All Asia articles – Page 59
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FeatureLondon Taxi benefits from Thorworld loading system
Thorworld Industries, which specialises in loading and unloading equipment, has installed a bespoke platform and ramp loading bay system at London Taxi Company’s manufacturing facility in Coventry, UK. The company said the system has brought greater efficiency and flexibility in the delivery of containerised parts from China.Chinese vehicle maker Geely ...
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FeatureAuto sector hit hard by US winter storms
The record adverse winter conditions that hit the US and Canada at the beginning of this month, travelling from the Midwest through the north central states to the East Coast, have taken their toll on manufacturing facilities and automotive shipments during the last couple of weeks. Staff shortages and the ...
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FeatureMaruti Suzuki to introduce dedicated rail wagons in India
Maruti Suzuki has announced that it will implement India’s first specially designed wagons for vehicle rail logistics operations. The move will allow up to 310 vehicles to be transported per rail rake, compared with about 125 vehicles for the current rakes used in India – or up to only ten ...
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FeatureJapan serves notices for unfair practice on ro-ro carriers
A number of global ocean carriers, including Japan’s NYK Line and ‘K’ Line, are facing a round of fines because of non-competitive behaviour in their vehicle shipping business, this time by a Japanese regulator. The carriers have now been served with preliminary findings into an investigation by the Japanese ...
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FeatureAirlines fined following price-fixing cartel
The Swiss-based Competition Commission (Comco) has brought fines totalling 11m Swiss francs ($12.1m) against 11 airlines, following an investigation into horizontal price fixing agreements on freight transport services between 2000 and 2005.Comco said the investigation revealed that the airlines had agreed on freight rates, fuel surcharges, war risk charges, customs ...
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FeatureKroon takes over Renault Nissan’s European logistics as MacDonald heads to India
Renault Nissan has appointed Frans Kroon (left) as vice-president of Alliance Logistics Europe, heading up the joint division between the two carmakers for inbound and outbound logistics operations and engineering across the wider European region. Kroon has replaced Colin MacDonald, who has been promoted to deputy-managing director for the Renault ...
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FeatureBelarus to adopt utilisation fee on foreign imports
A draft decree on the introduction of a utilisation, or recycling, tax on foreign imported vehicles, based on the one introduced by Russia and Ukraine last year, has been published by the government of Belarus, which is part of the region’s Customs Union. Representatives of Belarus’s trade association said that ...
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FeatureNeovia signs global contracts with Daimler
Neovia Logistics has announced a three-year contract win with Daimler in Canada, as well as a renewal of its contract with the carmaker in South Africa. The addition of the business in Canada brings the number of global facilities Neovia operates for the carmaker to eight. The value of the ...
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FeatureDaimler expands aftermarket logistics in China
Daimler is opening a sixth logistics warehouse in China in 2014 for the handling of Mercedes Benz car, van and truck parts in the country. The custom-built warehouse will be located in Shanghai and operated by Daimler Northeast Asia Parts Trading and Services (DPTS), which is responsible for aftersales parts ...
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FeatureFord's DeMuro to retire; Laurila to replace him in Asia Pacific
Rick DeMuro is leaving his position as director of material planning and logistics at Ford Asia Pacific after eight years in the job and retiring from the company. He is being replaced by Robert Laurila, currently Ford Asia Pacific regional MP&L manager based in Thailand, who Ford said would continue ...
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FeatureMazda begins production in Mexico
Japanese carmaker Mazda has started production at its new plant in Mexico. Organised under a division set up in 2011 called Mazda de Mexico Vehicle Operation (MMVO), the first vehicle off the line at the plant in Salamanca was a Mazda3 sedan destined for the US market. The division is ...
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FeatureYusen expands at Duisport in Germany
Yusen Logistics is expanding its operations at the German inland port of Duisburg with the addition of 26,000 square metres across three facilities, in addition to its existing footprint of five warehouses. The additional capacity includes a 10,000-square-metre automotive crossdock that it said will enable consolidation and just-in-time delivery to ...
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FeatureWanxiang Group makes surprise bid for bankrupt Fisker
China’s largest automotive parts company, the Wanxiang Group Corporation, made an unexpected last-minute bid for bankrupt carmaker Fisker Automotive at the beginning of January. The company said its initial bid would be worth $24.7m adding that it had agreed to shoulder some of Fisker’s liabilities. Hangzhou-based Wanxiang said that if ...
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FeatureHino Motors opens spare parts depot at Dubai World Central Airport
Global truck and bus manufacturer Hino Motors has opened a spare parts facility at the Logistics District of Dubai World Central (DWC) international airport. The depot will be the OEM’s third platform for spare parts, alongside the USA and Belgium. Hino Motors is a subsidiary of the Toyota Motor Corporation ...
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FeaturePoor vehicle sales hit India’s carrier market
Poor vehicle sales have contributed to a bleak economic situation for India’s trucking market, as many carriers – including vehicle hauliers – are being forced to sell off portions of their fleet as many switch into “survival mode” during an industry downturn. Truck carriers have been hit with something of ...
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FeatureEditor's note: supply chain design and development
"I love the expression: supply chain design,” a prominent logistics executive in China told me recently. This enthusiasm reflects a trend in the country’s latest wave of factory expansion. Rising production costs and historically inefficient logistics have prompted carmakers to pay closer attention to the shape of supply chains when ...
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FeatureEditor's note: Medicine for the convalescents in finished vehicle logistics
While global markets were topsy-turvy by the end of 2013, vehicle sales in several of the most important regions were in good if not rude health. The two biggest, China and the US, have grown at their fastest pace in years. Others, like India, remain in a funk, but should ...
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FeatureGlobal ro-ro report: Moving with the trade winds
The ro-ro industry has mostly balanced capacity to market demand, but there are regional variations, while changing trades and larger vessels will cause waves at sea. Additional reporting by Christopher LudwigThe global ro-ro shipping industry is one of the most complex – not to mention capital intensive – parts of ...
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FeatureGovernment is biggest stumbling block for India’s automotive future
More than half the delegates canvassed at last week’s Automotive Logistics India conference, held in Pune, thought that government inaction was one of the main problems facing the progress of the automotive logistics industry in the country and would be until elections in India were completed in 2014. Speakers and ...
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FeatureGM’s Holden to end manufacturing in Australia in 2017
GM has announced it will discontinue vehicle and engine manufacturing in Australia by the end of 2017, as well as significantly reduce its engineering operations. GM operates under the Holden division in the country, with headquarters in Port Melbourne.“The decision to end manufacturing in Australia reflects the perfect storm of ...