All articles by Automotive Logistics – Page 28
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FeatureNorfolk Southern plans $2bn spend
North American rail provider Norfolk Southern has announced it plans to spend $2 billion in 2013 for capital improvements to its rail transport network, including $420m to acquire new locomotives, upgrade existing units and buy multilevel freight cars to handle increased automotive traffic.Norfolk Southern reported that automotive freight ...
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FeatureDenso investing $1bn to localise in North America
Global automotive parts supplier Denso is investing almost $1 billion in North America over the next four years to increase the localisation of its products and manufacturing equipment in the region. The move will cut the expensive import of parts and materials from Japan and Denso has said that ...
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FeatureStobart shakeup means £40m business for Paragon
UK transport provider Stobart Group has announced the immediate resignation of its chairman Rodney Baker-Bates and the sale of its Stobart Vehicle Services division to UK-based fleet management and logistics provider Paragon Group. The division has been renamed Paragon Vehicle Services.Stobart Vehicle Services was formerly part of the Autologic ...
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FeatureSupply chain barriers matter more than trade tariffs
A report published this week reveals that the reduction of certain supply chain and logistics barriers could have the potential to increase GDP and world trade significantly more than would eliminating all import tariffs on their own.The report, ‘Enabling Trade: Valuing Growth Opportunities’, suggests that governments, together with manufacturing ...
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FeatureGlobal round up
Grimaldi terminal to bolster Med servicesItalian ocean carrier and shipowner Grimaldi is strengthening its provision of short-sea services in the Western Mediterranean with a new terminal at the port of Barcelona in Spain. The company was awarded a 15-year concession by the Barcelona Port Authority (renewable for a further ...
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FeatureRobert Strain, Eddie Wright, Frederick Beelaerts van Blokland, Petra Küster, Andreas Renschler
Robert Strain has moved from his role as head of daily operations at General Motor’s Global Logistics and Containers division to become vice president of the Automotive Sector in Asia Pacific for Ceva Logistics. He fills the role left by Dave Dudek who moved to a new role in ...
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FeatureJCB and Brit European commit to CO2 reduction
Construction vehicle maker JCB has renewed its contract with vehicle carrier Brit European for distribution to JCB dealers in the UK and to ports for overseas shipments. Central to the five-year contract, said the companies, was an initiative to cut carbon emissions and improve fuel efficiency for the benefit ...
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CN begins operations at Calgary Logistics ParkTrains have started calling at Canadian National Railway’s (CN) Calgary Logistics Park, the company’s new C$200m ($203m) intermodal terminal located in Conrich, southern Alberta. The terminal will also feature a CN Autoport facility at a later date that will provide services for the regional ...
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FeaturePSA completes Gefco sale to RZD
PSA Peugeot Citroën has completed the sale of shares representing 75% of the capital and voting rights of its former logistics subsidiary Gefco to Russian Railways (RZD). The completion of the deal is in accordance with the agreement signed between the two companies last November. The French carmaker sold ...
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FeatureCDN rolls out visibility tools for vehicle delivery
Following the completion of trials with two leading North American carmakers and more than 30 vehicle carriers during 2012, software solutions provider, Car Delivery Network (CDN), has announced the release of two new tools designed to manage the delivery of vehicles more efficiently.The first, called vinDELIVER, which included trials ...
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FeatureNissan moves Murano build to Mississippi
Nissan has confirmed that it will be moving production of its Murano crossover model from its Kyushu plant in Japan to the US, with the next generation of the vehicle to be produced at its Canton plant in Mississippi from 2014. The announcement has been made as the Canton ...
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FeatureJLR boosts global sales
Jaguar Land Rover has revealed that its global sales were up 30% in 2012 compared to the previous year, reaching almost 358,000 vehicles. Sales gains across 177 markets were led by China, where there was an increase of 71% to almost 72,000 vehicles last year. China was followed by ...
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FeatureUPS forced to abandon takeover of TNT Express
United Parcel Service (UPS) has announced that it will withdraw its €5.2 billion ($7 billion) bid to take over TNT Express after having received notice that the European Commission was working on a decision to prohibit the acquisition on the basis that it would limit competition in European express logistics ...
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FeatureIndustry mourns loss of John McLaughlin
The shipping and logistics industry, and its press, are mourning the death of John McLaughlin, a veteran journalist and press advisor, who died on Christmas Day 2012 following a short and sudden illness. He was 54 years old. McLaughlin wrote for more than two decades on the shipping ...
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FeatureHonda overhauls platform strategy
Honda is aiming to reduce the purchasing costs for its three top-selling global models by about 30% over the next four years through a new common platform strategy that includes sharing parts. As reported in the Nikkei business news service last weekend, the move follows the announcement that the ...
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FeatureGlobal round up
AGCO chooses K+N for PDCLogistics provider Kuehne + Nagel has signed a contract with agricultural machinery maker AGCO to manage its new aftermarket parts distribution centre (PDC) in Johannesburg, South Africa. The centre, which started operations in December, supplies parts within South Africa as well as to several ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move
GM’s logistics director in South America Fred Roldan has taken on additional supply chain responsibilities in a new role as South America supply chain and logistics director. The move follows the departure of Wlamir Giardini who was South America supply chain director but has decided to leave the company. ...
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FeatureRuscon delivers CKDs for GM Korea
General Motors’ division in Korea and Russian vehicle maker Gaz are set to benefit from a new rail service launched this month by Ruscon, the Russian logistics and intermodal operator subsidiary of Global Container Service. Ruscon is providing a block train service from the new Ust-Luga Container Terminal ...
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FeatureGM merges Africa operations
General Motors has announced this week that it is combining its operations in Africa into a new business unit with immediate effect.GM Africa will now incorporate Sub-Saharan operations, including manufacturing in South Africa, with North Africa, including its production facilities in Egypt and Kenya. “Bringing our operations in Africa ...
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FeatureRenewed strike threat to US ports
US East Coast and Gulf ports are facing the renewed threat of widespread strikes at the end of December with the extension to the current bargaining process between the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) and the International Longshoreman’s Association (ILA) due to expire on the 29th December. If the ...