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Kia halts exports to IranKia Motors has suspended exports to Iran, including finished vehicles and parts, partly as a response to South Korea’s nuclear-related sanctions according to the company. The Korean carmaker makes significant exports of the hatchback Pride model, which is popular in Iran and accounts between 30-40% of ...
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FeatureMercedes opens centre in Florida
Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) has opened a new complex in Jacksonville, Florida, less than three miles from Jacksonville airport, which includes a parts distribution centre that will support approximately 70 MBUSA dealers in the southeast of the country. The parts centre, part of a total facility covering 415,000ft2, will house about ...
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FeatureSKDs answer to Russian import tax
As Russia contemplates raising import duties on foreign-made finished vehicles still further, foreign carmakers are continuing to negotiate the high cost with the assembly of vehicles from complete and semi-knockdown kits shipped to the country which are subject to a much lower level of import tax. Mitsubishi, Renault and VW ...
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FeatureChina adds fifth port for vehicle imports
By Namrita Chow, Asia correspondent China’s southern port of Qinzhou, on the border with Vietnam, will begin finished vehicle imports next month and has established bonded checkpoint services for the purpose. The move is significant given China’s restrictions on the number of ports with permission to accept vehicle imports ...
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FeatureGuido Grimaldi: Last of the great Italian shipowners
Dr Guido Grimaldi, the founder and chairman of the Naples-based shipowner Grimaldi Group, has died at the age of 92. He passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Sunday morning, 5th September. “Guido Grimaldi was the last of the great Italian shipowners,” said the company in a statement. “He ...
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FeatureNissan chooses CAT Group for Argentina
Nissan is ending its contract with Renault for import and distribution in Argentina and using CAT Group from the end of 2011. The company has said the move will strengthen its sales, service and distribution operations in Argentina and provide sustainable growth there. Renault Argentina S.A. will continue to support ...
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FeatureHonda Logistics happy to continue with Ceva
Ceva Logistics has signed a three-year renewal of its contract with Honda Logistics Europe worth €6.7m for the forwarding of spare parts for cars, motorcycles and power equipment. The company will distribute parts to more than 1,500 Honda dealers around Italy. The company will also handle the Italian network distribution ...
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FeatureGlobal news in brief
Renault opens new spare parts logistics centreRenault has opened its new spare parts and accessories centre in Oarja, Romania, around 30km from the Dacia plant in Mioveni. The 65,000m2 warehouse holds Renault’s largest spare parts and accessories distribution centre outside France, with capacity for more than 70,000 part lines. The ...
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WWL wants to slow down at sea, but stop standing still
Over the next five years ocean forwarders will face new regulation on air emissions and fuel charges that are likely to raise costs significantly. Among the looming changes will be the creation in 2012 of a 200-nautical mile Emission Control Area (ECA) around North America, stipulating the use of ECA ...
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Get ready for risk if you want new routes
Shipping lines should exploit the current crisis in world trade to combine volumes and offer carmakers new trade routes, according to VW. But shipping lines are more likely to consolidate routes rather than volumes, while reducing unit costs with larger ships. Could moving containers together with ro-ro be an answer?Speaking ...
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FeatureWill Russia really raise tariffs again?
Russia’s prime minister Vladimir Putin said on Monday that the government would further raise import tariffs on foreign-produced vehicles over the next few years up from the 25% duty it currently imposes on vehicles coming into the country. Exact figures were not given but carmakers and ro-ro providers are bracing ...
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FeatureDelays don't dampen hope for India's GST
Despite further delays to the proposed implementation of a new general sales tax (GST) regime in India, which would eliminate state-enforced cross-border taxes and replace them with a unified, more efficient system, carmakers are responding positively to the transformation of the fragmented automotive supply chain the new system promises in ...
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FeatureMahindra claim invalid says distributor
Mahindra and Mahindra’s announcement that it has terminated its four-year contract with Global Vehicles USA for the import and distribution of its pick up trucks has been refuted by the Georgia-based company. In a statement issued by Global Vehicles’ last week, spokesman Max Butler said the claim was “inaccurate”. “While ...
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FeatureStrike action continues to hit South Africa
Strike action has hit South Africa's automotive industry once again this week with the National Union of Metal Workers South Africa (NUMSA) again calling for workers in the automotive sector to take action today over a wage dispute. "Our selected demands include a minimum of R20 per hour in the ...
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FeatureSchneider Logistics sells freight and customs business
Schneider Logistics is selling its freight forwarding and customs brokerage business in the US and China to European logistics provider Norbert Dentressangle. The sale, which includes seven locations in the US and two in China, and is estimated to have annual sales of $29m, is expected to be complete by ...
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FeatureAcumen delivers Land Rover to UK region
Tata-owned Jaguar Land Rover has chosen Acumen Automotive Logistics to deliver Land Rover vehicles to dealerships in the southwest of England from the carmaker’s Gaydon plant in the UK Midlands. The contract was tendered earlier this year by Ford on behalf of JLR because Ford retains outbound logistics contracts for ...
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FeatureCarriers forced to cope with smaller ports
By Namrita Chow The growth in commercial vehicle sales in China, South America and Africa is forcing ocean forwarders to use smaller ports that are closer to the manufacturing base but which do not have proper ro-ro provision. Commercial vehicle sales in China are increasing dramatically with a total 903,202 ...
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FeatureMaruti's local focus good news for LSPs
Indian carmaker Maruti Suzuki is limiting vehicle exports to 15% of its overall production and focusing more on the domestic Indian market, where the company expects car sales to double in the next five to six years. But rather than representing a control on growth for those logistics providers supporting ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move
Evolution Time Critical has appointed Alex Burnett as its new European sales development manager. Burnett, who previously worked at TNT, will be responsible for forging relationships with European car manufacturers and their tier suppliers. "With four years' logistics experience in the armed forces and ten years in sales and operations ...
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FeatureVW makes progress on Chattanooga centre
Volkswagen of America has started work on an $8.4m logistics centre to support output from its Chattanooga assembly plant currently under construction in Tennessee and due to start production of a new mid-size sedan next year. Last week saw work begin on the accessory processing building on the outbound logistics ...