All articles by Automotive Logistics – Page 37
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FeatureDealers need to extend hours of service
North American OEMs and providers have called for greater flexibility in service and operating hours at dealers, even proposing a 24/7 scenario, something that elicited a mixed reaction from the dealer community attending last week's Finished Vehicle Logistics North America conference held in Newport Beach, California. John Symes, ...
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FeatureCeva expands in Iberia and Philippines
Ceva Logistics has signed a three-year contract with Mercedes-Benz to manage the shipment of spare parts from the Iberian Peninsula to its dealer network in the Canary Islands, Balearic Islands and the Spanish cities of Ceuta and Melilla, located in North Africa. Ceva will handle the collection of ...
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FeatureYves Fargues to retire as CEO of Gefco
Yves Fargues, chairman and CEO of Gefco, has announced he will retire from the role on the 1st July. He will be replaced by Luc Nadal, currently freight transport and logistics director, who will take up the role of CEO of the Gefco Group. Fargues was appointed chairman and CEO ...
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FeatureVeracruz is top auto port but faces capacity issues
The port of Veracruz on Mexico's East Coast increased vehicle throughput by almost 30% in 2011 to become the top car-handling port in North America, with a total of 753,685 units moved, including 588,000 exports. Carmakers including VW, Ford and Nissan are using Veracruz for both import and ...
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FeatureA perfect storm for North America hauliers?
Figures quoted at last week's Finished Vehicle Logistics North America conference forecast auto sales in 2012 finishing at their highest level since 2007. According to Michael Robinet, managing director at IHS Automotive Consulting, the figure will hit around 14.3m this year compared to 12.7m last year, and move to just ...
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FeatureCanadian Pacific resumes services after strike
A nine-day strike at Canada's second largest rail provider, Canadian Pacific Railway (CP), which brought all freight operations to a standstill, was brought to an end last Friday following the passing of a government back-to-work bill late on Thursday. The strike, which included around 4,800 locomotive engineers, conductors and ...
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FeatureJAC Motors switches imports to Salvador
The Brazilian port of Salvador has celebrated the arrival of the first shipment of vehicles from Chinese carmaker JAC Motors, which marks the beginning of operations in Bahia state for the company. Around 1,000 J5 vehicles were delivered in the shipment.Previously, the manufacturer made use of the port of ...
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FeatureGlobal round up
Congestion at Zarate forces WWL suspensionFollowing last week’s news that the vehicle terminal at the Argentine port of Zárate was suffering severe congestion, with vessels unable to unload, ocean forwarder Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics has said it has suspended its service to the port.“Congestion at the port has increasingly ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move
Mike Dickinson has taken up a new role as director of Order Management and Logistics at Qoros Auto, the 50:50 joint venture between Chinese carmaker Chery Auto and Israel Corporation.Dickinson moves from his role as supply chain director at GM International Operations (GMIO) and will now be ...
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FeatureNorbert Dentressangle invests in contract with Vauxhall
GM Europe’s division in the UK, Vauxhall Motors, has signed a three-year contract extension with transport and logistics provider Norbert Dentressangle for the overnight distribution of automotive parts to 300 UK Vauxhall and Chevrolet dealers.The latest contract extension builds on a 12-year relationship between Vauxhall and Norbert Dentressangle for ...
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FeatureAGCO invests in African PDC
Agricultural machinery maker, AGCO, has broken ground on a parts distribution centre at Pomona near Johannesburg, South Africa, which it will run with distribution partner Barloworld. The centre expected to be complete by the end of the year.The PDC will hold 40,000 parts and will be situated near the ...
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FeatureZarate faces gridlock
Argentina's Terminal Zárate is reported to be facing significant import congestion, with 17,000 vehicles clogging its parking area and seven vessels awaiting discharge. Although the automotive sector was designated a growth area by the country's president, it continues to generate problems. At the beginning of the year, sales ...
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FeatureEU rejects extension of shipping sulphur limits
The European Parliament has confirmed today that the EU will adopt stricter regulations on sulphur limits in shipping fuels by 2015 and that it will not apply a five-year extension, as had been debated last week during negotiations between the Parliament, European Council and European Commission. The news ...
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FeatureGMSA recognises LSPs in supplier awards
GM South Africa has announced its supplier award winners for services provided in 2011 at an event held in Port Elizabeth last week, with recognition for logistics providers Bidvest Panalpina Logistics, BLG Logistics of South Africa and UTI Sun Couriers. BLG received the award for the provision of ...
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FeatureAstra decision will increase local content
Last week’s announcement that Vauxhall’s plant at Ellesmere Port in the UK has secured production of the next-generation Astra compact in 2015 will be a boost to the UK supply chain, with the carmaker confirming that it intends to raise local content to 25%, up from around 10% ...
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FeatureGlobal round up
Santos Brasil and Schaeffler sign distribution agreementTerminal operator Santos Brasil has signed a five-year contract with the German engineering multinational Schaeffler, which has a manufacturing plant in the Brazilian city of Sorocaba, from where it supplies the entire domestic and export automotive production sector with a range of ...
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FeatureGlobal round up
ABP invests £25m for improved access at GrimsbyAssociated British Ports (ABP) have released further details of the start of work on its £25m Grimsby Riverside Ro-Ro Terminal. The development heralds the largest-ever capital investment in the port of Grimsby and will offer significantly improved access for vehicle imports and ...
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FeaturePort services in Europe are uneven
The European Commission has highlighted the need for revised legislation on the provision of ports services across the region because development and integration with the wider logistics network remains uneven. In an official statement released last week the Commission said that currently there is "a patchwork of national ...
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FeatureCat to sell stake in logistics division
Caterpillar is selling a controlling stake in its logistics division to Platinum Equity, a mergers and acquisitions specialist, for $750m. Under the terms of the agreement, Platinum Equity will take a 65% stake in Caterpillar Logistics Services, the third party logistics division of Caterpillar's wholly-owned subsidiary Caterpillar Logistics. Caterpillar ...
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FeatureFord and Penske awarded for supply chain solution
Ford and Penske Logistics have been jointly awarded this year's European Award for Logistics Excellence by the European Logistics Association (ELA) at an event held last week in the Ukraine capital Kiev. The award recognised their jointly-developed Network Integrator concept, which provides a single distribution platform for a ...