All south america articles – Page 21
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Executives on the move
Bruno Sidler has stood down from his role as chief operating officer at Ceva Logistics and is moving to a new COO position in February next year at market expansion services group DKSH, which focuses on the consumer goods, healthcare, performance materials and technology sectors in Asia.“DKSH will benefit from ...
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Honda to boost exports from North America
Honda Motor has said it intends to boost vehicle exports from the US and could raise volumes from the current level of between 6%-7% to as much as 20% from the wider North American region. By the end of this year it will have exported a total of 1m vehicle ...
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Auto growth is ray of hope for Ceva in Q3
Ceva Logistics has reported positive results in its automotive business for the third quarter of 2012 driven by “extremely strong growth” in the Americas region. The situation in Europe, however, remains “a big area of concern” with Ceva continuing to feel the impact of factory closures and reduced output. It ...
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Global round up
Nissan India hikes car prices to cover logistics costNissan’s subsidiary in India has increased the price of its Micra hatchback and Sunny sedan models this month to counter what it said is a sharp increase in logistics and transport costs in the country. The move follows similar price increases ...
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Executives on the move
As part of some widespread leadership changes at Ford, Joe Hinrichs is moving from his position as group vice president and president of the Asia Pacific Africa to take up a new role at the beginning of December this year as executive vice president and president of the Americas.Hinrichs ...
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Global round up
Yusen to provide linefeed services to Jaguar for InapalYusen Logistics has secured a contract with Portuguese parts supplier Inapal Plasticos to provide linefeed preparation services for Jaguar Convertible F Type production at the Castle Bromwich facility in the UK. Inapal Plásticos supplies Jaguar Land Rover with spoilers and ...
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Threats on horizon for logistics superpower?
Last week’s BVL Congress in Berlin celebrated a German logistics market that is on pace for another record year in 2012, buoyed largely by strong exports and manufacturing, including automotive. The leader of the opposition Social Democratic party proclaimed the country a “logistics superpower”. But with further ...
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Global round up
Ford to close Genk plant in restructure of Euro operationsFord is has said it will close its Genk plant in Belgium at the end of 2014 and move Mondeo, S-Max and Galaxy minivan production to its Valencia plant in Spain pending the outcome of a consultation ...
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Portuguese strike hits VW and Mitsubishi Fuso Truck
Rolling strike action currently taking place at Portuguese ports has forced both Volkswagen and Mitsubishi Fuso Truck Europe to look at shifting consignments to Spanish ports in order to get round stoppages caused by backlogs to export volumes. The strike, called by pilots, stevedores and ...
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Brazilian port Suape posts record imports
The north-western Brazilian port of Suape has taken delivery of a record consignment of vehicles from General Motors and Volkswagen. In total, around 2,200 vehicles were offloaded at Berth 4 – a much higher figure than the fortnightly average of 1,000 vehicles imported from both Argentina and Mexico.Finished vehicle ...
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SC Line adds Jacksonville to ro-ro route
SC Line, an ocean forwarder of vehicle, truck and heavy equipment based in Panama, has started making bi-weekly calls at the Talleyrand Marine Terminal at the port of Jacksonville. The new service will connect Jacksonville with Colombia, Panama and Venezuela, as part of SC Line’s USATruck ro-ro ...
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Opel follows 4PL trend for parts
While the big news this year for logistics at General Motors Europe has been the pending outsourcing of its inbound and outbound logistics management to Gefco as a ‘fourth party logistics provider’ (4PL), for more than a year GM’s Opel/Vauxhall unit has also been working with another ...
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Global round up
Redesigned Nano could reach US shores in three yearsA redesigned version of Tata's low-cost Nano minicar will come to the United States in three years, according to Ratan Tata, chairmen of India's Tata Group."The US is a very enticing market," Tata said in an interview during ...
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VW inaugurates multimodal centre near Wolfsburg
Volkswagen has expanded the logistics capacity at its Wolfsburg plant in Germany with a €26m ($33.5m) multimodal logistics centre in nearby Fallersleben. The new facility, which was inaugurated last week, will control the shipment of complete knockdown (CKD) kits to VW plants, as well as the ...
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European vehicle inventory returns to bad old days
Last week’s ECG Conference in Prague revealed that OEM order and production systems in Europe are still not responsive enough to market demand, with vehicle inventory levels rising as sales decline. Meanwhile, poor forecasting and communication, as well as longer delivery lead times in some cases, appear ...
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Brazil's new auto plan will help imports, too
The Brazilian government has launched a new automotive plan to stimulate growth and production in the country, which should open up the way for lower taxes on both locally produced and imported vehicles. Since the plan was announced earlier this month, foreign carmakers, including China's JAC ...
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WWL buys controlling stake in ALS
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics has bought a 60% stake in Abnormal Load Services Holding (ALS), a UK-based high-and-heavy-equipment logistics provider that specialises in ‘out of gauge’ transport and supply chain services.ALS will now become an integrated part of WWL, enhancing the Norwegian logistics provider’s services for existing and ...
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South African transport strike ends
A three-week long strike started by truck drivers in South Africa is reported to have ended following renegotiations involving the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Aribitration (CCMA). The South African Transport & Allied Workers' Union (SATAWU) and several smaller groups agreed Friday to an offer from ...
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Global round up
Rail Freight Group recognises DB Schenker RailDB Schenker Rail has won an award in the Environmental Innovation category at the annual Rail Freight Group Awards 2012 for its components recycling facility, the brainchild of staff member Andrew Hogan. During 2011 Hogan developed a cutting shop to enable damaged ...
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WWL adds service to Chile
Norway’s Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) has added a monthly ocean service call to the port of Antofagasta in Chile, as part of its service along South America’s West Coast.Starting this month, the latest service will add to WWL’s current calls at the ports of Guayaquil in Ecuador and Callao ...