All articles by Marcus Williams – Page 143
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FeatureGefco signs transport contract with Georg Fischer
Automotive tier supplier Georg Fischer has signed an initial two-year contract with logistics provider Gefco for the transport of parts from its Herzogenburg site in Austria. Georg Fischer supplies metal components to customers including Daimler, MAN, Volkswagen and ZF Friedrichshafen. Gefco will be moving the parts into facilities in Germany ...
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FeatureThis week’s FVL conference in California is streaming Live!
This year's Finished Vehicle North America conference, which is taking place now, is streaming live debate from its main sessions, offering those in direct attendance, and those with an interest abroad, the ability to participate online.This year the luxurious and spacious Hilton Orange County in Costa Mesa is playing host ...
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FeatureRenault investing in Brazil PDC
Renault is investing R$240m ($108.5m) to build a national parts distribution centre (PDC) in the city of Quatro Barras, Brazil, with the start of operations planned for the second half of 2015. The new facility will create 250 jobs, and operations will involve the movement of 200 heavy-duty trucks on ...
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FeatureCongestion costing trucking industry billions says ATRI
The American Transport Research Institute (ATRI) has released analysis on US interstate highways that shows that congestion added $9.2 billion in operational costs to the trucking industry last year. Looking at financial and GPS data, ATRI found that there was a total of 141m hours of lost productivity, which it ...
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FeatureBNSF expands vehicle-handling facility at Portland
North American Class 1 rail provider BNSF is expanding its 11-hectare North Rivergate Vehicle Facility at the port of Portland in Oregon, in response to an increase in the number of vehicles handled there. The company has bought an additional two hectares from the port of Portland for $1.35m to ...
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FeatureDSV plans to double automotive business by 2020
Logistics and transport provider DSV has announced plans to double its revenue from the automotive sector to €1 billion ($1.4 billion) by 2020, which would account for 20% of its overall business.Talking to Automotive Logistics at last week’s Multimodal exhibition in Birmingham, UK, the company said that the automotive sector ...
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FeatureHonda to import Fit volumes to US through Brunswick
Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) has confirmed that Honda will move volumes of its 2015 model year Fit, produced in Mexico, through the port of Brunswick for distribution to the US market. International Auto Processing (IAP) will handle the cars upon arrival.While Brunswick has been exporting US-made Honda vehicles for some ...
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FeatureTransfennica adds service between Bilbao and Portsmouth
Short sea operator Transfennica is starting a twice-weekly direct call to Portsmouth from Bilbao this month. Beginning on May 13, the service will give customers, including those in the automotive industry, a direct connection and fast transit times from Spain to the UK, according to the company.Tuesday and Friday evening ...
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FeatureCeva announces “excellent results” from automotive in Q1
Ceva has reported its first quarter results and highlighted “excellent results in the automotive sector” led by two major contracts that are currently being implemented. There were also healthy figures for the contract logistics part of the business, which showed profits up almost 38% year-on-year thanks to the company’s decision ...
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FeatureNissan begins assembly in Nigeria under auto development plan
Nissan has become the first major carmaker to assemble passenger vehicles in Nigeria, following the start of production at the joint venture plant the Renault-Nissan Alliance has with West African conglomerate Stallion Group, in the capital Lagos.The first vehicle off the assembly line was a Nissan Patrol. The carmaker also ...
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FeatureRuscon launches weekly Far East rail service
Ruscon, the multimodal subsidiary of Russia’s Global Container Service (GCS), has launched a weekly block train service between Moscow and Khabarovsk in the Far East region of the country.The train, which has a capacity for 154 TEUs, will depart from the GCS-owned MANP inland terminal, south-west of Moscow, at midday ...
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FeatureGefco boosts logistics revenue at Russian Railways
Russian Railways (RZD) increased revenues by more than 14% last year (against 2012) to 1,763 billion rubles ($49.5 billion), with one of the key drivers of that increase coming from its logistics and transport subsidiary, Gefco.State-run RZD owns 75% of Gefco following its $1.04 billion investment in the company in ...
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FeatureEwals Cargo Care increases trailer fleet
Transport provider, Ewals Cargo Care, is in the process of adding 600 Mega Huckepack XLS trailers to its fleet this month, in addition to the 250 it added to its service last year.The curtained trailers, which are manufactured by Krone and Schmitz, have been developed and patented by Ewals. The ...
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FeatureUnipart Aftermarket Logistics takes safety award
Unipart Aftermarket Logistics has won the British Safety Council’s International Safety Award 2014. The company was recognised “for its outstanding contribution in setting world class approaches to health and safety in the transport, distribution and motor trade sector,” according to the company. The announcement was made at a gala dinner ...
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FeatureAntwerp port to buy former Opel plant
Antwerp Port Authority (APA) is purchasing GM’s Opel plant, which is located close to the port area but which has been closed since the end of 2010 following the carmaker’s restructuring of activity in Europe.APA said it plans to develop the entire 96-hectare site to attract manufacturing to the complex, ...
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FeatureDFDS to invest €100m in scrubber technology
European short sea operator, DFDS, has confirmed its commitment to the adoption of abatement, or ‘scrubber’, technology ahead of next year’s EU Sulphur Directive deadline and will invest €100m ($138m) in retrofitting its vessels with the equipment.From January next year all ships sailing in the English Channel, North Sea and ...
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FeatureAccavitti moves to oversee Acura at American Honda Motor
Honda North America’s Michael Accavitti has moved from his role as senior vice-president of Automobile Operations to take up a new role as senior vice president and general manager of the Acura division for American Honda Motor. He will now oversee all Acura brand activities including parts and service, sales, ...
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FeatureRecord parts purchasing year for Honda NA; suppliers awarded
Honda has reported a record year for parts purchasing in North America in 2013, spending in excess of $25.5 billion. It brings the amount the carmaker has purchased in terms of parts and materials in the country to more than $300 billion since it began building vehicles in the region ...
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FeatureAcumen secures contracts with Jaguar Land Rover
UK logistics provider Acumen Automotive Logistics has secured new contracts with Jaguar Land Rover for the transport of vehicles from the carmaker’s plants in the UK Midlands to dealers in the south of the UK, as well as for delivery to ports of export. The contracts will mean the annual ...
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FeatureNeptune Lines adds PCTC to short sea fleet
Neptune Lines has taken delivery of its latest vessel, M/V Neptune Thalassa, a pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) with a capacity for 3,500 vehicles.It is the second of two new vessels the Greek short sea operator has ordered from South Korean shipbuilder – Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (MPD). The first ...