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Tata-Iveco charts a new $4.3bn global industrial map

Tata Motors will acquire Iveco Group’s commercial vehicle business for €3.8 billion, excluding its defence arm. The move aims to build a diversified global champion with combined revenues of €22 billion and a shared focus on sustainable mobility.

Ilkhan Ozsevim

NYK Lines and partners open new finished vehicle terminal along Suez Canal

The Suez Canal Automotive Terminal is Egypt’s first dedicated vehicle terminal and offers a new entry point to North African and Mediterranean markets.

Charlie Blackie-Kelly

Manuel Purwin moves to CCO role at Scan Global Logistics

Manuel Purwin has moved to take the role of chief commercial officer (CCO) for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (Emea) region (excluding the Nordic countries) at freight forwarder Scan Global Logistics. Purwin moves from his role as global head of Automobility+ at logistics provider DB Schenker.

Avtovaz looks for ro-ro capacity to strengthen vehicle exports

Russian carmaker Avtovaz is looking to boost production through exports abroad in 2024, including target markets in Iran and Egypt, according to the carmaker’s president, Maxim Sokolov. It follows a two-year decline in foreign sales. Russian cargo carrier, Fesco said it would support the carmaker’s export plans with a specialised fleet of car-carrying vessels, which is subject to Avtovaz receiving a concrete export order.

Stellantis plans to make cars in South Africa by 2025

Stellantis has signed a memorandum of understanding with South Africa’s Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) to build a plant in the country by 2025. Currently, the carmaker imports all the vehicles it sells there.

Tanger Med boosts vehicle throughput and cuts emissions

Tanger Med port in Morocco handled almost 478,600 finished vehicles in 2022, an 11% rise on the previous year. The majority of vehicles were exports from Renault Group and Stellantis.

Grimaldi buys terminal for vehicle imports through Amsterdam

Grimaldi has acquired 20 hectares of space at the Dutch port of Amsterdam with the intention of importing new vehicles to northern Europe.

Floods hit auto production and supply in South Africa

South Africa’s automotive industry has been badly affected by heavy rains and disastrous flooding in the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) region. Operations are expected be disrupted to some extent for the rest of this year, with Toyota’s plant in Prospecton badly hit.

Sallaum Lines adds BMW and Ford volumes to global shipments

Sallaum Lines is well established in the movement of vehicles between the US, Europe and Africa, and has now signed new contracts with BMW and Ford for the shipment of vehicles from South Africa to Europe

Toyota begins assembly from SKD imports in Ghana

Toyota has started assembling vehicles in the African republic of Ghana, beginning with the Hilux pickup truck. The truck is being built at the new Toyota Tsusho assembly plant in Tema from imported semi-knockdown (SKD) kits.

GM Middle East to import more vehicles from China

GM will be importing more vehicles from China to supply the Middle East following a re-evaluation of its sourcing strategy triggered by Covid-19, according to Sulaiman Pallak, head of purchasing and supply chain for GM Africa and Middle East.

Watch: Middle East and North Africa supply chains – the route to recovery (EP.3)

Watch this Livestream for the latest insight on vehicle demand, production and trade across Middle East and North Africa automotive supply chains, plus insights with General Motors’ head of purchasing and supply chain for the Middle East, Sulaiman Pallak. Forecast available for download.

Mercedes-Benz adopts mining standard initiative for ethical battery sourcing

Mercedes-Benz is adopting a mining certification programme designed to ensure more ethical sourcing of materials used to make the lithium-ion batteries for its electric vehicles (EVs). The carmaker is also aiming to reduce the level of cobalt used in the batteries it uses to less than 10%.

Mexico rail blockade impacting Ford operations

Easing off the gas: Is the shipping industry ready for Sulphur 2020?

A new rule to cut sulphur emissions, coming into force next year, will require operational changes by ports and shipping lines. But some parts of the world are far from ready

VW hosts hackathon to develop digital supply chain

Alfonso Sancha takes lead purchasing role at Seat

Spate of violent attacks against trucks in South Africa threatens automotive industry

Export trade gives boost to South African car industry

Ford to export Ranger from Port Elizabeth

Seat looks to buy parts beyond Spain

Though Seat sources the majority of its parts from domestic suppliers in Spain, the Spanish carmaker has just announced that it plans to buy more components from outside the country.

Ford Europe packaging: Heading to the pool

Ford’s Kuly Malka has overseen a transformation in the carmaker’s European packaging and container management

Containerisation: Why finished vehicle logistics needs to think inside the box

While ro-ro is the traditional method of shipping finished vehicles, containerisation is becoming increasingly viable as the automotive industry decentralises and introduces more EVs. Growth in China and South East Asia offers particularly good opportunities

Docking defections

Electricity crisis hits South Africa’s automotive industry

Mues new COO at Imperial Logistics

Volvo starts shipments to Europe from Ridgeville

Supply lines key to new Nissan plant in Algeria

Holger Wilhelm moves to Imperial Logistics

Volkswagen to establish business in Ethiopia

Mercedes-Benz plans production in Egypt

Nissan marks millionth export from Thailand

Stepping up the pace

Russia increases component exports

Peacing together new logistics

La Luz Autoport Terminal seeks concession at Las Palmas

BAIC opens compact SUV plant in South Africa

Africa awakes

Africa’s vehicle production and distribution sector still trails much of the rest of the world, but the signs are that this is beginning to change

Russia's fresh focus on exports

Mercedes-Benz to expand South African plant

Gefco: Full of get up and go

Volkswagen Group part 2: Talking ‘then and now’ with head of group logistics, Thomas Zernechel

The group’s head of group logistics talks about the major changes seen over the past two decades – and why he is optimistic about the future of logistics

Middle East and Africa: Ford opens up the highways

In these uncertain days, supply chain reaction times are critical

VW chief warns of ‘immediate end to South Africa’s motor industry’ if incentives are reduced and ownership targets are enforced

Alternative logistics in Africa: The sky's the limit

Volkswagen to start CKD assembly of Polo Vivo in Kenya

Kenyan legislation boosts local vehicle assembly

China conference: New Silk Road gets back on the rails

Analysis: PSA ‘product blitz’ will put the focus on its supply chain

China-Europe rail: The road less travelled

Ford continues to invest in South Africa

UK commercial vehicle exports up a third

Russia and Vietnam reach agreement on duty-free exports

BAIC sends trial consignment via port of Lázaro Cárdenas

Unpacking conventional wisdom

Russian carmakers decry Kazakhstan’s customs policy

European ports survey: Rising volume and risky conditions

Ford part 2: Global strategies

Ford intends to support dealers through its Professional Service Network, a proliferation of Quick Lane stores and extended parts retention.

Ford part 1: Always looking ahead

In the first of a four-part feature, Christopher Ludwig talks to Ford Customer Service Division president Frederiek Toney (pictured) about changing times for logistics and providing global customer service

Ford part 3: Supply chain upgrades

Ford is rolling out advanced global inventory and demand management tools in pursuit of greater efficiency in logistics and service

Binding ambition at Toyota Manufacturing UK

Europe conference panel discussion: A time for optimism

Glovis Europe goes short-sea for Hyundai and Kia exports to Spain

Europe Conference: Planning for more than the Zeitgeist in the supply chain

Grimaldi launches mixed cargo service between Houston and West Africa

Santander breaks all records in 2015

Mexico Conference report: On the borderline of change

WWL fully acquires South African joint venture with Groupe CAT

Guenter Butschek named as new CEO of Tata Motors

UTi shareholders approve DSV acquisition

Japan: The ripple effects of a global sea change

Canada: Changing with the scenery

Hyundai cuts production at St Petersburg plant

A bridge to better business

Focus on Spain part 4: Making the rail in Spain move faster in the chain

Focus on Spain part 1: The bull is back

Ford: The resources to wrap up a region

Venezuela imports Chery taxis

Spain could lose carmaking in five years, warns Machado

Renault: A new direction for parts supply

South America conference: Taking control in a crisis

Hyundai upgrades Russian plant ahead of Creta assembly launch

WWL: Setting a new course

Ro-ro by numbers: Through the storm but never far from the rock

Supply chain and mining are potential barriers to alternative powertrains

DSV to buy UTi

Panel discussion: where is the industry heading?

Coming to an automotive supply chain near you

WWL now moving Toyotas from Japan to US east coast

Volkswagen looks to export engines and vehicles from Kaluga

VW investment doubles capacity in South Africa; exports to play key role

Post-panamax car carrier – Höegh Target – docks in UK

Thousands of cars destroyed in Tianjin port explosions

Mercedes-Benz to invest “several hundred million” in global logistics realignment

Breaking supply chain taboos in South Korea

Super Group moves into Europe with In Time Express Logistik acquisition

China modes: No single way forward

Transport equipment: On the road to improvement

North American ports: Ebbs and northbound flows

South Korea part 2: Widening the lens

Yusen and TPCA: Perfecting a partnership

AvtoVAZ to launch assembly of Lada cars in Egypt

Cutting out the paper trail

Ford: Always returning to the drawing board

PSA invests in Morocco plant with a view to export

Closing the gap in Africa

Renault using shortsea from Vigo to export Spanish volumes

Ford begins Mustang exports from US to Europe

Barcelona stays at the top as Spain's main automotive port

Hyundai picks Egypt for Russian-made vehicle exports

Toyota’s fuel cell future rolls on

Roger Crook resigns from DHL Global Forwarding

China's 'One Belt, One Road' strategy under the 'new normal'

To protect and serve

Volvo Cars to build US plant amid changing supply chain strategy

On board for progress

VW reported making short sea shipments between Portugal and Germany

Toyota part 2: A complex stock-in-trade