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ArticleFrench carmakers scale up plans in Iran following sanctions lift
The recent lifting of economic sanctions against Iran has been quickly followed by a rush of interest by international carmakers who are eager to make the most of a market forecast to hit 8m within the next decade, as well as reach the wider market in the Middle East and ...
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ArticleRussia plans to double car exports with upgraded infrastructure by 2020
Russia plans to almost double its car exports by 2020 and make them account for 25% of total production volume by 2025. Russia’s minister of industry and trade, Denis Manturov, said recently that the launch of a programme designed to stimulate export logistics this year will most likely be continued ...
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ArticleXPO cuts jobs at LTL business in wake of Con-way takeover
Following XPO Logistics’ takeover of US transport and logistics provider Con-way for $3 billion, the company has announced 190 planned redundancies in its less-than-truckload (LTL) business.XPO said the layoffs would reduce annual costs by more than $20m. The company is aiming to make an improvement in profit of between $170m ...
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Mexico Conference report: On the borderline of change
The second Automotive Logistics Mexico conference, held in Mexico City, saw hundreds of executives and officials discuss how best to ensure that the country’s fast-growing automotive production and supply chain will be fit for purpose by 2020 and beyond. Christopher Ludwig reports on plenty of progress, as well as reasons ...
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Mexico conference: Freeing trade from all points
After more than five years of negotiations, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was finally agreed last year across 12 countries in the Americas and Asia. Once the landmark agreement is ratified by national governments, it could reshape trade patterns across the Pacific.For the Mexican automotive industry, TPP brings the opportunity to ...
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Mexico conference: Audi adapts logistics for San José Chiapa
When Audi starts series production later this year of the Q5 SUV crossover at its new plant in San José Chiapa, in the state of Puebla, Mexico, it will begin one of the most complex operations for parts handling and logistics in the country, with tremendous variety and customisation in ...
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Mexico conference: BMW’s global plans for San Luis Potosi
BMW has mapped out its logistics plans so far for its upcoming plant in San Luis Potosi, in central Mexico, revealing a global supply chain, streamlined internal logistics and ambitions for a highly diverse outbound distribution. The plant is scheduled to come online in 2019 with an initial capacity for ...
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ArticleMexico conference: Logistics is the key to cope with the country's growth
The automotive market in Mexico is in great shape. In 2015, the country has become the seventh largest vehicle manufacturer in the world, and the first in Latin America, producing more than 3.4m light vehicles. In terms of exports, Mexico is the fourth largest global exporter in the world, the ...
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Car shipments start at the UK port of Ramsgate
[Updated 1st February] Last week saw the first delivery of finished vehicles to the port of Ramsgate in the UK, marking the start of a new port operation, which is being handled by transport and logistics provider Gefco.Around 1,000 Peugeot-Citroën vehicles were delivered aboard the UECC-operated car carrier Autopremier from ...
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ERL ro-ro vessel abandoned in Bay of Biscay
The ro-ro vessel Modern Express, operated by European RoRo Lines (ERL), is currently drifting at a severe list in the Bay of Biscay following a loss of stability in heavy seas and Force 8 gales. All 22 crew members have been evacuated.The Panama-flagged vessel, which remains afloat but has ...
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ArticleMark Boucher takes over outbound logistics at Volkswagen Group of America
Mark Boucher (left) is now general manager of vehicle logistics for the Volkswagen Group of America, based in Herndon, Virginia. Boucher leads the company’s outbound logistics team and has responsibility for the finished vehicles supply chain from factories through to dealer delivery in the US.Boucher, who has been with the ...
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BMW begins local engine supply to JV plants in China from new facility
BMW’s joint venture with Brilliance China Automotive Holdings – BMW Brilliance Automotive – has opened a new engine plant in Shenyang to supply its assembly plants in the nearby districts of Dadong and Tiexi.This will be the first time that engines for those plants are supplied exclusively from China. Previously ...
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Jan de Rijk buys out De Rooy Logistics
Jan de Rijk Logistics has finalised its takeover of rival Dutch provider De Rooy Logistics, a specialist in transport, warehousing and value added services for the automotive sector.Jan de Rijk said the undisclosed acquisition would reinforce its automotive logistics activities for commercial vehicles service parts and create a basis for ...
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Pasajes handles finished vehicles for southern French market
The northern Spanish port of Pasaia (Pasajes) has begun handling imported Honda vehicles from the UK. The first consignment of almost 100 units arrived on board the car carrier Autostar on 13th January, operated by UECC. The vehicles were shipped from the port of Southampton. However, they were not bound ...
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UK hits vehicle export milestone; engine production boosted by overseas demand
The UK exported a record number of vehicles in 2015 – at more than 1.2m – equal to more than 77% of the country’s total production for the year, which stood at more than 1.5m units according to figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). That production ...
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Gefco provides GefBox packaging service for Caterpillar
Transport and logistics provider Gefco has extended its contract with construction equipment maker Caterpillar in the UK to include the provision of a reusable packaging programme that will use its GefBoxSystem.Gefco has been supplying a European road transport solution between the Caterpillar suppliers and its plants for a number of ...
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Jens Wollesen to take up contract logistics role at BLG
German transport and logistics provider, BLG Logistics, has appointed Jens Wollesen to head its contract logistics division from the beginning of July this year. He also becomes a member of the board of management.Wollesen will move from his current role where he is member of the executive board at Kuehne ...
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Trying to tie down demand
Forecasting matters for any organisation juggling costs and service levels, but in the finished vehicle sector, the stakes are higher than mostGenerally speaking, it is easier to be prepared if you know what’s coming. Reliable demand forecasts help participants throughout the supply chain to ensure they have the materials, equipment, ...
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Telematics: The simple solution?
Is it finally time for onboard telematics technology to take the crown from barcodes and RFID tags? Now more than 40-years-old, the humble barcode label underpins many, if not most, finished vehicle supply chains. Generally attached to vehicles as they leave the assembly line, or in the plant compound, the ...
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ArticleTaking ownership of the supply chain
The acquisition of UTi Worldwide looks set to substantially boost DSV’s already impressive growth in the automotive sectorWhen DSV’s chief executive officer, Jens Bjørn Andersen, spoke to Automotive Logistics in September 2015 at the opening of its 168,000 sq.m Krefeld-Fichtenhain logistics centre, near Düsseldorf in Germany, he said that the ...