne has said that Fiat-Chrysler will also export the model to China. Sales in China are expected to begin this ...
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Executives on the move

2011-01-12T00:00:00Z

In a spate of new moves at Russian automotive importer and logistics company Rolf Group, it has been announced that Igor Salita will take over as CEO of the group from January 11th, replacing Nick Hawkins who is leaving the company to pursue other career opportunities in Russia. Salita will ...
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Chrysler FIRE raises Fiat stake

2011-01-12T00:00:00Z

Chrysler’s production of a fuel-efficient engine for inclusion in the Fiat 500 minicar at its Dundee plant in Michigan was recognised on Monday as meeting one of the three key performance targets outlined in the company’s operating agreement with the Italian carmaker. As a consequence Fiat has now increased its ...
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Global risks for the supply chain

2011-01-12T00:00:00Z

The World Economic Forum published its sixth annual Global Risks report this week, highlighting a range of interconnected risks such as macroeconomic imbalances, the illegal economy, and growing resource shortages. Once again, the report touched on a number of risks that could pose threats to global supply chains for manufacturers, ...
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Global news in brief

2011-01-12T00:00:00Z

Nissan launches car carrier for Leaf shipmentsNissan has launched a new energy efficient ro-ro vessel – M/V City of St. Petersburg – for the shipment of Leaf electric vehicles to Northern Europe and Russia from the UK. The ship will move vehicles produced at the Sunderland plant when production of ...
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WWL begins operations at Jurong Port

2011-01-12T00:00:00Z

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) has begun operations at Singapore’s Jurong Port following the signing of a lease agreement to manage an on-dock processing centre that will support manufacturers of high and heavy ro-ro equipment. "Through this partnership, WWL will make extensive use of Jurong Port’s ro-ro capabilities. This will further ...
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GM Europe to boost exports in 2012

2011-01-12T00:00:00Z

Opel CEO Nick Reilly said this week that the company would be raising exports to new markets in an effort help the GM subsidiary, with Insignia, Astra and Corsa models confirmed for shipment to Australia from 2012 and countries including Chile and Israel also targeted as export destinations. Other markets ...
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Executives on the move

2011-01-05T00:00:00Z

As reported at the end of December, Toyota Motor Europe has combined responsibility for inbound and outbound logistics. Levent Yuksel has moved from his position at Toyota Motor’s production control department in Japan to take up a new role as director of Production Parts Logistics and Vehicle Logistics. He replaces ...
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China growth goes on despite cuts

2011-01-05T00:00:00Z

The new year has seen an end to the Chinese government’s sales tax incentive on small vehicles at the same time that Beijing brings in new measures to restrict vehicle registrations in the city. The measures underline the extent to which the Chinese government influences the domestic market, however most ...
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Chery signs logistics deal with Chinese LSPs

2011-01-05T00:00:00Z

Chery Auto has signed an agreement with the biggest automotive logistics provider in China – Anji Automotive Logistics – for vehicle transport and related logistics activity there that also includes tie ups with Dalian Port and Beijing Changjiu Logistics. Anji Automotive Logistics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Shanghai Automotive Industry ...
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Cat Logistics to open centre in Dubai

2011-01-05T00:00:00Z

Caterpillar Logistics Services is planning to open a new aftermarket parts distribution centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates as part of the expansion of its Cat Parts distribution network in Europe, Africa and the Middle East (EAME). Operations for the new Dubai Distribution Centre, which will be support the distribution ...
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Global news in brief

2011-01-05T00:00:00Z

Tata suffers tragic lossIt was with great sadness that Automotive Logistics News learned of the passing away this week of Subodh Marathe, country head of the Fiat Product Group at Tata Motors. Marathe, who was just 47 years old, suffered a heart attack. He is survived by his wife and ...
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2011 conference season kicks off in Bonn

2011-01-05T00:00:00Z

The 2011 Automotive Logistics conference season is set to begin with a bang as more speakers have now been confirmed for the 9th annual Automotive Logistics Europe conference, including top logistics executives from major carmakers such as General Motors, Daimler, BMW, Ford of Europe, Audi and others. The conference, the ...
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A question of trust in India

2010-12-15T00:00:00Z

The question of trust was central to discussions at this year’s Automotive Logistics India conference held in Chennai last week. While the automotive sector has shown growth among the fastest in world this year, on pace to reach 2.8m passenger car sales, and forecasts expected to double that over the ...
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STVA supports Renault in Morocco with Geodis

2010-12-15T00:00:00Z

French rail provider STVA has entered into a joint venture with freight manager Geodis Wilson for the provision of finished vehicle rail wagons and compound management for Renault when its €600m greenfield plant in Tangier, North Africa goes into production in January 2012. The plant is based in the Melloussa ...
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Global news in brief

2010-12-15T00:00:00Z

Ford extends aftersales contract with Norbert DentressangleFord has signed a multi-million, two-year contract extension with Norbert Dentressangle Transport Services for the distribution of aftersales parts to the carmaker’s 300 UK dealers. The operation involves Norbert Dentressangle collecting orders from Ford’s Daventry facility for onward delivery directly to the dealerships overnight ...
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China doubles vehicle imports, LSPs benefit

2010-12-15T00:00:00Z

While vehicle exports from China are surging, with more than 483,000 units recorded in the January to November period (up more than 68% from a year earlier), the country has also seen a big increase in vehicle imports that are reported to have more than doubled in the first ten ...
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Benaim to leave Toyota Motors Europe

2010-12-15T00:00:00Z

Big changes at Toyota Motors Europe, due to come into effect in January, include the appointment of a new director of vehicle logistics following the announcement that Emile Benaim will retire at the end of the year. Benaim’s successor is Levent Yuksel, who will take responsibility of both the Production ...
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Auto imports lag behind strong KPIs at Bremerhaven

2010-12-15T00:00:00Z

Automotive throughput at the port of Bremerhaven is lagging behind container and contract business despite a strong pre-tax performance overall according to port operator BLG. “In 2010, we expect pre-tax earnings of around €30m (previous year: €16.5m), thus clearly exceeding our expectations,” said BLG’s CEO Detthold Aden at the Bremen ...