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FeatureStobart shakeup means £40m business for Paragon
UK transport provider Stobart Group has announced the immediate resignation of its chairman Rodney Baker-Bates and the sale of its Stobart Vehicle Services division to UK-based fleet management and logistics provider Paragon Group. The division has been renamed Paragon Vehicle Services.Stobart Vehicle Services was formerly part of the Autologic ...
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FeatureSupply chain barriers matter more than trade tariffs
A report published this week reveals that the reduction of certain supply chain and logistics barriers could have the potential to increase GDP and world trade significantly more than would eliminating all import tariffs on their own.The report, ‘Enabling Trade: Valuing Growth Opportunities’, suggests that governments, together with manufacturing ...
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FeatureRobert Strain, Eddie Wright, Frederick Beelaerts van Blokland, Petra Küster, Andreas Renschler
Robert Strain has moved from his role as head of daily operations at General Motor’s Global Logistics and Containers division to become vice president of the Automotive Sector in Asia Pacific for Ceva Logistics. He fills the role left by Dave Dudek who moved to a new role in ...
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FeatureJCB and Brit European commit to CO2 reduction
Construction vehicle maker JCB has renewed its contract with vehicle carrier Brit European for distribution to JCB dealers in the UK and to ports for overseas shipments. Central to the five-year contract, said the companies, was an initiative to cut carbon emissions and improve fuel efficiency for the benefit ...
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FeatureGlobal round up
Grimaldi terminal to bolster Med servicesItalian ocean carrier and shipowner Grimaldi is strengthening its provision of short-sea services in the Western Mediterranean with a new terminal at the port of Barcelona in Spain. The company was awarded a 15-year concession by the Barcelona Port Authority (renewable for a further ...
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FeatureUPS forced to abandon takeover of TNT Express
United Parcel Service (UPS) has announced that it will withdraw its €5.2 billion ($7 billion) bid to take over TNT Express after having received notice that the European Commission was working on a decision to prohibit the acquisition on the basis that it would limit competition in European express logistics ...
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FeatureNissan moves Murano build to Mississippi
Nissan has confirmed that it will be moving production of its Murano crossover model from its Kyushu plant in Japan to the US, with the next generation of the vehicle to be produced at its Canton plant in Mississippi from 2014. The announcement has been made as the Canton ...
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FeatureJLR boosts global sales
Jaguar Land Rover has revealed that its global sales were up 30% in 2012 compared to the previous year, reaching almost 358,000 vehicles. Sales gains across 177 markets were led by China, where there was an increase of 71% to almost 72,000 vehicles last year. China was followed by ...
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FeaturePSA completes Gefco sale to RZD
PSA Peugeot Citroën has completed the sale of shares representing 75% of the capital and voting rights of its former logistics subsidiary Gefco to Russian Railways (RZD). The completion of the deal is in accordance with the agreement signed between the two companies last November. The French carmaker sold ...
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FeatureCDN rolls out visibility tools for vehicle delivery
Following the completion of trials with two leading North American carmakers and more than 30 vehicle carriers during 2012, software solutions provider, Car Delivery Network (CDN), has announced the release of two new tools designed to manage the delivery of vehicles more efficiently.The first, called vinDELIVER, which included trials ...
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FeatureGlobal round up
CN begins operations at Calgary Logistics ParkTrains have started calling at Canadian National Railway’s (CN) Calgary Logistics Park, the company’s new C$200m ($203m) intermodal terminal located in Conrich, southern Alberta. The terminal will also feature a CN Autoport facility at a later date that will provide services for the regional ...
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FeatureHonda overhauls platform strategy
Honda is aiming to reduce the purchasing costs for its three top-selling global models by about 30% over the next four years through a new common platform strategy that includes sharing parts. As reported in the Nikkei business news service last weekend, the move follows the announcement that the ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move
GM’s logistics director in South America Fred Roldan has taken on additional supply chain responsibilities in a new role as South America supply chain and logistics director. The move follows the departure of Wlamir Giardini who was South America supply chain director but has decided to leave the company. ...
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FeatureGM merges Africa operations
General Motors has announced this week that it is combining its operations in Africa into a new business unit with immediate effect.GM Africa will now incorporate Sub-Saharan operations, including manufacturing in South Africa, with North Africa, including its production facilities in Egypt and Kenya. “Bringing our operations in Africa ...
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FeatureGlobal round up
AGCO chooses K+N for PDCLogistics provider Kuehne + Nagel has signed a contract with agricultural machinery maker AGCO to manage its new aftermarket parts distribution centre (PDC) in Johannesburg, South Africa. The centre, which started operations in December, supplies parts within South Africa as well as to several ...
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FeatureRuscon delivers CKDs for GM Korea
General Motors’ division in Korea and Russian vehicle maker Gaz are set to benefit from a new rail service launched this month by Ruscon, the Russian logistics and intermodal operator subsidiary of Global Container Service. Ruscon is providing a block train service from the new Ust-Luga Container Terminal ...
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FeatureIntegrated services take off for DHL
DHL’s supply chain division is boosting revenue with cross-sector strategies and lead logistics services in the automotive industry. Marcus Williams looks at the company’s development in Europe. DHL Supply Chain is the world’s largest contract logistics company, and one of the more advanced in providing lead logistics provider (LLP) ...
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FeatureECG: How to stop that sinking feeling
Confidence is at a new low in Europe and companies are struggling to survive. Costantino Baldissara calls for a unified approach.Everyone knows that these are difficult times for the European automotive industry and vehicle logistics sector. With the exception of a shortlived rally at the beginning of last year, we ...
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FeatureEditor's Note: Supply chains and purchasing
About five years ago, OEM executives described buying components in places like Southeast Asia as ‘low-cost country’ sourcing. A few years later, they started calling it the more cheerful ‘best-cost country’ sourcing. I always thought of this change as a PR cleanse – an obfuscation of the short and clear ...
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FeatureEDITOR’S NOTE: Lack of innovation in vehicle logistics
Lack of innovation in logistics, especially vehicle logistics, is an old complaint. One OEM executive told me that if you Google his name, you’ll find a quote from 2003 – probably from one of our conferences – in which he decried the lack of such progress. His opinion hasn’t changed ...