All Feature articles – Page 244
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FeatureCDN supplies vinDeliver to US carrier market
Car Delivery Network (CDN), which provides electronic proof of delivery (ePoD) services through its cloud-based transport management system to the finished vehicle sector, has announced two recent adoptions of its technology.US car carrier, Hansen and Adkins Auto Transport, has chosen to connect CDN’s mobile ePoD app, called vinDeliver, to its ...
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FeatureLogistics providers take SmartWay Excellence awards
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has revealed this year’s winners of its SmartWay Excellence Awards programme for shippers, logistics providers and freight carriers, with car hauliers and automotive inbound providers among the recipients. The awards are part of the EPA’s Smartway Transport Partnership, a voluntary programme that aims to ...
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FeatureFord to expand Chinese operations to meet domestic demand
Amidst ever-climbing sales figures in the Chinese market, Ford is likely to expand its projects and production platforms in China, said David Schoch, president of Ford’s Asia Pacific region, in a statement last week. The automaker’s presence in the ASEAN region included 14 vehicle assembly and powertrain plants in ...
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FeatureServices resumed after three-day strike at Baltimore
The port of Baltimore has resumed operations after workers went on strike for three days last week. Members of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) Local No.333, the port’s largest local ILA chapter, had joined three other unions representing port workers, protesting a contract that covered such issues as workplace safety. ...
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FeatureAAPA signs MOU with Green Marine for cleaner ports
The American Association of Ports Authorities has signed an agreement with Green Marine to advance the environmental sustainability of port and terminal operators. Green Marine is a 70-member voluntary marine industry initiative that aims to develop environmental performance beyond regulatory requirements in areas such as air, land and water emissions. ...
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FeatureInergy Automotive launches fuel tank plant in Detroit
Automotive parts supplier Inergy Automotive Systems, a subsidiary of Plastic Omnium which produces automotive fuel tanks and systems, has officially launched its new fuel tank production plant in Detroit, US this week.Located in the suburb of New Boston, the $110m plant, which employs extrusion blow moulding technology, will produce around ...
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FeatureGefco expands presence in Croatia
Gefco has announced plans to expand its operations in Croatia following the opening of a subsidiary in the capital Zagreb. The new subsidiary is located near the port of Rijeka, which is the largest port complex in the country and the company will also be opening an office there in ...
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FeatureToyota cuts output in Australia
Toyota’s division in Australia has said it will reduce production at its Altona plant near Melbourne because of a drop in export orders. Exports account for 70% of total production output from the plant, which makes the Camry, Camry Hybrid and Aurion sedans, mainly for the Middle East markets.This year ...
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FeatureMagna Europe chief sees logistics becoming more important
Magna Europe president, Günther Apfalter, puts logistics among his top five priorities in Europe, as he sees potential to improve costs and reduce CO2 emissions in the supply chainSince Günther Apfalter (pictured left) became president of Magna Europe in late 2010, a difficult European economy and increasing global competition in ...
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FeatureWhat will having Russia under GME mean for logistics?
General Motors’ decision to put its Russian operations back under the management of General Motors Europe (GME) should mean that its purchasing and logistics operations will eventually be combined again too, although GM has declined to confirm details on logistics management at this time. However, the move might have few ...
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FeatureGM keeps Ontario assembly line alive
General Motors has announced plans to extend the operations of one of its production lines in Oshawa, Ontario. Operations were originally intended to end at the assembly plant next summer, but the Detroit carmaker has pushed the new cut-off point to 2016. The decision is reportedly to meet demand for ...
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FeatureBo Andersson expected to become head of Avtovaz
Former GM purchasing executive Bo Andersson is tipped to become the first foreign president of Russian carmaker Avtovaz. Andersson has been nominated to succeed Igor Komarov, who resigned last week. Komarov has managed the company since 2009 and was credited with pulling the OEM back from the brink of collapse. ...
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FeatureYusen Logistics wins supplier award from Honda
Yusen Logistics has received an award for Exceptional Contribution at Honda’s UK manufacturing 2013 supplier convention.The award recognises Yusen’s delivery of continued cost savings, high service levels in meeting operational abnormality management and development of best in class IT systems.Yusen’s business unit director, John Pursey, said: “This formal recognition is ...
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FeatureCorrection: STVA and Renault Morocco
Our article on Renault’s expansion at its Tangier plant in Morocco and the role that logistics provider STVA has played in outbound rail flows and in the logistics area in the Tangier port contained several errors (p34 in the October-December issue of Automotive Logistics). These have now been corrected in ...
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FeatureQuintiq to support DB Schenker Rail network in Europe
DB Schenker Rail is to start using a software platform supplied by Quintiq, the supply chain planning and optimisation provider, to integrate its rail network across Europe. Quintiq will work with IT consultants Ab Ovo and DB Schenker Rail’s in-house IT department to implement the platform, which the company said ...
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FeatureTIR restrictions lifted amidst Russian Supreme Court battle
The Russian supreme court has ruled against legislation passed recently in the country that imposed international road transport restrictions on a number of countries. The decision, which was announced this week, has ruled that the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation’s restrictions were illegal and invalid. The FCS RF’s ...
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FeatureMagneti Marelli plant to feed ASEAN and Japanese markets
Italian Components maker Magneti Marelli has inaugurated a new plant in Batu Kawan in the Malaysian state of Penang.The plant replaces the facilities at Bayan Lepas and will boost production from 1.7m lighting units, including front and rear lights, to 2.2m, with the potential to increase capacity to 2.9m. It ...
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FeatureBetter times ahead for European vehicle logistics sector
With vehicle sales across the EU finally heading in the right direction, carmakers and providers cited the need for increased efficiency, cost reduction, and understanding government regulations as key to success in 2013 and beyond. The European finished vehicle logistics sector will get some much-needed relief as the automotive market ...
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FeatureAries Freight to open Texas facility serving major OEMs
Aries Freight Systems, which provides contract logistics and distribution services for the automotive industry, will officially open a new warehouse and distribution centre at the border with Mexico in Brownsville, Texas on October 16th. The centre, which become operational earlier this year, handles freight moving between Mexico and the US ...
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FeatureHankook Tire to build first US-based factory
South Korean tyremaker Hankook Tire has released details today of its plan for a manufacturing facility in Tennessee, in what would be the company’s first plant in the US market. The facility is set to come online by the end of 2014, with operations scheduled for commencement in 2016. The ...