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All Govt policy/regulation articles – Page 21
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ArticleExecutives on the move: Gerrit Hes,Brian Taylor,Jesper Hansen,Erik Jonnaert,
Gerrit Hes has left his position as managing director at Koopman Logistics Group, a role he has been in for the last five years. According to a letter sent out by Siebe Koopman, director of parent company Koopman Holding, Hes decided to stand down from his position on June ...
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ArticleBrazil omits safeguards for ro-ro in ports bill
The Brazilian government has revised the law governing new terminal investment at the country’s ports this month following the announcement last December that it was introducing a $26m incentive programme to solve endemic problems of congestion. The previous law (8630/93) applying to terminal development stated that the port authority ...
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ArticleSpanish dealers raided in anti-trust action
The Spanish government’s anti-trust authority, the National Competition Commission (CNC), is investigating a number of automotive dealers and distributors across the country that are suspected of being involved in the price fixing of vehicles and services, as well as the exchange of commercially sensitive information. The organisation, which carried ...
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ArticleExecutives on the move: Michael Kluger, Mark Ellis, Herbert de Saint Simon, Michael Hawes
Michael Kluger has taken up a new role as vice president of the Commercial Division at Neovia Logistics. Kluger has been working as a visiting lecturer at the Baden-Würtemberg Cooperative State University since October 2012, a position he took up when he left DB Schenker Deutschland where ...
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ArticleNo tools in the box to fix SOx impact says ECG
The deadline on regulations being brought in by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to control sulphur emissions in European waters comes into effect at the beginning of 2015 and it looks to be bringing with it a crisis for the shortsea shipping industry. Following the European Union’s Clean ...
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ArticleUN supports logistics development in Ukraine
The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) has been in Ukraine to look at the creation of an automotive cluster in Zaporozhye Oblast and the possibility of a further four clusters designed to improve transport links and logistics between automotive component suppliers. According to UNIDO, which had been invited ...
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ArticleGlobal round up: Bochum PDC to stay open; Greenbrier railcar; Daimler uses PINC, Malaysia cuts duties, Ford Awards
Opel Bochum PDC will remain open beyond plant closureGM’s Opel division has confirmed its spare parts distribution facility next to the Bochum assembly plant in Germany will remain open after the plant closes next year to fulfill contract obligations with Neovia Logistics Services. Neovia, previously Caterpillar Logistics Services, works ...
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ArticleExecutives on the move: Dan Bednarzyk, David Aldana, Jim Barnett, Jean-Paul Vignal, Oliver Mélot, Yves Fargues
Dan Bednarzyk, foremerly vice president of Nissan’s Canton Vehicle Assembly Plant in the US, has moved to the newly-created position at the carmaker of vice president, Total Delivered Cost. In his new role Bednarzyk is leading Nissan's efforts to maximise the company's total delivered cost efficiency across all model ...
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ArticleRussia could extend recycling fee to Customs Union
The Russian Ministry of Industry and Commerce is proposing to extend the country’s recycling charge for imported vehicles to include Belarus and Kazakhstan, which joined a Customs Union with the Russian Federation in 2010. If the bill proposing the tax is passed it will become effective from the beginning ...
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ArticleExecutives on the move: Martha Garcia-Perry, Nigel Fletcher, Anthony Foxx, James Muir, Ian Veitch, Fred van der Heijden, Steffen Rabus
North American vehicle carrier, MetroGistics, has appointed Martha Garcia-Perry as its director of account management. She previously worked as senior manager of Regional Operations at Insight Network Logistics overseeing the day-to-day distribution operations of Chrysler’s finished vehicle delivery network in the Southeast US. Garcia-Perry brings more than 12 years ...
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ArticleTensions with North Korea could disrupt supply chain
Ongoing political tension in Korea that includes military threats from the North is causing concern amongst carmakers, with some looking at contingency measures in the face of potential instability in the supply chain. North Korea’s closure of a special cooperative industrial zone between North and South Korea also includes ...
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ArticleBrazil extends Inovar-Auto programme
A delay in agreeing regulation for Brazil’s vehicle technology and supply chain incentive scheme (Inovar-Auto) has prompted the government to extend by a further two months the temporary clearance of those companies that have already joined the programme, which was supposed to have started by March 31. ...
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ArticleACEA calls for parity in trade talks
As the European Union and Japan begin negotiations on a free trade agreement this week, the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) has reiterated its calls for Japan to remove non-tariff barriers so that European brands are able to compete on an equal footing. "We are strongly in favour ...
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ArticleBrazil concerned over parts trade
The Brazilian automotive parts industry is worried by two recent developments affecting trade with its neighbours Argentina and Mexico. In the first, the government of Argentina is to revise the automotive agreement it has with Brazil to favour the local production of components. Secondly, imported parts from Mexico are ...
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ArticleLegislation could benefit modal shift in Europe
Carmakers and logistics providers are doing their best to cope with the sixth straight year of decline in European sales by adjusting transport networks to find efficiency savings and to better serve growing markets abroad. However, their efforts in finding more efficient multimodal solutions could be better supported by ...
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ArticleInfrastructure fund could benefit ports
Following President Obama’s State of the Union address delivered in February, ports in the US stand to benefit from a new funding proposal within the Department of Transport for $5 billion directed at infrastructure across the region. The American Infrastructure Investment Fund is designed to provide an incentive ...
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ArticleAuto haulers tackle risk and liability
Brokerage risk, the Affordable Care Act and the question of safety and insurance – these are three major issues affecting the vehicle haulage business in North America and all three were under discussion at the first meeting of the Auto Haulers Association of America, recently held in Atlanta. ...
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ArticleBudget cut a missed transport opportunity
Last week’s European Union budget agreement, which will see a third of funding cut from the €32 billion ($42.8 billion) originally marked for transport infrastructure projects, has been described as a “missed opportunity” by a collection of transport-related associations across the continent and transport modes, including Association of European ...
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ArticleGlobal round up: Finnlines diverts from Syria; K Line delivers motorcycles; BMW builds new facilities in US; Schenker expands in UK; Service links Koper and Black Sea
Finnlines forced to divert vessel on route to SyriaEuropean short sea operator Finnlines, part of the Grimaldi Group, has reported that it was forced to divert its ro-ro vessel MV Finnsun to Helsinki in Finland from the Belgian port of Antwerp on route to Syria following the discovery of ...
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ArticleRussia faces backlash over import tax
European trade representatives have reiterated their dismay at Russia’s imposition of a recycling tax on imported vehicles. The tax means they are effectively paying duties on imports that in many cases would be higher than before the country acceded to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and agreed to lower ...