All middle east articles – Page 18
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FeatureMazda to handle South Africa imports and sales
Mazda has established a national sales company in South Africa that it said will enable independent control of the import and sale of its vehicles to the country, as well as provide customer services. The new company – Mazda South Africa – will be based in Johannesburg and involves a ...
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FeatureVolvo ends Renault Trucks deal with Karsan
Volvo Group will end its agreement with Turkish manufacturer Karsan for assembly of Renault Trucks at Karsan’s plant near Bursa when its current six-year deal expires in November. Renault Trucks is part of the Volvo Group following a buyout in 2001, and the Swedish company established its agreement with Karsan ...
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FeatureWWL expands Mexico-US ocean service
As first announced at the Finished Vehicle Logistics conference held in California in June this year, Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics is expanding its ocean transport service from Veracruz in Mexico from September 2013 and will offer two to three sailings per month to the US East Coast, which will include connections ...
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FeatureOEMs continue operations despite unrest in Egypt
Carmakers operating in Egypt are continuing to assemble cars despite the ongoing political unrest in the country. While production had been temporarily suspended at some operations at 6th October City, south of Cairo, where most of country’s assembly plants are located, there are no reports of production supply problems and ...
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FeatureUECC expands services to connect Europe and the UK to North Africa
United European Car Carriers (UECC) has incorporated the port of Gioia Tauro in southern Italy with its North to South ro-ro liner service, which will offer transshipment connections from ports in northern Europe to growing automotive markets in North Africa. UECC’s new service will move cars, vans and high-and-heavy cargo ...
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FeatureNYK’s Metis Leader makes first delivery
NYK Line’s newest vessel Metis Leader had made its maiden voyage from Kawasaki in Japan to the port of Vancouver on the US Pacific coast carrying more than 5,000 Subaru passenger cars.It called at New Westminster port in Canada on route to unload some of the vehicles before delivering more ...
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FeatureUECC to reintroduce ro-ro service in Turkey and Russia
United European Car Carriers (UECC) is to launch a regular ro-ro liner service between major ports in Turkey and Russia starting this September. The service will transport cars and vans, as well as high-and-heavy cargo. It will make weekly calls at the ports of Derince in Turkey and Novorossiysk in ...
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FeatureUPDATE: Ford’s Steve Harley will lead European production changes as Grant Belanger takes over as head of MP&L
Ford will have a new but familiar head of global logistics this autumn, as Grant Belanger returns to the US to replace Steve Harley, who will be leading projects to shift models from Belgium to Spain and Germany.*This story has been updated from its original version following an interview with ...
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FeatureAPL’s logistics profits rise as container revenue sinks
Container shipping and logistics firm NOL Group reported 12% lower second quarter revenue and a $50m drop in earnings before tax and interest compared to 2012 as difficult trading in container shipping continued to hit the company’s financials. However, the group’s logistics arm, APL Logistics, saw strong profit growth, driven ...
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FeatureDHL reports mixed financials, but auto is a bright spot
Deutsche Post DHL reported mixed financial results for the second quarter, with a settlement and gains in the German parcel and mail business largely offsetting declines in its express, freight forwarding and contract logistics divisions.However, a small rise in contract logistics revenue was attributed to growing business in Asia Pacific ...
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FeatureJapanese supply chain in US firing on all cylinders
As Japanese OEMs see record growth in US-based production, parts sourcing and vehicle exports, the carmakers are investing significantly to increase manufacturing and logistics capacity across the region. Japanese carmakers are investing heavily in the US supply chain following growth of more than 37% in vehicle production in the ...
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FeatureThomas Vernier takes over Renault’s spare parts logistics
Renault has appointed Thomas Vernier (left) as its new director of logistics for spare parts and accessories. Vernier replaces Francesca Gamboni (lower, right), who is taking on a new role at a non-automotive company this autumn. Jean-Marc Carlicchi has filled Vernier’s previous post as general manager for outbound logistics operations ...
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FeatureToyota will increase exports and localisation with second Indonesian engine plant
Toyota Motor Corporation has announced the development of a new engine plant in Indonesia near the company’s assembly plants in Karawang, some 50km from Jakarta. The plant will export standard engines and boost the company's localisation in Indonesia. In this story...TMMIN's current assembly plants Indonesia's growth as key supply baseLocalisation ...
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FeatureLevent Yuksel leaves Toyota for logistics role at Jaguar Land Rover
Levent Yuksel, who has previously held senior roles in logistics and production control at Toyota in Turkey, Japan and Europe, is now group plant manager at Jaguar Land Rover. Yuksel has responsibility for integrating the inbound supply chain from a logistics perspective between JLR plants, as well as supporting the ...
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FeatureLiberty Global launches US-Middle East ro-ro service
US-based multimodal transport and logistics provider, Liberty Global Logistics (LGL), is starting a monthly ro-ro service for used vehicles between the US East Coast and the Middle East, with the first sailing to take place on July 27.The service will run from the port of Providence in Rhode Island, to ...
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FeatureUpdate: Gefco Group to use Mexico as global automotive hub
*This story has been updated on July 30th from its original version following comment from the company The Gefco group has announced plans to expand its Mexican operations, including taking over an international platform that will supply automotive parts to the Latin American region. The ...
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FeatureCargolift to handle inbound for Renault-Nissan
Cargolift is reported to have secured a contract with Renault-Nissan in Brazil to handle the transport of inbound parts from regional suppliers to Nissan’s factory in Resende and to the Renault facility in Pinhais. Operations to the Nissan plant will begin in October this year, and thereafter and at ...
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FeatureThai-Tang to replace Brown as Ford’s global purchasing leader
Ford’s Tony Brown, group vice-president of global purchasing, has announced he is retiring after a 36-year career, 11 of which were spent as Ford’s purchasing boss. He will be replaced by Hau Thai-Tang (pictured), who is currently vice-president of engineering. Ford said Thai-Tang’s extensive experience leading the company’s global engineering ...
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FeatureBoth sections of stricken Mitsui vessel now sunk
Both halves of Mitsui OSK Line’s stricken container vessel MOL Comfort have now sunk in the Indian Ocean with a loss of more than 4,000 TEUs. The vessel, which broke in half in heavy seas after sustaining damage on June 17th, was en route to Saudi Arabia from Singapore, having ...
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FeatureHigher parts exports could change JLR’s logistics network
Jaguar Land Rover could see changes to its parts export and import flows into and out of the UK and Europe in the coming years as it expands production in overseas locations, notably China. Growing exports of components could mean more balanced material flows in and out of the UK, ...