All Asia Pacific articles – Page 7
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FeatureSouth Korea part 2: Widening the lens
Market analysis: an increase in regional manufacturing is changing South Korea’s export production while premium imports become more popular within its bordersWith a relatively small domestic market, South Korea’s automotive industry remains highly export focused. According to Tsukasa Watanabe, lead analyst for Asia Pacific at PwC Autofacts, the ratio of ...
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FeatureYusen Logistics: Always automotive
Yusen Logistics’ European and Czech operations are a benchmark for its growth and developmentHidden away and surrounded by pristine countryside in Bohemia is one of Yusen Logistics’ five locations in the Czech Republic. Although you might drive past without noticing it – or be distracted by the steady flow of ...
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FeatureNissan Australia outsources warehouse functions to Ceva
Nissan’s division in Australia has confirmed that it will outsource its parts warehousing and associated logistics functions to Ceva Logistics from August this year. The multi-year contract covers activity in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia.In a statement the company said: “Nissan Australia is making this change after ...
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FeatureDHL agreement builds on rail services between Europe and China
DHL Global Forwarding has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Kazakhstan’s national rail operator, Temir Zholy Express, for the provision of block train services on the land bridge connecting Europe and China.DHL said the MOU would enhance greater rail connectivity and trade between China, Kazakhstan, the Commonwealth of Independent ...
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FeatureRenault using shortsea from Vigo to export Spanish volumes
Renault is to make use of the Spanish north-western port of Vigo to dispatch finished vehicles built at its plants in Valladolid and Palencia to Nantes, on a ‘motorways of the sea’ route to western France. The carmaker intends to export around 30,000 units a year to France. However, this ...
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FeatureKia to hit 15m export milestone in June
This month South Korean carmaker Kia Motors expects to hit the milestone of exporting 15m vehicles from the country. It started exporting in 1975 when the first ten Brisa pick up trucks were sent to Qatar. Exports to overseas markets now account for 70% of domestic production, which in 2014 ...
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FeatureFord begins Mustang exports from US to Europe
Following the start of global Mustang exports from the US this year, which began in January to China, Ford has now started exports of the model to Europe.As with the initial China exports, volume numbers have begun modestly, with 575 units shipped from the Flat Rock assembly plant in Michigan ...
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FeatureCeva widens its footprint for automotive in Australia and NZ
Ceva Logistics is building a new 166,000 sq.m facility at Truganina, west of Melbourne, that will provide services for the automotive sector, including for the handling of finished vehicles.It is the largest Ceva facility in Australia and is being described by the company as a ‘super site’. The company said ...
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FeatureRoger Crook resigns from DHL Global Forwarding
Roger Crook has suddenly resigned from his role as CEO of DHL Global Forwarding, Freight. Crook, who was also a member of Deutsche Post DHL’s management board, is said to have stepped down with immediate effect from both roles for “personal reasons”.DHL confirmed the resignation with Automotive Logistics this week. ...
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FeatureChina conference: the big come to get stronger
Speakers at the 12th annual Automotive Logistics China conference pointed to efforts at both the government and industry level to improve services, become more efficient, market orientated, and international, particularly with growth slowing down. Christopher Ludwig and Rachael Hogg report from ShanghaiThere is no getting around just how big the ...
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FeatureBCUBE to handle parts sequencing for Qoros
Chinese carmaker Qoros has outsourced operations for sequenced parts to Italian logistics provider BCUBE ahead of plans to launch production of a new model later this year at its factory in Changshu, 80km north of Shanghai. It is Qoros’s first outsourcing of inbound and plant-related logistics services, while for BCUBE ...
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FeatureOpel to boost Holden-badged exports to Australia and NZ
GM’s Opel division has produced the two millionth car at its facility in Gliwice, Poland. The vehicle – a Cascada convertible – is being shipped to Australia where it will be badged under the Holden brand as part of an arrangement set up in February this year in which Gliwice ...
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Feature3PLs in China are raising the bar
Maintaining logistics leadership in China is becoming more about demonstrating the ability to implement innovative and sustainable solutions than it is about moving pure volumeChina, as this magazine has long noted, is a complicated automotive logistics market. State-owned carmakers tend to have affiliated logistics providers to handle their transport and ...
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FeatureFord aims to triple exports from India following Sanand plant launch
Ford in India has opened a new $1 billion vehicle assembly and engine plant in Sanand, in the northwest region of Gujurat, the carmaker’s second major production facility in the country. The plant will have an initial annual capacity of 240,000 units, while the engine plant will start with an ...
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FeatureMaintaining the flow
What are OEMs, claims managers and repair specialists doing to prevent damaged vehicles from damaging profits and customer confidence?Despite the best efforts of carmakers and their logistics providers, and despite vehicles arriving in perfect condition most of the time – up to 99.75% for some OEMs – there will always ...
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FeatureToyota part 2: A complex stock-in-trade
Toyota’s warehouse network and operations are strategic to maintaining the costs and efficiency of its spare parts deliveries, especially considering the scale, volume and diversity of parts and order lines that they handleThe volume moving in and out of Toyota’s huge main parts centres each day is simply dizzying: the ...
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FeatureMitsui invests in Penske Truck Leasing
Japanese trading and investment giant Mitsui & Co has announced it is investing in Penske Truck Leasing (PTL), a primarily US-based truck leasing, truck rental and logistics business.Mitsui has acquired a 20% limited partnership interest in PTL from General Electric Capital Corporation (GECC). The deal is worth approximately $750m. PTL ...
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FeatureFaster forwarding
CEO Ed Feitzinger reveals how UTi’s recent decentralisation aims to offer a personalised, five-star service to customers in both forwarding and contract logisticsEd Feitzinger’s 15th floor office at UTi’s headquarters looks out toward the mouth of the Los Angeles River and the edge of the port of Long Beach. In ...
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FeatureGrowth and agreement in South-east Asia
With the imminent introduction of a new regional trade agreement, the logistics challenges posed by difficult border crossings and the ASEAN region’s island geography could ease as investments in services increaseDespite some setbacks, vehicle production is expected to grow further in South-East Asia as part of wider economic growth in ...
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FeatureEuropean ports: Surviving SECAs and instability
Our 2014 survey shows growth across vehicle-handling ports, helped by sales recovery and exports. However, some countries and operators are struggling in the face of declining trade and new regulations.Europe’s vehicle industry continues through a cautious recovery, as demonstrated by sea shipments of light vehicles across the greater continent’s primary ...