All Finished vehicles articles – Page 20

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    ECG Panel discussion: Talk is cheap, what is needed is action

    2015-10-20T15:02:42Z

    A panel of OEMs and vehicle logistics experts discussed the present and future of Europe's vehicle logistics industry at the end of the ECG Conference in Vienna. Most expressed a desire to work more closely together – and perhaps they have even found a way to do it. While Europe ...

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    Grimaldi invests further in Finnlines

    2015-10-15T17:44:05Z

    Grimaldi Euromed, a company owned by the Grimaldi Group, has purchased more shares in Finnish subsidiary, Finnlines, increasing its investment in the sister company.Finnlines is a European short sea operator, and the leading company in the ro-ro and passenger transport in the Baltic and North Sea, with one of the ...

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    Toyota Logistics Services provides vehicles for car hauler training

    2015-10-15T15:46:52Z

    Toyota Logistics Services (TLS) ­– a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Sales that manages Toyota, Lexus and Scion vehicle logistics operations – has delivered nine Toyota and Lexus vehicles to the Auto Haulers Training Institute in Orange Park, Florida.The vehicles will be used in programmes geared towards providing truck drivers with ...

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    UK heading towards record vehicle production in 2020

    2015-10-14T15:45:02Z

    The UK automotive industry is expected to break manufacturing records by the end of the decade, a new forecast report launched by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) suggests.Annual car production is expected to pass the two million mark by 2020, which would break the current record of ...

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    Russia proposes roadmap to support automotive exports

    2015-10-14T15:26:05Z

    The Russian government has disclosed details of a roadmap designed to promote automotive exports from the country that includes the removal of barriers for foreign exports and better access to supporting financial services. However, while welcome, market experts have said the announcement ignores important measures that would stimulate the development ...

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    GM India’s first export shipment to Mexico

    2015-10-14T12:37:41Z

    General Motors has announced that it is shipping the first 3,000 left-hand-drive Chevrolet Beats to Mexico.The vehicles have now left the Mumbai Port Trust of Maharashtra, and should arrive in Mexico within eight weeks. Sales of the vehicles will commence in December in Mexico.Arvind Saxena, GM India president and managing ...

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    New CEO for DB Schenker Rail

    2015-10-13T17:23:07Z

    Jürgen Wilder is expected to take over as the new chief executive officer of DB Schenker Rail from December 1st 2015. The appointment has been approved by the DB Schenker Rail Supervisory Board.Before DB Schenker, Wilder worked at Siemens where he held the position of chief executive officer of the ...

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    VW commits to Setúbal for a further 15 years

    2015-10-13T15:47:11Z

    The Setúbal and Sesimbra port authority (APSS) in Portugal has signed a concession renewal contract with Volkswagen Autoeuropa, which will last for 15 years. As part of this, APSS will charge rent of €500,000 for a 60,000sq.m operating area, and also provide access to the port's specialist ro-ro terminal. Over ...

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    The Port of Mazatlán re-enters the Mexican finished vehicles market

    2015-10-13T15:34:24Z

    The Mexican port of Mazatlán has resumed finished vehicles handling, after an absence of five years. The first vessel arrived from Japan on October 8th, carrying 900 imported vehicles for distribution by Nissan Mexicana. Once ashore, the vehicles were despatched by rail, using Ferromex, to the Nissan plant at Aguascalientes, ...

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    Material World

    2015-10-12T12:44:50Z

    Changes in the very make-up of vehicles will dramatically reshape the outbound sector.It is not what has changed in automotive logistics over the past ten years that is remarkable, so much as what has not. Much in the world’s economy is almost unrecognisable compared to a decade ago, including the ...

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    FVL 10th anniversary playlist

    2015-10-09T10:40:02Z

    Who knew that logistics had inspired and influenced some of the world's greatest musicians?Ok, so while that might not strictly be true, bands and artists have been singing about 'Trains and Boats and Planes', 'Truck Driver's Blues' and 'Running Late' for years.Musicians from Otis Redding, to Kraftwerk, The Chemical Brothers, Bob ...

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    Video interview with Bill Pawluk, CEO, CTM

    2015-10-06T10:55:59Z

    At this year’s Automotive Logistics Global conference in Detroit, Bill Pawluk, CEO, Convertible Trailer Manufacturing spoke with Christopher Ludwig, editor, Automotive Logistics Group, about the difficulties of getting a new product to market, the future outlook for CTM, and collaboration.  

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    Panel discussion: where is the industry heading?

    2015-09-30T15:22:45Z

    The automotive logistics industry is well known for being evolutionary rather than revolutionary. Change doesn’t happen overnight and this is not likely to change any time soon. However, technology is moving fast and although adoption throughout the supply chain has been slow so far, OEMs and LSPs are confident that ...

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    Ford extends contract with NYK Auto Logistics in India

    2015-09-29T17:14:36Z

    Ford India has extended the scope of a contract it signed with NYK Auto Logistics (India) in 2011. Initially, this simply involved the provision of ro-ro terminal services for finished vehicles at the Indian ports of Chennai and Ennore. However, under the new arrangement, NYK Auto Logistics (India) has also ...

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    NYK announces South American exports from US and Mexico

    2015-09-29T15:32:04Z

    NYK Line is moving vehicles and equipment into Central and South America with announcements that it has set up a new joint venture in Colombia for imports from Mexico and also will start handling exports from Port Canaveral in Florida, in the US.In the first move, NYK has signed an ...

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    Outbound innovators need to think bigger and bolder

    2015-09-25T18:41:08Z

    Finished vehicle logistics (FVL) may not have a reputation for being the most innovative aspect of the automotive industry, but if providers want to overcome some of the industry’s issues, then innovation will have to happen. At the recent Automotive Logistics Global conference, speakers discussed the potential to innovate within ...

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    The pros and cons of short-sea in Mexico

    2015-09-25T18:26:10Z

    The picture in Mexico is constantly changing. At this year's Automotive Logistics Global conference in Detroit, Roberto Zavala, head of Mexico for Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics, said it was a country of contrast, or “two Mexicos”. One is the booming emerging market with huge amounts of investment and development, but the ...

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    More needs to be done to reduce waste in the outbound sector

    2015-09-25T16:56:29Z

    All aspects of the automotive industry generate waste, whether that is environmental, in terms of productivity, or in business; and logistics and the supply chain are not exceptions. While efforts by OEMs, suppliers, and logistics service providers to reduce waste have significantly stepped up over the past few years, more ...

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    UniCar wins global inspection services contract for Mercedes-Benz

    2015-09-22T17:09:11Z

    Damage prevention services company, UniCar Group, has begun a contract with German marine insurer HDI-Gerling for the inspection of new Mercedes-Benz vehicles being moved between Europe, North America and the Far East.The contract will focus initially on deep-sea vessel operations running between the three continents and will involve around 1m ...

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    Honda restructures its import business to Russia

    2015-09-22T14:54:43Z

    Honda has confirmed that its division in Russia – Honda Motor Russ (HMR) – will stop regular volume imports of cars to the market in the face of a dramatic drop in sales.The move includes Honda’s luxury brand division, Acura (as well as its motorcycles and power equipment). Instead, Honda ...