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FeatureDHL rolls out shared-user system to suppliers in the UK
DHL Exel Supply Chain has launched a shared-user warehousing and logistics solution for inbound automotive component suppliers in the UK. It enables Tier One and Two suppliers to cut costs by sharing facilities and IT systems, as well as providing transactional-based pricing models which lessen commercial risk as volume or ...
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FeatureRyder slashes automotive business
By the end of 2009 Ryder will have pulled out of nearly half its automotive operations in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Europe and severely cut automotive-related activity in North America, putting more than 3,000 jobs on the line. The logistics and supply chain leader has announced a number of “strategic ...
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FeatureCeva braves the Thai market to support Isuzu
Ceva Logistics has chosen a difficult time to sign a new contract with Isuzu Motors for warehousing and shipping services in Thailand as the economic downturn reaches the country. The agreement covers outbound logistics for Isuzu’s knockdown assembly at the company’s facility near the Eastern Seaboard Industrial Estate, 120km south-east ...
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FeatureRolf Group opens first dealer in Tajikistan for Mitsubishi
Rolf Group subsidiary Rycom has opened the first official car dealership in Tajikistan for Mitsubishi and is supporting it with a new distribution business in the country. Rycom, which is also the official distributor of Mitsubishi vehicles in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, is feeding the new Tajik business along its New ...
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FeatureKey executive news
Captain Sam Judah, Managing Director of the UK’s terminal operator GBA Group (pictured), has been awarded an MBE for “Services to Business and to the Community in the East Riding of Yorkshire”.Following his 17-year career at sea, Captain Judah has spent 22 years working within the ports and terminals industry, ...
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FeatureUnited Road boosts customer offering with Autolog purchase
Finished vehicle transporter United Road has bought fellow US carrier Autolog Auto Transport and expanded its national network with the addition of more than 100 pick-up and delivery locations. Autolog is credited as the company that introduced the transport of privately-owned vehicles and the acquisition will give its customers an ...
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FeatureGrimaldi expands despite downturn
Grimaldi Lines has launched its new fortnightly Euro-Aegean ro-ro service with the departure of the Grande Sicilia from Hamburg’s Unikai Terminal bound for Alexandria, Egypt. The Grande Sicilia will be joined by sister ship the Grande Italia and both are equipped to load a range of ro-ro units including automobiles, ...
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NewsPorsche upgrades Zuffenhausen plant with logistics automation
[Update Nov 23] Porsche is investing €250m ($272m) to upgrade its main plant in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, increasing capacity and flexibility in the production of combustion-engine and electric sports cars. The upgrade includes the latest automated guided vehicles (AGVs), additional logistics areas and a new high-bay rack.