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Saturday night’s alright for CevaCeva Logistics has added services for Saturday deliveries to the US from Mexico as part of its Consolidated Border Truck programme (CBT). The Saturday Night Expedite service will ensure the transport of freight that needs to arrive in the Midwest or Ontario, Canada by Monday morning. ...
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Gefco launches European service from UKGefco has launched a daily departure and delivery service from Coventry in the UK to 15 countries across Europe. The new EuroDailyService service aims to provide better journey times and increased frequency through more direct routes, according to the company. Gefco also said it will ...
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Hyundai begins exports from RussiaHyundai will begin exports of the Accent model from its St Petersburg plant in Russia this month following the start up of mass production at the plant in January. Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Rus will supply Russian-made cars to a number of neighbouring countries, including Ukraine, Azerbaijan, ...
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FeatureCollaborating in the aftermarket
Marcia MacLeod discovers how logistics companies and manufacturers in the US are waking up to the benefits of shared services and more collaboration in the aftermarket supply chain.Dealing with damageCollaborating on deliveryCombing inbound with aftermarketThe sheer size of North America, with more than 3,000 miles between east and west coasts ...
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FeatureToyota relocates Spanish parts centre
Toyota Motor Europe (TME) has begun construction of a new 13,000m² parts centre in Illescas, Spain where it will relocate its existing centre from San Agustín de Guadalix, north of Madrid. The company is investing €26.7m ($37.2m) in moving Toyota Parts Centre España (TPCES) to the larger facility, which is ...
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Freight policy to address ‘the end of cheap oil’The European Commission has revealed plans for the future of transport over the next decade that will prepare for a new world without cheap oil and one that will seek to remove national protectionist measures that threaten more efficient freight transport. ...
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FeatureCeva builds on Italian market with Merc contract
Mercedes-Benz has signed a three-year contract with Ceva Logistics for the distribution of aftermarket parts for Mercedes and smart brand vehicles in Italy. Ceva will now be responsible for the loading of equipment at the Mercedes-Benz warehouse in Capena, near Rome, as well as the inland transportation of spare parts. ...
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FeatureK+N targets automotive for growth
By Marcia MacLeod Kuehne+Nagel is targeting automotive as one of the niche markets it thinks will help it grow its business, especially in the UK. The company has recently set up an overnight service delivering service parts companies like Fiat, which includes Chrysler and Jeep. A 30,000ft2 (2,800m2) warehouse in ...
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FeatureFord chooses Ebrex for Russia
Following a new deal with Ford, the Russian division of transport and logistics provider Ebrex Business Solutions began shipments last Sunday of aftermarket parts from the carmaker's Cologne plant in Germany for distribution to dealerships in Russia. Ebrex is transporting the parts by truck from Cologne to dealers in the ...
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Federal Mogul strengthens aftermarket supply in SpainPowertrain, chassis and safety technology supplier, Federal Mogul, has opened a new aftermarket distribution centre in Madrid to service the Spanish market, which accounts for 10% of the company’s European aftermarket business. The 8,000m2 Coslada facility will stock 35,000 specialised replacement parts and is ...
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Bridgestone renews contract with DHL Supply ChainBridgestone has renewed its contract with DHL Supply Chain in Jönköping, Sweden until 2013 for the provision of warehousing and a number of value-added services including assembling and studding of tyres.DHL has handled Bridgestone Europe’s warehouse operations for the Swedish market since 1997 and ...
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FeatureMercedes expands Middle East network
Mercedes-Benz is expanding aftermarket distribution in the Middle East following the first shipment of parts to Syria from its regional logistics centre in the Jebel Ali Free Zone in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The facility celebrated its 10th anniversary this week with the announcement of the new Syrian business and ...
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FeatureCeva signs deals in Brazil and UK
Ceva Logistics has signed deals with two of Japan’s biggest carmakers for aftermarket distribution in Brazil and the UK worth a total of €14m ($19m). In the first deal the company has signed a three-year contract with Honda’s division in Brazil – Honda Automóveis do Brasil – for the transport ...
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FeatureCat Logistics to open centre in Dubai
Caterpillar Logistics Services is planning to open a new aftermarket parts distribution centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates as part of the expansion of its Cat Parts distribution network in Europe, Africa and the Middle East (EAME). Operations for the new Dubai Distribution Centre, which will be support the distribution ...
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FeatureNo cost to spare
The automotive aftermarket in Europe has become radically more competitive thanks to the Block Exemption and global sourcing. Malcolm Wheatley investigates the approaches carmakers and providers are taking to save costs and increase speed in the supply chainAll in fluxHonda Europe reshapes delivery approachCan't spare the profits from sparesOEMs need ...
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Ford extends aftersales contract with Norbert DentressangleFord has signed a multi-million, two-year contract extension with Norbert Dentressangle Transport Services for the distribution of aftersales parts to the carmaker’s 300 UK dealers. The operation involves Norbert Dentressangle collecting orders from Ford’s Daventry facility for onward delivery directly to the dealerships overnight ...
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Swedish truckmaker Scania marked the centenary of its export activity in Russia last week with the inauguration of a delivery centre in St Petersburg for final assembly and bodywork on trucks adapted for the Russian market. “This facility enables us to move the factory gate closer to the customer, shorten ...
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STVA takes Toyotas to PolandSTVA, the automotive subsidiary of French rail company SNCF, has won a one year contract with Toyota Europe to ship vehicles from the port of Zeebrugge in Belgium to Mszczonów, near Warsaw in Poland for distribution to the Polish and Ukraine markets. The contract, formerly tendered ...
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High local content and shorter lead times for Daimler IndiaDaimler’s new Indian truck plant in Oragadam, Tamil Nadu will rely on a high degree of local content with only fuel injection systems and electronic components imported from overseas, according to the company. Unlike a number of overseas car and commercial ...
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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 ...