All articles by Automotive Logistics – Page 26
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FeatureIndian Railways seeks investment for autos
State-owned Indian Railways is developing a new automobile freight train operator (AFTO) policy, which it hopes will prompt investment from Maruti Suzuki and APL Vascor, the logistics subsidiary of APL. Both companies have already discussed increasing their investment in this sector. At present, just 5% of total automotive movement ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move: Conway Jeffress, Greg Henninger, Hiroto Saikawa, Anthony Laydon, Anthony Laydon, Connie Tang,
Conway Jeffress has settled into his new role as global director of automotive at freight forwarding and logistics provider, Jas Forwarding Worldwide. Jeffress was previously vice-president of automotive at Panalpina but said that because of its restructuring of industry verticals and executive responsibilities, the time was right to make ...
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FeatureAgromash to make and move Peugeots
PSA Peugeot-Citroën has signed an agreement with Agromash Holding for the assembly and distribution of the passenger cars and light commercial vehicles in Kazakhstan. Agromash Holding is one of Kazakhstan’s largest producers of vehicles and agricultural equipment. According to the agreement, Agromash will start building the vehicles this coming ...
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FeatureAgromash to make and move Peugeots
PSA Peugeot-Citroën has signed an agreement with Agromash Holding for the assembly and distribution of the passenger cars and light commercial vehicles in Kazakhstan. Agromash Holding is one of Kazakhstan’s largest producers of vehicles and agricultural equipment. According to the agreement, Agromash will start building the vehicles this coming ...
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FeatureAgromash to make and move Peugeots
PSA Peugeot-Citroën has signed an agreement with Agromash Holding for the assembly and distribution of the passenger cars and light commercial vehicles in Kazakhstan. Agromash Holding is one of Kazakhstan’s largest producers of vehicles and agricultural equipment. According to the agreement, Agromash will start building the vehicles this coming ...
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FeatureEcoSport could be shipped to Europe from India
Unconfirmed reports coming out of the Geneva Motor show this week suggest that Ford is planning to export its EcoSport SUV from India to supply the European and UK markets later this year. The vehicle went into production at Ford India’s Maraimalai Nagar plant near Chennai for the local ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move: Karl May, Roland Gentsch, Craig Jasienski, Glenn Edvardsen, Reinhard Lange,
As part of wider organisational changes at BMW, it has been confirmed that Dr Karl May, formerly head of logistics, design and supply networks, has taken up a new position in outbound logistics at the carmaker as head of Vehicle Distribution and VDCs (vehicle distribution centres). In his previous ...
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FeatureInfrastructure fund could benefit ports
Following President Obama’s State of the Union address delivered in February, ports in the US stand to benefit from a new funding proposal within the Department of Transport for $5 billion directed at infrastructure across the region. The American Infrastructure Investment Fund is designed to provide an incentive ...
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FeatureAuto haulers tackle risk and liability
Brokerage risk, the Affordable Care Act and the question of safety and insurance – these are three major issues affecting the vehicle haulage business in North America and all three were under discussion at the first meeting of the Auto Haulers Association of America, recently held in Atlanta. ...
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FeatureIn conversation with... Scott Sharland, AIAG
It is hard to find any positive aspects to a recession but if it could do any good it has made stakeholders in the automotive industry aware of how interdependent they are; fertile ground for collaboration according to Scot Sharland, executive director of the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG). ...
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FeatureGlobal round up: New Flyer buys Orion; MacGregor for Grimaldi; SmartAuction adds ShipCarsNow; DS Smith wins awards;
New Flyer buys Orion aftermarket businessNew Flyer Industries, which makes heavy-duty transit buses in the US and Canada, has bought the Orion aftermarket parts business from Daimler Buses North America (DBNA) for $29m. The move follows an investment of C$517m ($501m) in New Flyer by bus maker Marcopolo. ...
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FeatureGeely making most of Mercosur
Local sources in Brazil are reporting that Chinese carmaker Geely is planning to export vehicles for sale in Brazil and Argentina from its joint venture facility with Uruguayan carmaker Nordex in neighbouring Uruguay. The move would enable Geely to avoid tariffs on imported vehicles.The rise in Brazil’s industrial production ...
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FeatureToyota to export US-Venza to Russia
Toyota will start exporting its Venza crossover SUV from the US to Russia and the Ukraine from April this year. The vehicle is being produced at Toyota Motor North America’s Georgetown plant in Kentucky and the company aims to export around 5,000 units in the first year via the ...
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FeatureGefco signs contract with Setram on exports
Spanish logistics provider and terminal operator Setram has signed a contract with Gefco to handle the movement of finished vehicles from France to the port of Barcelona. The vehicles, which were previously dispatched from other European ports, will be loaded there for shipment to Algeria.Around 17,000 Peugeot-Citroën vehicles will ...
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FeatureMore cars through Lazaro Cardenas
In 2012, the Mexican Port of Lazaro Cárdenas is reported to have increased the number of finished vehicles it handled by nearly 30% from more than 167,000 units in 2011 to around 213,500 units (of which 172,527 were imported and 40,937 exported).Amongst the carmakers using the port is ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move: Andreas Renschle, Wolfgang Bernhard, Tetsuo Iwamura, Hidenobu Iwata, Dan Smith, Jerry Chenkin, Marty Coalson, Monica Franco, Tom Jendrowski, Markus Machers, Tex Gunning, Berna
Daimler is extending leadership contracts for Dieter Zetsche and Thomas Weber, as well as assigning new responsibilities for Andreas Renschler and Wolfgang Bernhard.The carmaker said Zetsche’s contract as chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler and head of Mercedes-Benz Cars would run until December 31, 2016. It is ...
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FeatureGlobal round up: GM fights fraud; Antwerp stops added goods; CFLP awards Union Pacific; Michelin chooses JDA; Hellman opts for reusable packaging;
GM teams up in Saudi Arabia to fight counterfeit tradeGeneral Motors Middle East is teaming up with its largest dealer in Saudi Arabia, Aljomaih Automotive Company (AAC), to sponsor the Third Arab Forum for the Prevention of Commercial Fraud and Imitation and the Protection of Intellectual Rights, to be ...
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FeatureCon-way service targets US-Mexico trade
US freight and logistics provider Con-way has launched a new intermodal service between the US and Mexico that could benefit the automotive industry.The company said it would be offering services to the automotive industry where it sees “the potential for a long-term value-added relationship” and that these would be ...
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FeatureSollers jv builds Toyota SUV in Vladivostok
Sollers-Bussan, a 50:50 joint venture between the Russian vehicle maker Sollers and Japanese trading company Mitsui & Co, has started contract assembly of Toyota’s Land Cruiser Prado SUV at its plant in Vladivostok in the Russian Far East region. Initial production capacity is set at around 1,000 vehicles a ...
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FeatureBudget cut a missed transport opportunity
Last week’s European Union budget agreement, which will see a third of funding cut from the €32 billion ($42.8 billion) originally marked for transport infrastructure projects, has been described as a “missed opportunity” by a collection of transport-related associations across the continent and transport modes, including Association of European ...