All Integrated LSPs articles – Page 17

  • NDRC
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    China conference: building the road to logistics quality

    2015-04-15T09:57:24Z

    Slower growth but higher quality products, logistics and service. For the third straight year, speakers at the Automotive Logistics China conference – including Liu Xilong, deputy director of the economic operation bureau for transport and logistics at China’s influential National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC, pictured) – have pointed to ...

  • MenloOfficeBuilding
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    Menlo Logistics expands aftermarket activity in India

    2015-04-15T08:53:13Z

    Logistics, transport and supply chain services provider, Menlo Logistics, has moved its aftermarket spare parts activity in India to a bigger facility in Dharuhera, New Delhi.From there the company, which is a subsidiary of transport and logistics provider Con-way, said it will provide enhanced services at a 3,900 sq.m facility ...

  • Vlist_transport
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    Van der Vlist makes high and heavy moves around Europe

    2015-04-14T15:46:56Z

    Specialist logistic and forwarding provider Van der Vlist has recently moved a number of Caterpillar material handling machines from the equipment maker’s production facility in Northern Ireland to Van der Vlist’s storage facility in Zeebrugge, Belgium. Van der Vlist uses its facility near the port as a Caterpillar distribution centre, ...

  • fedexplane
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    FedEx will acquire TNT Express

    2015-04-08T13:31:37Z

    Two years after UPS was forced to abandon its attempted takeover of TNT Express on grounds of limiting competition in the European market, rival logistics giant FedEx has made its own all-cash bid for the company.Should the deal go through, the combined companies would be a particularly strong player on ...

  • APL_Log_LA
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    APL Logistics to establish regional hub in Sri Lanka this year

    2015-04-08T11:45:19Z

    Integrated supply chain provider, APL Logistics, has said it plans to establish a regional consolidation hub for South Asia in Sri Lanka by the second half of 2015. It will support APL Logistics’ existing cargo hubs in North and Southeast Asia and connect with as many as 18 container freight ...

  • Cars on hydraulic lifts at auto repair shop
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    3PLs in China are raising the bar

    2015-04-05T12:00:21Z

    Maintaining logistics leadership in China is becoming more about demonstrating the ability to implement innovative and sustainable solutions than it is about moving pure volumeChina, as this magazine has long noted, is a complicated automotive logistics market. State-owned carmakers tend to have affiliated logistics providers to handle their transport and ...

  • Wolfgang, Costantino
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    ECG column: a decision made

    2015-04-02T12:00:31Z

    ECG president Costantino Baldissara (pictured with vice-president Wolfgang Göbel, far left) weighs up the effect of the EU’s trailer length compromise on vehicle logistics, with an eye on a future review dateIn my last column, written early December 2014, I noted the likelihood that the legislative process of the revision ...

  • Adampol_Fiat500
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    Adampol helps with spot shipments of Fiat 500 to UK

    2015-03-31T17:33:57Z

    Polish vehicle carrier Adampol has stepped in to help Grimaldi with the delivery of Fiat 500 volumes moving between Fiat Chrysler Automobile’s (FCA’s) plant in Tychy and dealers in the UK. The additional service was needed because of a peak in production at the Tychy plant according to Grimaldi.Additional capacity ...

  • Bins at warehouse in Panvel, near mumbai port
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    Packed with promise

    2015-03-31T12:00:46Z

    A case study on the ambition and limitations shaping returnable packaging provider Goodpack’s growth in IndiaWhen Mahindra Sanyo Special Steel procured an order in 2010 from FAG for supply of 60 tonnes of rings per month from India to Hungary, dispatch was the critical issue. The buyer made it clear ...

  • PCMA_Rus
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    PCMA Rus plant will halt output in April; Peugeot Citroën Rus restructures

    2015-03-31T10:51:02Z

    PSA Peugeot-Citroën’s joint venture with Mitsubishi Motors in Russia – PCMA Rus – has said it will idle production at its plant in Kaluga because of poor sales in the country. The decision follows similar moves by VW announced last week.It also follows last year’s decision by PSA to cancel ...

  • Mosolf_Automotive_Railway
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    Mosolf Automotive Railway adds more cars

    2015-03-30T09:58:24Z

    Mosolf Automotive Railway (MAR) is adding 100 open rail wagons to its fleet to facilitate more vehicles to be transported by rail.Since March 2015 the wagons have been leased by rail car leasing company Touax, but will become the property of MAR in 2016.The additional wagons mean MAR now has ...

  • Article

    Mind the sulphur gap

    2015-03-27T13:00:05Z

    WWL’s global head of environment, Roger Strevens (left) warns that shipping lines and cargo owners risk falling into a trap if they fail to look over the horizon when adjusting fuel costs, as well as if they ignore proper enforcement of new sulphur emission control zonesOf all the scenarios that ...

  • Chrysler
    Article

    Apps and logistics: Taking it all in hand

    2015-03-25T12:01:17Z

    Smartphone apps are increasingly being used in areas such as track-and-trace, damage reporting and claims, as well as compliance issuesWith the growth of e-commerce, customers are increasingly accustomed to using their smartphones not only to buy products, but also track delivery right to their door. The ubiquitous rise of Uber, ...

  • Albert Gallagoes
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    E-commerce: Online and on the road

    2015-03-25T12:00:16Z

    E-commerce in automotive is starting to penetrate spare parts and vehicle purchases, with implications for OEMs, dealers, LSPs and customersIn the early days of eBay and Amazon, consumers marvelled at their own boldness. Buying on the internet was a step into the unknown: sending money to strangers to purchase items ...

  • Penske Logistics Indiana
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    Penske Logistics to acquire Transfreight

    2015-03-25T09:41:43Z

    Penske Logistics has announced that it has finalised an agreement to acquire Transfreight North America, a third-party logistics and supply chain solutions provider, from trading and investment giant, Mitsui & Co.This follows the news last week that Mitsui has acquired a 20% limited partnership interest in Penske Truck Leasing from ...

  • TerbergEVtruck_BMW_Scherm
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    BMW to use 40-ton electric truck for inbound deliveries to Munich plant

    2015-03-24T15:47:31Z

    BMW has announced it will be the first carmaker to use a 40-ton truck powered purely by electric to deliver inbound parts. The carmaker has established a partnership with German logistics provider Scherm Group on a pilot project that will see the electric truck deliver material to the BMW Munich ...

  • magnetimarelli24022015834
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    Ceva opens aftermarket PDC for Magneti Marelli

    2015-03-24T11:09:16Z

    Ceva Logistics has opened a local parts distribution centre (PDC) in Italy for Magneti Marelli’s Aftermarket Parts and Services division. Magneti supplies systems, modules and high technology components for the automotive industry.The 1,600 sq. m facility is located at Interporto Padova, near Padua in northern Italy, and will serve Magneti ...

  • Opening_eurotruck
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    Pushing Europe's boundaries

    2015-03-24T10:43:27Z

    Many barriers prevent a truly international, borderless vehicle logistics service across European countries. However, carmakers and logistics providers are making progress toward integrated networks.Political, economic and diplomatic tensions are rising in Europe, with the escalating issues surrounding Russia and Ukraine, and looming threats of Greece crashing out of the euro-zone, ...

  • Andy Lane CTI
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    Bridges over troubled water

    2015-03-23T11:00:45Z

    To protect their crews, the public, the environment, and not least their operations and profits, carriers must have a ‘plan B’ in place for when things go wrong.Even if ‘Plan A’ works for you 99.9% of the time, it is always worth having a ‘Plan B’. For any business worth ...

  • Penske_hp-banner
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    Mitsui invests in Penske Truck Leasing

    2015-03-23T10:28:52Z

    Japanese trading and investment giant Mitsui & Co has announced it is investing in Penske Truck Leasing (PTL), a primarily US-based truck leasing, truck rental and logistics business.Mitsui has acquired a 20% limited partnership interest in PTL from General Electric Capital Corporation (GECC). The deal is worth approximately $750m. PTL ...