All Feature articles – Page 341
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FeatureGefco provides packaging solution for Ford
Ford has outsourced its materials handling management for engine production at Dagenham in the UK to European logistics provider Gefco UK. The LSP is now helping manage Ford’s container logistics through its GefBoxSystem, which provides reusable plastic boxes, pallets and covers for parts required by engine plant in southeast England ...
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FeatureFirst shipment to Hawaii from Port of Gray's Harbor
Following the recent contract between The Pasha Group and the Port of Grays Harbor in Washington, US (as reported in our newsletter dated 21 January), the ro-ro vessel M/V Jean Anne is taking 1,100 vehicles to Hawaii from there as part of its 100th voyage this week. The ship left ...
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FeatureUK ports bill could force CAT out
The UK’s controversial backdated ports rates proposal may force logistics provider CAT (UK) to withdraw activity from Teeside as it faces a £500,000 bill for its 50-acre storage site at the port. CAT (UK) is the only importer of Renault cars to the UK and makes final inspection and fittings ...
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FeaturePayment scheme leads to supply problems at AvtoVAZ
Russia’s largest carmaker AvtoVAZ stopped production at its huge Togliatti plant last Thursday, just three days after restarting the assembly line following a month-long extension to its winter break shutdown. The stoppage was blamed on a component supply problem. "The conveyor was stopped on Thursday for an indeterminate amount of ...
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FeatureLogistics academy to serve UK automotive hub
The logistics sector in the north-east UK, is set to benefit from a new academy established to provide information on skills development and training.At the end of last week Skills for Logistics (SfL), the sector skills council for the freight logistics industry in the UK, launched the Logistics Academy ...
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Key executives on the move
Dr Karl Sommer is the new head of logistics at BMW. Johan Schuberthan has also moved back to the logistics department and will now report to Dr Sommer. In a separate move, Ralf Hattler (pictured) has moved to purchasing for the company. Paul Tay has been appointed as Vice President ...
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FeatureExports down to a trickle in Turkey
Finished vehicle exports from Turkey to Central Europe were continuing at a reduced rate this week following Monday’s stoppage across a number of Turkish carmakers. The production halt, which started on Monday, was the result of slow take up in Central Europe for the carmakers’ models. According to Ford Otosan’s ...
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FeatureUK ports left out in the cold?
BMW has denied it is threatening to withdraw distribution operations from the ports of Immingham and Southampton in the face of controversial new port rates being introduced in the UK. “We are not planning to pull out of distribution operations at the ports of Immingham and Southampton,” BMW spokesman Frank ...
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FeatureMichelin plans logistics centre in Serbia
According to reports from the World Economic Forum, which took place in the Swiss resort of Davos last week, French tyre maker Michelin is planning to open a logistics centre in Serbia before the middle of 2010. The announcement, which was reported by Serbia’s Tanjug news agency, follows a meeting ...
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FeatureNissan starts February on a better Note
Following January’s news that Nissan is cutting 1,200 jobs at its Sunderland plant, February has begun on a better note with the recommencement of the second shift on Line 2 next week, nearly two months ahead of schedule. “I can confirm we will be reinstating a second shift on Line ...
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FeatureFord gets comprehensive support at Avon Lake
Comprehensive Logistics Inc. (CLI) has launched a new operation at Ford’s Avon Lake assembly plant in Ohio, US. Avon Lake makes the Ford E-Series of commercial and recreational vans. The 3PL will handle inbound receiving, sequencing, bulk and racked warehousing and small lot materials management, as well as kitting/subassembly and ...
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WWL launches service via Port of Gothenburg
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics is now using the Port of Gothenburg as a centre for high and heavy ro-ro transhipment from the Americas and Asia to St Petersburg, Russia. The new weekly service from Gothenburg to St Petersburg via Kotka, in Finland, will carry agricultural and construction equipment as well as ...
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FeatureVW opens new Jacksonville facility
Volkswagen Group of America has opened its new distribution centre at the Perimeter West Industrial Park in Jacksonville, Florida. The 24,000m2 centre is 30 per cent larger than the carmaker’s previous facility (which has now been decommissioned) and will service 118 VW and Audi dealers in southeastern US. DDS Logistics ...
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FeatureLogistics in the frontline of the UK downturn
The UK Business Secretary, Lord Mandelson’s assertion that yesterday’s £2.3 billion in loan agreements for the UK car industry was no “bail-out” rang true for the country’s logistics providers. The lack of specific proposals to stimulate demand in the market in the form of consumer credit incentives will come ...
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FeatureGefco sets up vehicle storage facility in Chile
Gefco is setting up a subsidiary to provide automotive and logistics activity in Chile following demand there and in the wider South American region. The new business will be based at a storage centre to be developed in Noviciado, near Santiago and will have capacity for 3,500 vehicles from carmakers ...
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FeatureCeva Logistics secures contracts with Fiat and VW
Ceva Logistics begun operations at Fiat’s local distribution centre in Duisburg, Germany, where it will handle all warehousing and spare-parts supply to the northwest region, and to Denmark and the Netherlands. The facility, which has 13,000m2 of storage space and plans to hold a stock of around 30,000 parts, is ...
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FeatureIndian carmakers 'damn serious' about rail
Carmakers got a clearer view of the obstacles that prevent them from distributing more cars by rail in India during discussions at the Automotive Logistics India Conference last week in Mumbai. A representative from the Indian Railways (IR) told delegates that there were cost, dimension and network constraints to increasing ...
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FeatureWashington port turns from logs to logistics
In the face of finished vehicle congestion at the Port of Tacoma, logistics provider The Pasha Group has used the Port of Grays Harbor in Washington to unload 3,200 new Kia vehicles, marking the first ever shipment of vehicles to a port more used to exporting logs. The M/V Morning ...
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FeatureSeat goes the extra mile in Spain
Spanish carmaker Seat, which saw its rail provider Autometro deliver 63,305 vehicles from the Martorell plant to the nearby Port of Barcelona last year, is now planning to extend the link to the Moll Costa wharf, currently being enlarged to accommodate a short-sea shipping terminal. Autometro is a joint-venture ...
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FeatureToyota takes emergency measures at Malmo
Toyota has reached maximum capacity at its Malmö vehicle logistics centre in Sweden following a regional sales slump and has been forced to charter a PCTC vessel for temporary storage from Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics. The Morning Glory will be used to store a maximum of 2,500 vehicles of various models ...