All articles by Marcus Williams – Page 131
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FeatureWWL takes full control of Thai sales and customer service functions
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) has revealed that it is bringing its sales and customer service operations in Thailand in house to “better coordinate its business in a growing market”. Those functions have been handled by Wilhelmsen Ship Service (WSS) for the past two decades. WWL said that the move should ...
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Feature宇森物流在海防市开设多功能仓库
宇森物流在越南北部海防直辖市（Hai Phong）开设了一家多功能工厂，这是公司在越南拓展业务的一部分。宇森物流发言人证实说，该工厂可提供一系列入厂服务及汽车零部件服务，同时也可提供整车运输服务。 该工厂建在临近海防港与莱县港开发区的海防Dinh Vu工业区，总占地面积100,000平方米。工厂包括一个占地12,000平方米的仓库，一个占地23,870平方米、存储容量达3,000个标准箱的空集装箱装卸站，和一个可容纳100辆卡车的车库。同时，它还包含化学及电子部门，这些部门同汽车一起，在过去的几年里在该区域蓬勃发展。 宇森物流驻海防港的办事处已重迁该地，集清关业务，无船承运人以及销售功能为一体。 公司表明海防港劳动力充裕，诸如大工业中心和高速公路网这些基础设施建设也在加速建设之中。 公司在发布会上表明，“新的工厂能够提供综合的仓储服务，并能将仓储和集装箱货运中转站结合在一起。作为海防唯一的多功能仓库，它可以满足客户的各种需求，包括原材料与零部件进口，完整货物的船运，以及整合买家货物的物流需求”。 在上周（11月12日）召开的开幕式上，宇森物流的总裁Hiromitsu Kuramoto先生展现了他在该区域的宏图壮志，“我们一直在为增进东盟经济一体化而不懈奋斗，跨国界全球物流网络的建立势在必行。通过商业发展来促进海防直辖市的经济建设，一直是我们长期以来为之努力的目标” 宇森物流（越南）今年迎来十周年庆典。
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FeatureYusen oткрывает многоцелевой склад в Хай Понге
Yusen Logistics открыла многоцелевой склад в городе Хай Понг в северном Вьетнаме. Здесь предлагается весь спектр услуг для автосектора: входящие и послепродажные запчасти и компоненты, услуги по обработке готовых авто. Центр расположен на участке площадью 100 000 кв.м в промышленной зоне Хай Понг Дин Ву недалеко от порта Хай Понг. ...
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FeatureYusen opens multipurpose warehouse in Hai Phong
Yusen Logistics has opened a multi-purpose warehouse in Hai Phong City, northern Vietnam, as part of its ongoing expansion in the country. The facility offers a full range of automotive services for inbound and aftermarket parts, as well as providing services for finished vehicle handling, confirmed a spokesperson for the ...
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FeatureFord reorganises Africa and Middle East business
Ford will combine its African and Middle East divisions into one business unit from the beginning of January next year. Ford Middle East and Africa will be managed in two sub-regions – South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Middle East and North Africa. The carmaker said that while regional ...
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FeatureVolvo Trucks opens first PDC in Indonesia as demand grows
Volvo Trucks is reported to have opened a $10m parts distribution centre (PDC) in Balikpapan, Indonesia to meet demand and reduce waiting times for service parts generated by the mining industry in the country.Last year the Kalimantan province, where Balikpapan is located, accounted for 80% of Volvo’s total spare parts ...
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FeatureMercedes-Benz deepens global procurement footprint
Mercedes-Benz Cars has announced it is expanding the international reach of its procurement organisation in an effort to safeguard its 2020 growth strategy. The move will see a closer integration of procurement and supplier quality functions, with locations in China, North America and South Africa playing a more important role ...
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FeatureTransplace enhances customs portal for US-Mexico shippers
North American 3PL and technology provider, Transplace, has announced improvements to the customs portal it provides for shippers moving goods through the US-Mexico border, including those in the automotive industry. According to the company the system automates and standardises the interaction between shippers, importers and customs, for better communication and ...
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FeatureDenso opens Nashville facility as part of North American expansion plan
Automotive systems supplier Denso is opening a parts distribution centre (PDC) in Nashville Tennessee as part of its plans to expand product development and manufacturing capabilities across the region.The Nashville facility – Denso Logistics Nashville Tennessee (DLNT) – represents an investment of $6.7m and covers an area of 15,300 sq.m.Overall ...
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FeaturePINC Solutions to launch aerial drones for inventory management
Yard management and supply chain software supplier, PINC Solutions, will launch a drone technology service called PINC Air at the beginning of next year to provide accurate inventory tracking on a range of products including trailers, finished vehicles and heavy machinery.A spokesperson for the company confirmed that it had already ...
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FeatureGAC delivers 1,000 tonne metal press to Volvo Car
The Project Logistics division of integrated logistics provider and maritime services company, GAC, has delivered a 1,000+ tonne metal forming press to Volvo Car’s body components plant in Olofström, Sweden.The press, made by Müller Weingarten, was moved in three parts by truck from the equipment maker’s Kaiserslautern facility in Germany ...
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FeatureKion renames Linde Material Handling as part of North American strategy
Linde Material Handling North America is changing its name to Kion North America Corporation as of January 2015. The company said the change would allow it to better align itself with its European parent company, The Kion Group, and serve as a platform for its North American growth strategy. The ...
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FeatureRhenus appoints Russell Turner to lead activity at Cannock
Freight forwarding and logistics provider Rhenus has appointed Russell Turner branch manager to head operations at its Cannock facility in the UK.Turner has 30-years experience in the logistics industry and has worked for a number of leading providers, including Kuehne + Nagel, DB Schenker and, most recently, at DHL Freight, ...
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FeatureCeva posts automotive wins while profit drops; reorganises global operations
In its Q3 results, Ceva Logistics has reported that business wins in 2014 so far are up 20% year-on-year. New business in the Contract Logistics division has risen 19% and Freight Management wins increased by 20%, thanks to new automotive contracts in the last quarter. However, overall profits have fallen ...
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FeatureJLR will use flexible logistics to support engine production in UK
Jaguar Land Rover has opened its new £500m ($800m) Engine Manufacturing Centre in Wolverhampton in the UK Midlands for the production of the Ingenium engine family, the first of which will be a 2-litre diesel engine for the Jaguar XE.To support production at the 100,000 sq.m facility the company has ...
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FeatureGMG thinks big for finished vehicle moves
Malaysian automotive shipping and logistics provider Giga Maritime Group (GMG) has launched its first ro-ro vessel – the MV Grand Vision. The pure car truck carrier has a capacity of 5,040 units and will operate in the Malaysian domestic route as well as intra-Asian countries including Thailand, Indonesia and Singapore.The ...
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FeatureRival operators benefit from Horizon Lines break up
The business of US domestic container shipping company Horizon Lines is being sold off to rivals Matson and The Pasha Group.Matson is buying Horizon’s Alaska operations and the assumption of all non-Hawaii business liabilities for $69.2m plus the repayment of outstanding debt. The Pasha Group has bought Horizon’s Hawaii operations ...
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FeatureDPCA to handle Peugeot Citroën imports to China next year
From the beginning of next year PSA Peugeot-Citroën’s joint venture with Chinese carmaker Dongfeng Motor will take over the vehicle import business that is currently being handled by the French carmaker’s office in Asia. Dongfeng Peugeot Citroën Automobile (DPCA) said the move is intended to integrate PSA’s vehicle distribution in ...
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FeatureWest Coast port congestion risks delays to parts supply
[This article was updated on the 14 November] Congestion at the US West Coast ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach is risking delays to the inbound delivery automotive parts to the country’s carmakers. The throughput of containers is being hampered by a number of factors including an on-going labour ...
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FeatureBig changes ahead in the automotive aftermarket says VW
Over the next five years the aftermarket landscape is going to change in some important ways as developments in areas such as 3D printing, telematics, e-commerce and collision avoidance systems influence customer expectations. That in turn is going to affect the intricate balance, on the part of the OEM, between ...