Europe – Page 172
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FeatureTriumph opens tender process for 3PL supplier
Triumph Motorcycles is currently reviewing its European distribution operation and has posted a competitive tender process to find a third party logistics supplier. The company has been using Gefco since 2003. Gefco started working with Triumph by providing a cradle rental service as well as storage and distribution in Italy, ...
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FeatureNissan goes direct to the dealer
Höegh Autoliner’s recent delivery of over 1,500 Nissan vehicles to the Port of Gdansk for delivery to the Russian market also marked a new logistics strategy between Nissan Motor RUS and Russian LSP Major Auto Trans. Since 2004 Major Auto Trans has cooperated with Nissan’s Russian division on international movements, ...
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FeatureHonda sales boost means export contract for Indian JV
Honda Siel Cars India – the joint venture between India’s Siel Group and Honda – will start exporting engine components to Japan from October from its plant at Tapukara in Rajasthan which opened last autumn. The company plans to export 54,000 sets of crank-shafts and connecting rods over the next ...
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FeatureToyota reports on sustainable logistics in Europe
Toyota has reported an overall reduction of 25,836 tonnes in the C02 emissions from its logistics operations in Europe in 2008. The company’s European Sustainability Report 2009 states that emissions from logistics decreased from 236,481 tonnes in 2007 to 210,645 tonnes in 2008. Along with a manufacturing reduction of 78,000 ...
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FeatureHarley takes over at crucial time for Ford MP&L
Ford’s Stephen Harley officially assumes his new post this week as the OEM’s Executive Director for Global Material Planning and Logistics (MP&L) and for North American Parts Supply and Logistics (PS&L). It is an interesting time for Ford and a particularly crucial period for the MP&L organisation, as the company ...
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FeaturePanalpina loses volume not commitment
Despite a 40% drop in automotive volumes Panalpina Air & Ocean does not plan to limit its exposure to the sector and is continuing to offer flexibility and dedicated service as it anticipates new business. However, the Swiss-based provider has admitted having grown its share of the business over-proportionately in ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move
Frank Müller (pictured) has replaced Sven Grossmann as Director Quality Management for BLG Automobile Logistics. Müller has been with BLG Logistics for nine years across a number of roles gaining a good knowledge of the requirements and specific processes in the automobile industry.Before he started working for BLG Logistics he ...
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FeatureRo-ro deliveries for Hoegh and Grimaldi
Höegh Autoliners has delivered over 1,500 Nissan vehicles through the Port of Gdansk on board the Atlantic Spirit. The vessel delivered the vehicles from South Korea and it formed the largest delivery of cars at the port this year. The majority of the vehicles are for delivery to the Russian ...
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Ford announces Executive Director for Global MP&L
As Ford’s Frederiek Toney prepares to take up his new role as Vice President of Ford Customer Service Division next Tuesday (read more here), the company announced today that Steve Harley (pictured) will fill the position of Executive Director, Global Material Planning and Logistics (MP&L) on the same day. Harley ...
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Volvo Logistics embraces biodiesel initiative
Volvo Logistics is participating in a carbon-conscious joint venture with DHL, IKEA, H&M and Preem that has led to the opening of the first petrol station in western Sweden selling environmentally-adapted fuel. The station is based at Skandiahemnen port in Gothenburg, close to Volvo’s plants and the trans-shipment terminal in ...
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FeatureScrappage effect means no summer holiday for Hyundai
The UK’s scrappage scheme has led to the first rise in new car sales in country for 15 months, with more than one in five of the cars registered in July bought under the incentive. New car sales rose 2.4% in July and the rush for new registration models in ...
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FeatureLet the train take the strain
The last shipment of Hitachi high-speed passenger trains reached the Port of Southampton in the UK this week, bringing to a close a four-year project which saw 29 full trains imported from Hitachi’s plant in Kasado, Japan, for use by UK rail company Southeastern. Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL), acting as ...
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FeatureLogwin strengthens logistics support for BMW
Logwin has increased its support for BMW in Germany with the deployment of its Parts Direct aftermarket service in Berlin and the surrounding area for the same-day delivery of parts to dealers. It has also enhanced its provision of warehouse and transhipment services in Hamburg and Cologne for the storage ...
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FeatureSyncron provides best laid plans for ELIT in Europe
Czech automotive parts distributor ELIT has selected Syncron’s Supply Chain Planner solution to improve its inventory management capabilities for Central and Eastern European markets. Syncron is a global supply chain software provider with customers in the automotive and commercial vehicles sectors including Volvo, JCB, Mazda, Alfa Laval, Scania, Renault and ...
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FeatureA classic move for Mazda
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics has delivered a shipment of Mazda vehicles to the European Port of Antwerp, including 14 models of the classic Cosmo 110 Sport. The Cosmos, which were added to 4,500 vehicles delivered to the port aboard the ro-ro vessel MV Torrens, are featuring in this week’s international Cosmo ...
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FeatureCon-way gives more for less with Global LTL
Con-way Freight has launched a global less-than-truckload (LTL) service in collaboration with other providers, including APL Logistics and TNT, in the form of an online portfolio of the company’s LTL services. For an automotive industry still faced with overcapacity and looking for greater efficiency it means “state-of-the-art online tools and ...
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FeatureHonda UK to export hot hatchback
Honda will export the Civic Type R from its Swindon plant in the UK for sale in Japan next year; it’s the third country to take the UK Type R after Australia and South Africa. The three-door 'hot hatchback' will be called the Type R Euro in Japan to distinguish ...
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FeaturePan-European inbound for JLR
As Tata pulls out the stops to find new efficiencies for the future of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), DHL Supply Chain, the carmaker’s lead logistics provider, has been doing its bit with the provision of a new pan-European, inbound collection strategy. Using its freight control tower in Veghel, Holland, the ...
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FeatureMOL and Sical support Nissan Indian exports
Following Nissan’s decision to use MOL Auto Logistics (India) for inland export activity from its new plant near Chennai, in India, the Mitsui OSK subsidiary has announced plans this week to enter a joint venture with Chennai-based Sical Logistics to operate a vehicle management facility at the Port of Ennore. ...
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FeatureCollapse means growth for packaging supplier
Netherlands-headquartered packing provider VMT Ecopack has won Frost and Sullivan’s 2009 European Automotive Packaging Growth Strategy Leadership of the Year Award in recognition of its demonstration of “an exceptional growth strategy” within the automotive industry. “The commitment to reduce the logistics costs of its customers through innovative packaging solutions is ...