All articles by Automotive Logistics – Page 75
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No reason to cancel Nano orders
Cancellations by Tata Nano customers in India frustrated by the delay in delivery of the car are above 15% of total buyers, according to reports in the Indian press. But the frustration may be less the result of a logistics problem and more to do with customer perceptions given the ...
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FeatureGermany ranks no.1 for logistics
Germany topped the rankings of 155 countries rated in the World Bank’s ‘Logistics Performance Index’ (LPI), a report published this week based on more than 5,000 individual country assessments made by around 1,000 international freight forwarders. (Read the full report here info.worldbank.org/etools/tradesurvey/Mode1a.asp) The report highlights a range of categories of ...
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FeatureUK weather puts logistics on ice
As Antarctic temperatures hit the UK last week, with snow and ice bringing many parts of the country to a standstill, automotive logistics companies have been forced to implement a number of measures to protect vehicles, find alternative routes and ensure the safety of drivers and staff. It is the ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move
Following last week’s announcement that the ECG’s executive director Mark Morgan is leaving his position there at the end of March, this week it has been confirmed that he will join Pound Gates in the newly-created post of commercial director. Pound Gates, which is based in the UK with offices ...
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FeatureGM signs specialised and inbound contracts
General Motors has signed two new contracts with logistics service providers in North America for finished vehicle and inbound parts movements. The first, with specialist vehicle carrier Select 1 Transport, will see the LSP handle all specialised movements throughout GM’s North American testing facilities in Michigan, Arizona, and Colorado. The ...
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FeatureMercedes opens Brunswick VPC
Monday saw the arrival of 16,000 Mercedes-Benz vehicles at the US Port of Brunswick, marking the first delivery to the carmaker’s new $17.5m vehicle processing centre (VPC) at the Colonel’s Island terminal. The 6,500m2 facility is the second VPC to be established on the south side of terminal, the other ...
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FeatureStarco gets Agility for Asia parts imports to Europe
European tyre, wheel and axle supplier, Starco Group, has signed a new contract with supply chain solutions provider Agility for procurement logistics between Asia and Europe. In the first stage of the operation Agility will handle the shipping of 8,000 TEUs of parts, including tyres, tubes, wheel rims, complete wheels ...
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FeatureEukor and Hoegh announce additional services
The new year has begun with new service announcements from two of the world’s leading finished vehicle forwarders. Eukor Car Carriers has launched a new fixed weekly service from Europe to China, loading from ports at Wallhamn (Sweden), Bremerhaven (Germany), Antwerp (Belgium) and Southampton (UK), to Shanghai, Xingang and Huangpu ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move
The Association of European Vehicle Logistics (ECG) is looking for a new executive director with the announcement this week that Mark Morgan (pictured) will be leaving the association at the end of March. Morgan, who has been in the position since August 2006, is returning to the UK for family ...
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FeatureEnd of the dynamic DUO
Volkswagen’s Japanese division – Volkswagen Group Japan (VGJ) – is terminating the contract it signed in 1991 with Toyota Motor Corp. (TMC) for the distribution of VW vehicles in Japan. From the end of 2010 Volkswagen dealers currently under the Toyota distributorship (called DUO) will move to a new direct ...
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FeatureNYK merges logistics divisions
In his New Year’s Speech to the company on Monday, NYK’s president Yasumi Kudo said that the company needed to merge its contract logistics business, NYK Logistics, with its airfreight forwarding business, Yusen Air & Sea Service, “to establish a structure capable of fully serving all logistics needs of customers”. ...
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FeatureChrysler signs contracts with NAPA and WWL
US carmaker Chrysler is boosting export activity from North America with two new shipping contracts serving Europe, Asia, Australia and the Pacific Rim. The company has signed a contract with the North America Pacific Asia (NAPA) service jointly operated by Norway’s Partner Shipping and Australia’s Praxis Logistics. This month it ...
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FeaturePirates seize Hyundai car carrier
Somali pirates are thought to be behind the hijacking of a car carrier transporting 2,300 Hyundai and Kia vehicles between Singapore and Saudi Arabia while travelling through the India Ocean roughly 600 miles east of Somalia. The pirates used a previously hijacked Pakistan-flagged fishing vessel – the Shazaib – to ...
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FeatureMitsubishi extends Europe distribution with BLG
BLG has extended its contract with Mitsubishi Europe for the distribution of all vehicles from the carmaker’s Nedland plant in Born, the Netherlands, to dealerships throughout Germany and in Norway. The contract has intially been signed up to 2012 and BLG is now Mitsubishi’s sole partner with responsibility for the ...
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FeatureHonda's Performance Excellence winners
American Honda has announced the winners of its 2009 Performance Excellence programme – the carmaker’s logistics operations performance recognition awards. The winners are CSX, Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) and Selland Auto Transport. Logistic vendors in each category are evaluated monthly on their performance in logistics quality, speed and vehicle ...
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FeatureTime-critical recovery to continue next year?
In just over a week the annual time-critical movement of consumer goods par excellence will be getting underway from the North Pole for the budget price of a glass of egg nog, or milk and cookies left by the chimney. But time-critical movements of automotive parts have also seen a ...
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FeatureMercedes growth in shipping to China
The strong growth of Mercedes-Benz models in China has resulted in new export contracts from Europe and the US between the carmaker and finished vehicle carriers K-Line and NYK. Starting in January, K-Line and NYK will be working on a 50:50 split of movements of Mercedes’ S-, E-, C- A-, ...
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FeatureDHL opens logistics centre in the Philippines
DHL has officially opened a new logistics centre in Parañaque City in the Philippines, which will support automotive aftermarket parts distribution for international brand dealerships across the country including Toyota, Mitsubishi and Honda. At 40,000m2 it is one of the company’s largest facilities in the region and has a capacity ...
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FeatureMercedes will handle BMW in Baltimore
Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) will process BMW and MINI vehicles through the Port of Baltimore from March 2010 under a new five-year deal between the two companies. MBUSA will provide pre-delivery inspection services including processing and repair at its facility at the port for an annual movement of 50,000 BMW and ...
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FeatureNissan to export $40m parts from India
Nissan is planning to export automotive production parts from India worth $40m by 2012, with half of that figure met next year. The company will export production parts including engine pistons, clutch disks and starter motors from its Chennai facility via the port of Ennore to Japan, Thailand and China. ...