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FeatureSmooth sailing for MOL
Mitsui OSK Lines has applied a new low-friction ship bottom paint on its latest pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) Neptune Ace in trials that have confirmed improvements in fuel efficiency. The paint, which is called LF-Sea and was developed by Nippon Paint Marine Coatings, uses a component called hydrogel ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move
Helmut Nittmann, who was Ford’s North American director for service parts supply and logistics, has seen his responsibilities extended under a new title as global director, parts supply and logistics. He will now head service parts supply and logistics strategy in the Americas (both north and south), as well as ...
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FeatureJaguar Land Rover looks for support in China
David Cameron, the prime minister of the UK, has been in China this week leading a wide-ranging trade mission that included the aim of setting up of a Jaguar Land Rover plant there to meet demand and avoid the high import duties the carmaker is paying. The steep tariffs are ...
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FeatureGlobal news in brief
Last minute efforts made to appease carmakersTalks between trade ministers from the US and South Korea continued this week as the countries try to resolve issues raised by US carmakers ahead of Thursday’s proposed approval of the free trade agreement between the two countries. Both hope to reach an agreement ...
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Webinar: Optimising your yard, presented by Vehnet
Last week Automotive Logistics hosted its first webinar, an introduction to what will be an ongoing series on important topics for the automotive supply chain and logistics industry. The webinar tackled the issue of optimising yard management and was presented by Steve Jones, founder and managing director of software specialist ...
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FeatureRFID to reduce loss on returnables
The Joint Automotive Industry Forum (JAIF) has drawn up a new set of guidelines for RFID tracking and tracing of returnable containers in the supply chain. The Global Guideline for Returnable Transport Item (RTI) Identification is the result of a project looking into problems affecting ownership, maintenance, losses and special ...
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Global news in brief
High local content and shorter lead times for Daimler IndiaDaimler’s new Indian truck plant in Oragadam, Tamil Nadu will rely on a high degree of local content with only fuel injection systems and electronic components imported from overseas, according to the company. Unlike a number of overseas car and commercial ...
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FeatureAnalysis: WWL to use more 'group' capacity
Shipping line and logistics provider Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) is set to restore laid-up capacity in November, as well as add up to 12 new vessels to its fleet in the next two years, as it seeks to renew its stable of 60 pure-car-and-truck carriers (PCTCs) and roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) ships ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move
Ceva Logistics has announced that from the beginning of November, Leigh Pomlett will be president, Northern Europe. Leigh is currently executive vice president for the UK, Ireland and Nordics business and will hold on to these responsibilities in his new role. Leigh has spent over 30 years in the transport ...
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FeatureGlobal news in brief
Shanghai GM sets Sail for ChileGM’s joint venture with Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation has begun exports of the Chevrolet New Sail to the Chilean market with 1,000 of the vehicles already dispatched on a vessel operated by Chile’s CSAV. The company has also announced plans to sell the sedan in ...
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FeatureUECC lays it back on the line
Despite ongoing weakness in the general European market for the sales and the shipping of cars, short-sea provider United European Car Carriers (UECC) will this month put a vessel currently in lay-up back into service, according to the company’s top management. The company has also revealed a significant improvement in ...
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FeatureContact and capacity lead ECG debate
Lively debate about the need to invest in new logistics capacity, coupled with moves by European carmakers to finally improve their communication with suppliers, were both highlights of this year’s ECG conference, completed last Friday in Berlin. While newly-appointed head of Opel/Vauxhall logistics, Jeffrey Morrison, was vowing to improve GM’s ...
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FeatureGlobal news in brief
GM confirms closure of AntwerpDespite speculation last week that GM Europe was in talks with China’s Geely over the future of its Opel plant in Antwerp, the company confirmed this week that the plant will close and that there will be no further negotiations for vehicle assembly there beyond the ...
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FeatureFord berates EU-Korea trade agreement
As the EU and Korea wait for ratification of the free trade agreement signed on 6 October, carmakers in Europe, including Ford, appear determined to lobby for changes that will overcome the perceived competitive disadvantages the deal represents for the European automotive industry. The agreement was signed by EU trade ...
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FeatureGlobal news in brief
SNCF Fret losing millions in French disputeSNCF Fret is suffering serious disruption this week as French unions led by SNCF workers continue the strike action begun yesterday in protest over the French government’s pensions reform bill. The company is estimated to be losing €20m ($28m) a day in lost revenue ...
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FeatureNissan begins Micra exports from Chennai
Nissan has begun exports of the Micra from India to markets in Europe beginning with a consignment of nearly 4,000 vehicles produced at its Orangadam plant in Chennai from the adjacent port of Ennore. The company’s Indian division – Nissan Motor India – has further plans to export more than ...
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FeatureWill Geely rescue Antwerp?
The fate of General Motors Europe’s Opel plant in Antwerp, Belgium, which seemed certain earlier this month when the carmaker announced that it had failed to find a suitable buyer, may once again be up for debate as fresh talks are said to take place between GM and Chinese carmaker ...
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FeatureRenault Nissan saves more than expected
Renault Nissan’s push to find common savings and efficiencies for logistics between the two alliance partners – including the creation of a new structure, called Alliance Global Logistics – has gone considerably faster than anticipated, according to an interview with the managing director of the organisation, Christian Mardrus. This year, ...
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FeatureNYK integrates divisions into new company
NYK has started the integration of its contract logistics division NYK Logistics with its airfreight forwarding business Yusen Air & Sea Service, bringing into being a new company called Yusen Logistics. The start of integration realises the intention outlined by NYK’s president Yasumi Kudo in his new year’s speech in ...
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FeatureBMW wary over subcontracted car carriers
The recovery in sales for BMW – which has seen volume in the first nine months of the year surpass pre-recession peak levels – has made a lack of truck capacity for vehicle logistics across its major markets in Europe, North America and China more obvious, according to Mathias Wellbrock, ...