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FeatureGaz appoints CEO and supporting management roles
Following Bo Andersson’s departure as CEO of Russian vehicle maker Gaz at the end of last year, the company has announced that Vadim Sorokin (left) has been appointed president and CEO. Sorokin was previously head of the Gaz’s Light Commercial Vehicles division, a role he will maintain along with his ...
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FeatureWanxiang Group makes surprise bid for bankrupt Fisker
China’s largest automotive parts company, the Wanxiang Group Corporation, made an unexpected last-minute bid for bankrupt carmaker Fisker Automotive at the beginning of January. The company said its initial bid would be worth $24.7m adding that it had agreed to shoulder some of Fisker’s liabilities. Hangzhou-based Wanxiang said that if ...
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FeatureMercedes begins production at completed Alabama warehouse
Mercedes-Benz has begun operations at its new logistics centre in Vance, Alabama, having first broken ground six months ago. The $70m centre first went online at the end of December prior to the company’s holiday shutdown and was reopened at the beginning of January.It covers almost 84,000 square metres and ...
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FeatureMarseilles Fos partners with TEA logistics for FVL terminal
The Marseilles Fos port authority has selected automotive logistics specialist TEA, part of the Charles Andre transport group, to develop and operate a 14-hectare terminal for finished vehicles at the Brule-Tabac quay in Fos. The terminal will provide both import and export services, and is expected to be operational next ...
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FeatureLSPs ally with AIAG to enhance FVL operations
Logistics providers Union Pacific Railroad and Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics have become members of the Automotive Industry Action Group in an effort to boost the latter’s finished vehicle activities. The project will focus primarily on information technology, particularly with application to electronic proof of delivery (epod) and damage repairs. The AIAG, ...
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FeatureHino Motors opens spare parts depot at Dubai World Central Airport
Global truck and bus manufacturer Hino Motors has opened a spare parts facility at the Logistics District of Dubai World Central (DWC) international airport. The depot will be the OEM’s third platform for spare parts, alongside the USA and Belgium. Hino Motors is a subsidiary of the Toyota Motor Corporation ...
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FeatureGM vows to reduce carbon footprint in 2014
General Motors has announced it will join the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in an effort to reduce its carbon footprint, a move that will have repercussions across the logistics supply chain. The EPA’s Smartway Partnership aims to regulate fuel consumption and cut emissions, particularly by its freight shippers and ...
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FeatureFord appoints McKelvey director of parts supply and logistics
Ford has appointed Steve McKelvey as its new director of parts supply and logistics at the group’s headquarters in Cologne. Raymond Damerow, who formerly held the position, has moved over to a sales position in Europe. Educated at Michigan State University, McKelvey has been active in the role since September, ...
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FeatureDB Schenker to combine north and eastern European logistics operations
Logistics provider DB Schenker has reorganised its European management structure and merged its northern and eastern European regions. The new merged region extends to the UK, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Ukraine, and Belarus. It means the European region is now the second-largest in ...
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FeatureGeodis appoints Metzger as MD of Geodis Northern Europe
Geodis Logistics has appointed Andrea Metzger as managing director of its northern European operations. Metzger will assume responsibility for the logistics services within Belgium, Germany, Ireland, and the Netherlands. She will consolidate Geodis’s growth across Northern Europe, a region with a prevalence of large ports.Metzger graduated from the European Business ...
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FeatureLessons in the supply chain: Wayne State and AIAG partnership
Wayne State University in Michigan has set up a non-degree certificate programme in partnership with the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG). The course is designed to provide students with an understanding of current supply chain topics, with a specific focus on the automotive industry.Participants will cover a wide range of ...
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FeatureYusen to manage Yamaha PDC
Yusen Logistics division in the Benelux region has signed a contract with motorcycle and recreational vehicle maker, Yamaha Motor Europe, to run its parts distribution centre at Schiphol-Rijk, in the Netherlands. From January 1, 2014 the logistics provider will manage the 30,000-square metre facility, which has a storage capacity of ...
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FeaturePoor vehicle sales hit India’s carrier market
Poor vehicle sales have contributed to a bleak economic situation for India’s trucking market, as many carriers – including vehicle hauliers – are being forced to sell off portions of their fleet as many switch into “survival mode” during an industry downturn. Truck carriers have been hit with something of ...
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FeatureAIAG to launch tracking database for automotive
With support from GM, Chrysler and Toyota, North America’s Automotive Industry Action Group is creating the first ever communal web-based industry database for identifying the movement of vehicles, parts and materials through the supply chain.The first generation of the AIAG platform, called Supply Safe-Supplier Security Assessment, is planned for launch ...
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FeatureUnited Road buys Waggoners’ auto transport division
North American vehicle carrier and logistics provider United Road Services has bought the auto transport division of rival firm Waggoners Trucking, making it the continent's second largest car haulier behind Jack Cooper Transport. The deal was carried out by United Road and its private equity owners, Charlesbank Capital Parnters, for ...
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FeatureEditor's note: supply chain design and development
"I love the expression: supply chain design,” a prominent logistics executive in China told me recently. This enthusiasm reflects a trend in the country’s latest wave of factory expansion. Rising production costs and historically inefficient logistics have prompted carmakers to pay closer attention to the shape of supply chains when ...
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FeatureEditor's note: Medicine for the convalescents in finished vehicle logistics
While global markets were topsy-turvy by the end of 2013, vehicle sales in several of the most important regions were in good if not rude health. The two biggest, China and the US, have grown at their fastest pace in years. Others, like India, remain in a funk, but should ...
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FeatureECG: taking lobbying to new lengths
Efforts by the European Commission to enforce border restrictions on loaded truck lengths could hurt efficiency if the sector does not act.One of the roles that we set ourselves at ECG is ‘lobbying and representation’. This is one of the five core objectives that collectively make up our mission statement. ...
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FeatureGovernment is biggest stumbling block for India’s automotive future
More than half the delegates canvassed at last week’s Automotive Logistics India conference, held in Pune, thought that government inaction was one of the main problems facing the progress of the automotive logistics industry in the country and would be until elections in India were completed in 2014. Speakers and ...
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FeatureGM’s Holden to end manufacturing in Australia in 2017
GM has announced it will discontinue vehicle and engine manufacturing in Australia by the end of 2017, as well as significantly reduce its engineering operations. GM operates under the Holden division in the country, with headquarters in Port Melbourne.“The decision to end manufacturing in Australia reflects the perfect storm of ...