All Feature articles – Page 170
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FeatureRussia increases logistics subsidies for vehicle transport from Far East region
The rules governing subsidies for the domestic movement of vehicle volumes in Russia are to be changed following a decree recently signed by the country’s Prime Minister, Dmitry Medvedev, with an increase in the overall amount of support offered by federal and regional governments. Carmakers based in the Far East ...
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FeatureEnergy storage breakthrough could cut car hauliers’ emissions
Skeleton Technologies and Adgero SARL have developed the world’s first Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) for road freight vehicles, which could reduce fuel consumption and associated emissions by up to 25%.Skeleton Technologies, energy storage specialists, and Adgero SARL, hybrid technology specialists, have teamed up to design the innovative new hybrid ...
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FeatureVW investment doubles capacity in South Africa; exports to play key role
Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) has announced that it will invest more than R4.5 billion ($340m) to produce new models at the OEM’s Uitenhage factory.The investment will include more than R3 billion for production facilities and quality, around R1.5 billion for local supplier capacity, and around R22m to develop training ...
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FeatureBritish Car Auctions buys Stobart Automotive
British Car Auctions (BCA) has confirmed it has bought British vehicle carrier Stobart Automotive for an undisclosed sum from Eddie Stobart Logistics.The acquisition follows a spate of recent deals involving Stobart's automotive business, as well as BCA, which was bought earlier this year for £1.2 billion ($1.8 billion) by a ...
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FeatureRo-ro operations launch at Pipavav port
NYK Auto Logistics (India), a subsidiary of the NYK Group, and APM Terminals Pipavav, have announced the commencement of ro-ro operations at Pipavav Port, India. The first shipment of vehicles from the port of Pipavav’s newly-opened ro-ro terminal have been loaded onto NYK’s ‘Grand Dahlia’ vessel this week.The pure car ...
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FeaturePost-panamax car carrier – Höegh Target – docks in UK
The Höegh Target, reputed to currently be the world’s largest pure car and truck carrier (PCTC), docked in the UK this week on its maiden voyage from China. The enormous ship, which has deck space of 71,400 sq.m and can carry 8,500 cars, arrived at the Port of Tyne, Newcastle, ...
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FeatureToyota to restart manufacturing near Tianjin
Toyota has announced plans to ‘gradually’ restart its production at its two joint venture plants near Tianjin port, China, from today.The plants are run by Tianjin FAW Toyota Motor Co.The OEM’s manufacturing operations have been suspended since the huge explosions at the port on August 12th, which killed more than ...
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FeatureIndustry mourns passing of Horst Mosolf, founder of the Mosolf Group
Horst Mosolf, the founder of automotive logistics specialist, Mosolf Group, has sadly died, aged 87.The founder remained in his position as the senior manager of the Mosolf Group until his last day.Dr Jörg Mosolf, managing partner and chief executive manager of the Mosolf Group said, “My father was a man ...
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FeatureDHL to handle UK distribution of Saab parts with Orio
Orio UK, the only supplier of Saab original aftermarket parts, has signed a deal with logistics provider, DHL Supply Chain, for next day delivery to service centres around the UK. Orio UK is a regional division of Orio, formerly Saab Automobile Parts.DHL will provide a free overnight delivery service on ...
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FeatureKaaks replaces McDougal as CFO at Ceva Logistics
Ceva Logistics’ chief financial officer (CFO), Rubin McDougal, is retiring from the company and will spend the next few months handing over responsibility to his replacement, Arjan Kaaks (pictured).McDougal was CFO at Ceva for more than six years, a role he moved to from CNH, the agricultural and construction equipment ...
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FeaturePort of Vancouver USA opens ‘the Trench’; Subaru to benefit
The US port of Vancouver in Washington State has officially opened a $30m rail project designed to improve the flow of goods by train to and from regional locations along the West Coast and between Portland, Oregon, and Chicago, Illinois.Known as ‘the Trench’, the development, which began in 2012, aims ...
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FeatureVW India exports 100,000th car to Mexico
Volkswagen’s division in India has shipped its 100,000th car to Mexico in fewer than two years since it started exports from its facility in Chakan, near Pune, via the port of Mumbai. The milestone vehicle was a red VW Vento, which was loaded as part of a consignment aboard the ...
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FeatureMahindra Logistics focuses reorganisation on lucrative business sectors
Mahindra Group’s third party logistics provider – Mahindra Logistics – is concentrating its focus on a number of specific sectors as part of a major overhaul in its organisation designed to increase revenue.The company is restructuring operations under four new markets: automotive and engineering, automotive outbound, consumer and pharmaceuticals, and ...
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FeatureOEMs could share single system for import and export logistics
Carmakers already share numerous resources: they use the same ships, the same port terminals, the same infrastructure and logistics providers. However, should they be sharing more? Speakers at this year’s Import Export North America conference in Baltimore raised the idea that carmakers could put considerable amounts of data – from ...
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FeaturePanel discussion: working out the efficiency equation
This year’s Import Export North American conference covered a lot of territory, from managing changes in export and import patterns, new flows from Mexico, capacity limits and increasing safety and quality holds. To close the conference, a panel of vehicle logistics executives from Ford, BMW, Nissan and Honda discussed their ...
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FeatureUS security watchdog joins bribery investigation into Ford
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (US SEC) is investigating Ford for the alleged payment of bribes to Russian customs officials at the Russian port of St Petersburg.Ford is involved in a wider investigation that includes DB Schenker, which is itself under scrutiny from the Cologne Public Prosecutors Office into ...
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FeatureManheim acquires Movex online vehicle logistics platform
Manheim, a vehicle remarketing, auction and retails company owned by Cox Automotive, has announced it is acquiring a majority shareholding in online vehicle logistics platform, Movex.Movex facilitates around 40,000 vehicle movements a year for franchised and independent dealerships, as well as vehicle remarketing organisations. The company formed in 2012 and ...
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FeatureAV Dawson managing quality steel supply to Nissan Sunderland
The flow of steel coil into Nissan’s UK plant in Sunderland (NMUK) is under tighter quality and service level control than ever, thanks to a new automotive steel warehouse opened this year by multimodal logistics contractor AV Dawson of Middlesbrough.AV Dawson is a third-generation family-owned company with logistics assets ranging ...
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FeatureUECC marks start of LNG vessel build with steel cutting ceremony
Following the announcement in March last year that UECC was investing in two pure car and truck carriers (PCTCs) capable of being powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG), the company has held a formal steel cutting ceremony for the first of the two vessels at the NACKS shipyard in Nantong, ...
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FeatureSkoda overhauls Kvasiny plant and adds logistics hall
Skoda used its three-week summer shutdown to optimise and expand its production facilities in its Czech facilities at Mladá Boleslav, Kvasiny, and Vrchlabí, with a focus on converting the plant at Kvasiny, which produces the Skoda Superb, Superb Estate and Yeti. Plans at Kvasiny include the construction of a new ...