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American Honda forecasts Prologue EV deliveries for 2024
American Honda will release its first fully electric SUV in North America in 2024 and aims to deliver 70,000 units of the Prologue to dealers in the first year
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Microchip shortage threatens finished vehicle carriers, warns ECG
A lack of supply chain visibility in the midst of the latest disruptions to the automotive sector are putting the finished vehicle transport sector in peril, says the Association of European Vehicle Logistics (ECG)
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Unikie and Valmet trial autonomous parking system at Finnish plant
Valmet Automotive is trialling an automated parking technology for finished vehicles provided by tech firm Unikie at its contract assembly plant in Uusikaupunki, Finland
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XPeng continues to increase deliveries and launches P5 sedan
XPeng has delivered almost 46,000 cars in the first eight months of the year, made of the P7 and G3 EVs, and in October will start deliveries of the P5 family sedan EV
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Cazoo doubles vehicle logistics capability in UK with SHM buyout
Online used car retailer Cazoo has bought SMH Fleet Solutions, one of the UK’s leading vehicle preparation, logistics and storage businesses, for £70m ($51m)
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Antwerp EuroTerminal boosts capacity with multistorey vehicle park
Grimaldi is building a seven-story vehicle storage facility at its Antwerp EuroTerminal that boasts a range of environmentally friendly crendentials
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Second LNG-battery hybrid vessel on route to UECC
Work has been completed on the second of three newbuild hybrid pure car and truck carriers for UECC that will run on a combination of LNG and battery power
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GBA helps VW towards zero-emissions goal
UK ports operator GBA has achieved a “neutral balance sheet” for CO2 emissions for all port and terminal activities relating to its customer Volkswagen
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FVL North America returns to California in November!
Finished Vehicle Logistics North America will be returning to California for a three-day event held in November focused on what needs to be done to mitigate supply chain disruption and ensure future success in outbound logistics
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DB Cargo to open rail hub to transport Toyota vehicles between the UK and Europe using vegetable oil power
Fleets of Toyota cars will be shipped from a new train depot in Nottinghamshire as the UK’s largest rail freight company initiates a double-pronged push towards sustainability.
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Analysis
Carbon-neutral supply chain a priority for Volkswagen
Volkswagen is making a concerted effort to make the way it moves its vehicles as sustainable as the electric vehicles it is moving. A good example is seen in the export of ID.4 from Germany to the US, as Marcus Williams finds out
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Gefco working with Fenix for Volvo deliveries through Bronka port
Gefco is working with Russian port operator Fenix to manage the import of Volvo Cars volumes through the port of Bronka near St Petersburg and onward distribution to the Russian market
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Toyota increases exports but Covid hampers output in Japan
Toyota’s production and exports are recovering well in the first half of this year, compared to the impact of the disruption in 2020, but Covid is still hampering production in Japan because of supplier shutdowns in South-East Asia
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Trade X gets cash injection for cross-border trade in used cars
Trade X has secured a $35m investment from Aimia to support the development of digital services for the used car sector through its cross-border digital trading platform
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Feature
North American vehicle ports: versatile through the year of the virus
Regional closures and varying rates of recovery have seen a slight shift in the records of throughput at North America’s main vehicle handling ports, most notably with the Mexican port of Veracruz losing ground to Baltimore for the first time in six years.
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First Nio volumes now on route to Norway
The first shipment of Nio ES8 electric SUVs have left Shanghai port on route for Norway, where they will be delivered to customers by September
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VW to deploy more LNG vessels for North Atlantic car shipments
Volkswagen has commissioned another four car-carrying vessels that can run on LNG to make its delivery of vehicles between Germany and North America more sustainable
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Tramosa using robots for vehicle yard management
Tramosa is using autonomous robots provided by Stanley Robotics for the movement and parking of vehicles at its vehicle compound in Creutzwald, France.
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Setram deploys megatruck for Seat vehicle shipments
Setram is helping Seat deliver vehicles more efficiently to the port of Barcelona by adding capacity to road shipments with the deployment of a 11-car megatruck
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Partner Content
ICL Systems: Making a visible difference in European finished vehicle logistics
ICL Systems, a finished vehicle supply chain software and logistics solution provider, has now brought its 30 years of expertise in the North American automotive market to Europe, kicking off with ICL Services Germany.