All Asia articles – Page 119
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FeatureK-Line scraps vessels as exports fall
K-Line has announced it is scrapping six of its car carriers and returning another 11 to their owners bringing the fleet to 74 at the end of March next year – the lowest number for six years. The company is looking at what it terms a “structural change in demand ...
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FeatureCeva renews contract with Fiat Powertrain
Ceva Logistics is remaining assertive despite a continued reduction in freight flows that have hit automotive-related sectors in the first three months of 2009. It announced a contract renewal with Fiat Powertrain Technologies (FPT) as well as a new contract with Wabco in the commercial vehicle market this week. Reductions ...
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FeatureGeely calls for LSPs with understanding
Chinese carmaker Geely International is looking for global logistics partners with a better understanding of the Chinese market in the wake of a huge drop in exports of finished vehicles and increased complexity in the supply chain. Logistics Senior Manager, George Ho, told Automotive Logistics this week that the company ...
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Key executives on the move
Dave Dudek (pictured) has moved from his position as Director of International Logistics at GM to take up a new position at Ceva Logistics as Auto Sector Lead for the Asia Pacific region. He will be based in Shanghai and target Ceva's automotive market strategy in the region. "Our goal ...
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FeaturePirates target MOL car carrier
On Sunday night a Mitsui OSK Lines’ car carrier was attacked by pirates in the Gulf of Aden, 900km off the coast of Somalia. The Jasmine Ace, which was carrying 377 used vehicles on route to the Port of Mombasa in Kenya, evaded capture by taking evasive action but sustained ...
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FeatureIndian-Italian JV targets small car segment
Indian LSP Pallia Transport has entered into a 50:50 logistics joint venture with Italy’s Gruppo Mercurio to provide end-to-end vehicle movement services between India and Europe. Called Mercurio Pallia Logistics, the new company is looking to benefit from the growth in Indian vehicle sales especially with Monday’s launch of the ...
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FeatureLSPs warned not to burn bridges with China
Global automotive logistics companies that are not showing enough commitment to carmakers in China during the current downturn will jeopardise their chances of future business when the market recovers, according to the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (CFLP). Ma Zengrong, Vice General Secretary of the Chinese Automotive Logistics Association ...
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FeatureA Born identity for Mitsubishi in Europe
Mitsubishi is moving its European head office from Amsterdam in the Netherlands to the same location as its parts distribution centre and assembly plant in Born in the southeast of the country. The move comes as part of a major restructuring of Mitsubishi’s European unit which will see various ...
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FeatureLow volumes mean idle fleets
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) is planning to lay up between 15-20% of its 60-strong fleet as the industry experiences a 30-40% decrease in automotive volumes. "Like our customers, we have to adjust our capacity,” said CEO Arild Iverson. “Since we do not predict any significant up-turn in the market until ...
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FeatureChina looks at new standards for vehicle transporters
The China Automotive Logistics Association (CALA) is planning to test four new car carrier models that are longer than the current standard in China as part of a feasibility study for their introduction in the country. The study is subject to approval at this month’s CALA conference held in Beijing. ...
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Container lines fear floating in a bloodbath
Freight rates for container shipping have fallen so dramatically in the past months that many struggling container lines and other players will not survive if prices stay at this level or decrease further, according to several executives from shipping lines and logistics companies. Speaking at Bremen Logistics Day 2009 ...
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FeatureDHL is first to receive quality award from Jaguar Land Rover
DHL Exel Supply Chain has become the first company to receive Jaguar Land Rover’s new Quality Award for Best Business Process Quality Improvement Project. The Quality Awards have been established to recognise teams working in partnership with the JLR business that have made exceptional contribution to quality during 2008. The ...
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FeatureBetter logistics could help Nissan go Mexico
Nissan has been renegotiating logistics contracts and reengineering transport networks at its Mexican operations to make its cost more competitive, raising the chances that it could shift more production of cars and parts there, according to Gerardo de la Torre, Supply Chain Management and Logistics Director for Nissan Mexicana. “Right ...
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FeatureEuropean truckmakers reach for new markets
Commercial vehicle sales in Europe have fallen significantly in 2009, with the registrations of new vehicles contracting by more than 35% in January to 145,000 units, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association. The sales drop has led truckmakers to export and assemble vehicles outside their traditional markets, although the ...
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IT still in demand despite recession
The demand for visibility and IT services in the supply chain is proving resilient despite the huge drop in vehicle sales and production, IT suppliers have told Automotive Logistics. Several companies have just announced investments or updates to their IT systems, while an IBM survey of supply chain executives published ...
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Tata Nano could be saving grace for supply chain
Following months of delay, Tata Motors has announced that the Nano, the world’s cheapest car, will officially launch on March 23rd, and should reach dealers by the first week of April, according to the company. Sales in the short term could defy the sour economy and be enough to help ...
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FeatureChina offers economic help to logistics industry
Several sources have indicated that the Chinese government will extend support to industries hit by the economic downturn to help ports, warehouse operators and shipping firms. A report in Reuters said that China will add logistics to its industry support plan, citing sources close to the matter. The government had ...
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FeatureRival car carriers increase scrappage
NYK may double the number of car carriers it had planned to scrap by 2010 in the face of production cuts at Toyota, Honda and Nissan. The number could reach 40, instead of the already planned 20, according to comments made last week by Mikitoshi Kai, head of investor relations ...
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FeatureAsian carmakers target Mexico
The Mexican car industry, where sales and production have been hit hard by the economic downturn, received a small boost in the past week: Nissan announced it would be shifting some of its small-car production from Japan to its plants in Mexico. Meanwhile, Changan Auto has said it will build ...
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FeatureMahindra aims to enter US by ro-ro
Mahindra & Mahindra, which will enter the US market at the end of this year with the first Indian-built vehicles to be sold there, has told Automotive Logistics that it is likely to ship its vehicles by ro-ro. “We have not yet finalised whether it will be container or ro-ro, ...