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FeatureStacking up the benefits of IT
Aftermarket software solutions are key to OEMs providing a cost-effective and quality service throughout their supply chains. Anthony Coia takes a look at the diversity, drivers and development of several such systems.Integration challanges;Nissan and the click system;Reducing diversity at Renault Nissan;Nascent systems for emerging markets;Growth challenges.In the wake of economic ...
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FeatureRolling out on to terra firma in Brazil
With a fast flow of new cars being produced and an abundance of older vehicles still requiring maintenance and spare parts, Brazil is a busy land for carmakers and logistics providers. The arrival of new manufacturers from Asia and Europe may also kick-start new business, as Tony Danby discoversGrowth opportunities ...
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FeatureHeavy ideas on weighty prices
There is a feeling among some high-and-heavy manufacturers that the prices they pay to logistics providers do not always correspond to the service they receive, particularly in relation to the car industry. But should such OEMs be more grateful, particularly to shipping lines, whose services are essential to their global ...
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FeatureClosing the gap
Eastern Europe continues to see steady investment in its manufacturing and supply base and with ongoing growth expected in Russia, the region should grow more than Western Europe. But logistics still needs focus, writes Malcolm Wheatley.A long way to go for logistics;Constraints for vehicle logistics;A growing supply base;A mostly positive ...
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FeatureIndia shelves rail hub plans
Indian Railways has suspended its plans to allow private companies in the country to run railway terminals as hubs to ship finished vehicles by rail. The plans, known as the ‘Autohub’ policy, were initially intended to open up some of the handling and operations to the private sector, however the ...
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FeatureGlobal round up
China imposes anti-dumping dutiesChina's Ministry of Commerce is planning to impose punitive anti-dumping duties on vehicles imported from the US that have an engine capacity at or above 2.5 litres. For GM vehicles the duties will be as high as 8.9% and up to 8.8% for Chrysler. Cars made by ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move
Timothy Nickel has left tier one supplier Visteon in the US to join packaging supply chain expert and container pooling solutions company Surgere as vice president of operations. Nickel has had a 15-year career in the packaging industry, starting as a packaging engineer at Ford in 1997, before moving to ...
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FeatureSupply hold up hits Lordstown Cruze plant
Inbound supply problems are reported to be behind the interruption of Chevrolet Cruze production at GM’s Lordstown facility in Ohio this week. While the company would not disclose the exact reasons behind the shutdown, which began Monday lunchtime, unconfirmed reports in the local press have identified the supply of suspension ...
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FeatureGlobal round up
Ceva expands LCL servicesCeva Logistics has expanded its less-than-container-load (LCL) services with the addition of 30 new consolidation services around the world. Building on the Hamburg to New York City service, which was launched in September this year, the company has now added the following ocean freight services: Los Angeles ...
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FeatureShacman trucks come to Brazil
January 2012 will see the first shipment of Chinese Shacman Trucks to Brazil through the port of Recife in the northeastern state of Pernambuco. The move follows an agreement signed between Recife port, Brazilian truck distributor Caminhões Metro Shacman and the economic development agency AD Diper. The imported trucks are ...
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FeatureToyota adds Camry to South Korea exports
Toyota has begun to export US-assembled Camry sedans to South Korea this week, part of a targeted annual volume of 6,000 units. The first shipment of vehicles is expected to be with its distributor, Toyota Motor Korea Company, in early January a spokesperson for the carmaker told Automotive Logistics. The ...
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FeatureThailand waives tariffs for Honda imports
Thailand’s government has approved a plan to let Honda import assembled cars tariff-free until next June to replace output lost because of recent flooding. The waivers will apply from October 25 this year until June 30, 2012 with the stipulation that import volumes do not exceed last year’s production output. ...
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FeatureGlobal round up
Grimaldi extends Med ro-ro serviceItalian forwarder Grimaldi has extended it Mediterranean ro-ro service between Livorno in Italy and Valencia in Spain with the addition of a call at the Italian port of Genova. The service, which began last week, will provide three sailings a week served by two ro-ro vessels–Eurocargo ...
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FeaturePorsche boom in China
In 2011 Porsche has increased deliveries to China by more than 83% for the period between January and October, compared with the same period last year, and it expects China to replace the US as its biggest export market by 2014. The increase means a step up in business for ...
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FeatureGM to begin Chinese CKD exports to Egypt
GM’s joint venture in China–SAIC-GM-Wuling–will begin shipments of complete knockdown (CKD) kits of the Chevrolet Move to Egypt next year. GM plans to begin assembly of the vehicle in Egypt in the third quarter of 2012 at its facility outside Cairo. It is the first Chinese vehicle to be assembled ...
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FeatureGlobal round up
Mercedes renews contract with Brit EuropeanDaimler’s Mercedes-Benz van division has extended its contract with finished vehicle carrier Brit European for a further three years. Building on a previous contract that began in 1997, the logistics provider will handle the final delivery leg of all Sprinter and Vario van models as ...
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FeatureBrooklyn terminal to benefit imports
The first dedicated vehicle and ro-ro terminal in New York City will begin operations in 2012 at the site of a former container and coco terminal in Brooklyn, following a development programme that has lasted more than a decade. The South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SBMT), in the Sunset Park industrial ...
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FeatureUS carmakers welcome KORUS approval
The US and South Korea have finally ratified the free trade agreement which has been subject to a number of redrafts relating to vehicle tariff proposals and has been four years awaiting final approval. Members of president Lee Myung-bak’s governing party finally pushed the FTA through the Korean parliament on ...
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FeatureGlobal round up
Mercurio Pallia invests in vehicle carryingMercurio Pallia Logistics, the joint venture between Italy’s Gruppo Mercurio and India’s Pallia Transport, has said it plans to invest nearly Rs69 crore ($13.8m) in specialised vehicle trailers based on what it calls a ‘truck-on-truck’ concept for the Indian and wider Asia-Pacific automotive markets. The ...
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FeatureRTL opens Novaya Gavan terminal
Last week saw the inauguration of a new ro-ro terminal at the port of Ust-Luga in Russia, built and operated by logistics provider Russian Transport Lines (RTL). Novaya Gavan terminal is located 14km to the north of the main port at Vistino but is incorporated in the Commercial Sea Port ...