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FeatureKey executives on the move
There have been some big names changing places in automotive logistics recently, with appointments at Ceva, Ryder System, APL and Kuehne + Nagel. At Kuehne + Nagel, Tobias Jerschke (pictured) has taken over responsibility for the company’s operations in Poland. He was most recently Director for Sales & Marketing in ...
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FeatureCommercial vehicle cuts hit logistics sector
The sudden drop in orders at Europe’s major commercial vehicle manufacturers revealed this week shows the global recession is hitting the sector every bit as hard as the car market. Truckmakers Volvo, Scania, MAN and Daimler, as well as construction equipment makers such as JCB have all recently announced production ...
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FeatureIt's safety first at Caterpillar Logistics
Caterpillar Logistics Services has won a safety award for its Breda warehouse which opened last year in the Netherlands. The 10,000m2 facility, which provides logistics services to SsangYong Motor, was given the title Safest Warehouse in the Netherlands by BMWT, Randstad, VTL and Transport + Opslag. Cat Logistics runs ...
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FeatureGMSA to build new parts distribution centre
General Motors South Africa will start construction on a R220m ($21.3m) pan-African parts distribution centre (PAPDC) in February. It will be situated in the Coega Industrial Development Zone (IDZ), near the newly-operational Port of Ngqura, and has been described as the first and biggest investment in automotive logistics there. ...
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FeatureVolvo Logistics awards WWL for outstanding work
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics has been recognised with the "Excellence Award For Core Values" by Volvo Logistics at the company’s supplier day, held in Gothenburg this week. The award was in the Ocean Services category and praised WWL for its "consistent holistic and outstanding work towards sustainability that serves ...
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FeatureHonda chooses Servigistics for India
Honda Motor is using a parts management tool from Servigistics to reduce inventory and hit delivery targets at six of its facilities in India. Honda Motor India primarily provides service parts for Honda Siel Cars India (HSCI), Honda Motorcycles and Scooters India, and Honda Siel Power Products India. Servigistics will ...
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FeatureFrench carmakers go direct to Ireland
Gefco and CAT have begun taking Peugeot-Citroën and Renault vehicles on a new direct service between the Port of Le Havre in France and Rosslare Europort in the Republic of Ireland. They will be carried on the first new ship to use the Rosslare Europort for 20 years – ...
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FeatureHoegh makes cuts to increase capacity
Höegh Autoliners has undertaken a major project with Hyundai Vinashin Shipyard in Vietnam to increase capacity on ten of its vessels. The project involves cutting the PCTC vessels in two and inserting a 28-metre prefabricated mid-ship section, which will increase each ship’s capacity from 6,100 to 7,600 CEUs.So far three ...
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FeaturePort of Zeebrugge gets boost from new business
Two OEMs and a tyre maker are moving business to the Port of Zeebrugge to support growth in Europe. One of India's most successful carmakers, Maruti-Suzuki, will begin imports to the UK via the Port of Zeebrugge at the beginning of December, supported by International Car Operators (ICO), a ...
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FeaturePorsche takes to the air
Porsche has flown 19 of its 911 GTI Cup racing cars to the Middle East for the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia. It is the first time that cars from a Carrera Cup series have been transported by air anywhere in the world. Singapore Airlines Cargo picked up the vehicles in ...
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FeatureRyder celebrates its 75th anniversary
Ryder System has celebrated 75 years in the transport and supply chain business at its headquarters in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Ryder Chairman and CEO Greg Swienton (pictured) was joined by 800 guests, including a host of dignitaries that included Former Florida governor Jeb Bush and Miami Dolphins player Nat Moore. ...
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FeatureToyota exports unsold trucks and SUVs
In December Toyota will begin exports to the Middle East and South America from two of its US plants to relieve the build up of unsold cars at its sales network across North America. The exports will be organised by the Toyota Motor Sales, USA division. It is the first ...
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FeatureMaruti Suzuki to export hatchbacks to Europe and USA
Maruti Suzuki India is starting its first exports from the Port of Mundra in Gujarat, India from January 2009. The first vehicle to be exported will be the hatchback A-Star. The carmaker has been working with Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone (MPSEZ) to set up a dedicated car terminal ...
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FeatureKomatsu delivers the goods with NYK Logistics
In a fully outsourced three-year contract, commercial vehicle maker Komatsu Europe has set up a new emergency regional parts distribution centre (RPDC) with NYK Logistics near Lyons. The centre is part of Komatsu’s global plan to hit a 95 per cent next morning delivery target. “These RPDCs are emergency order ...
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FeatureRenault feels the crunch in Russia
The optimism underpinning Renault’s decision to expand its Russian sales network was undermined last week when deliveries of the Mégane and Symbol (from the Bursa plant in Turkey) were turned away from Russian dealers in Tula, 200km south of Moscow. Up to 150 transporters from Turkish car carrier Omsan lined ...
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FeatureGM makes it a first with US cars to China
General Motors has started exporting Cadillacs and Buicks from the Port of Hueneme in California to China. It is the first major export activity to take place under the company’s contract with Global Auto Processing Services (GAPS), signed this time last year. Up until now GAPS has only dealt with ...
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FeatureCarriers continue to suffer in North America
More evidence that hauliers in the US are being forced to reorganise or close automotive operations in line with the OEMs came last week when P.A.M Transportation Services announced it was reducing the automotive content of its business. The Arkansas-based carrier suffered a net loss of $3.18 million for ...
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FeatureUK minister opens Honda rail terminal
Another step was taken towards the ‘pan-European rationale” for rail-based logistics this week as Honda (UK) replaced 3,000 annual truck movements with a new train service from its Swindon facility.Yesterday’s reopening of the rail head by the UK’s Rail Minister and Under Secretary of State, Lord Adonis, heralds the start ...
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FeaturePartner Shipping delivers to Russia
Norway’s Partner Shipping has made its first delivery of vehicles to St Petersburg from the Port of Malmö in Sweden. The main bulk of the 850-unit cargo aboard the M/V Gran Canaria Car was made up of Toyota’s Land Cruiser, which continues to be popular in Russia. The company is ...
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FeatureContinental switches to RFID in US
Continental Automotive is replacing a barcoding system at its 75,000m2 manufacturing facility in Huntsville, Alabama with a new RFID system from Xterprise Technology to track inbound inventory. The US facility receives more than 5,000 types of electronic automotive parts for assembly, including transmission controllers, air bag controllers, GPS units and ...