All articles by Automotive Logistics – Page 53

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    Global news in brief

    2011-05-04T00:00:00Z

    Libyan embargo hits shipments to TripoliA Grimaldi-owned multipurpose vessel carrying trucks and other used ro-ro cargo between Malta and Libya was turned back from docking in Tripoli in April following its interception by a NATO vessel. The M/V Setubal Express was prohibited from entering the port of Tripoli by HMS ...

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    BLG growth also means changes

    2011-05-04T00:00:00Z

    German logistics provider BLG has reported growing volumes in its automotive processing with 5.4m vehicles handled in 2010 compared with 4.6m for the previous year. Taken along with its container and retail business segments, and cost reductions made across the company, BLG saw pre-tax earnings more than double to more ...

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    US tornado affects carmakers

    2011-05-04T00:00:00Z

    Carmakers are continuing to assess the impact on business of last week’s devastating tornados, which hit the southeast of the United States. For three days between 25-28 April, 362 tornadoes were recorded, including 312 in a single 24-hour period. It was the largest tornado strike in US recorded history. The ...

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    Swedish truckmakers deliver in Q1

    2011-05-04T00:00:00Z

    Sweden’s truckmakers Volvo Trucks and Scania have both showed significant increases in global deliveries in the first quarter of 2011, with each reporting strong demand from Europe and South America. Volvo Trucks reported an increase of 81% for total truck deliveries compared with the same Q1 period last year, while ...

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    Nissan turns over Leaf in US

    2011-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Nissan has made a delivery of Leaf electric vehicles to the US through the port of Long Beach in California, which are due to reach customers by June this year. The company has only delivered 500 of the vehicles since introducing them to the US market in December last year ...

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    Executives on the move

    2011-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Julie Krehbiel has resigned as vice president and general manager – Automotive, from US rail provider Union Pacific. The company said she had left for “personal reasons”. No further details were made available. Krehbiel has been replaced by Linda Brandl, who moves from her position as vice president of the ...

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    Grimaldi on pace to double profit

    2011-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Despite rising oil prices, unrest in North Africa and the Middle East, and economic instability in several major European markets, the Naples-based shipping company Grimaldi Group has seen a remarkable growth in profits during the first months of 2011, led in particular by its three Italian-incorporated companies, according to Emanuele ...

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    Capacity crunch as China mulls longer trailers

    2011-04-27T00:00:00Z

    The contentious issue of vehicle trailer lengths for road transport in China may be resolved at the beginning of July when new safety laws are introduced by the Ministry of Transport. However, restrictions on capacity defined in the new guidelines, which propose a regulation length of 16.5 metres for a ...

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    Global news in brief

    2011-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Saturday night’s alright for CevaCeva Logistics has added services for Saturday deliveries to the US from Mexico as part of its Consolidated Border Truck programme (CBT). The Saturday Night Expedite service will ensure the transport of freight that needs to arrive in the Midwest or Ontario, Canada by Monday morning. ...

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    DHL reports confident UK auto sector

    2011-04-27T00:00:00Z

    According to new research by DHL Express almost half of the UK’s automotive businesses involved with import and export expect overseas demand for their products to grow in the next three months, boosting the UK economy and lending a positive impetus to today’s GDP figures for the period between January ...

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    Executives on the move

    2011-04-20T00:00:00Z

    Dr Ernst-Hermann Krog has retired from his position as head of brand logistics at Audi and been replaced by Dr Michael Hauf, who moves from his position as head of Plant Planning at the carmaker. Krog has been with the VW Group since 1980 in a variety of roles including ...

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    Rail providers tackle capacity problem

    2011-04-20T00:00:00Z

    The surge in automotive shipments in North America as carmakers ramp up production to meet demand has taken rail freight providers by surprise and resulted in a shortage in railcar availability amongst the region’s leading providers. During the recession rail companies put a significant amount of their railcars and ...

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    Global news in brief

    2011-04-20T00:00:00Z

    Gefco launches European service from UKGefco has launched a daily departure and delivery service from Coventry in the UK to 15 countries across Europe. The new EuroDailyService service aims to provide better journey times and increased frequency through more direct routes, according to the company. Gefco also said it will ...

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    China to boost vehicle exports

    2011-04-20T00:00:00Z

    China is targeting an increase in vehicle exports over the next five years as it enters its 12th Five Year Plan period, with carmakers targeting both developing markets and more mature sectors such as the US. Building on developments in the last phase, which ran from 2006 and saw significant ...

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    Turkey announces auto strategy

    2011-04-20T00:00:00Z

    The Turkish government has released details of its action plan for the automotive industry covering the period between 2011 and 2014. Published in a document released last week called The Turkish Automotive Strategy Report and Action Plan, the move is aimed at firmly establishing the country as a production centre ...

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    VW hits record deliveries in Q1

    2011-04-20T00:00:00Z

    The Volkswagen Group finished the first quarter of 2011 with a significant increase in vehicle deliveries, moving more than 1.97m vehicles from January to March, up from 1.73m over the same period last year. The 13.7% increase means the company outperformed the overall market, which grew 8.1%. Furthermore, VW reported ...

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    Saab struggles with delivery freeze

    2011-04-13T00:00:00Z

    Production at Saab’s plant in Trollhättan, Sweden remains at a standstill as the company tries to resolve payment issues with suppliers that have refused to continue delivering parts. The payment problems have raised questions about long-term survival the carmaker, which was bought by Spyker International in February last year from ...

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    China rules on US vehicle dumping

    2011-04-13T00:00:00Z

    China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOC) has released a preliminary ruling on an anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation into US vehicle imports that includes saloons and SUVs from carmakers including GM, Chrysler and BMW. When a company exports a product at a cost lower than the price it normally charges in its ...

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    Mazda to use Trans Siberia Railway all year

    2011-04-13T00:00:00Z

    Mazda will be using the Trans-Siberian Railway route it started shipping vehicles on in 2008 for the entire year this year. The move follows studies the Japanese carmaker has made into the effect of weather conditions on the vehicles. It was the first carmaker to use the route for regular ...

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    Go ahead for Grimsby terminal

    2011-04-13T00:00:00Z

    Following last week’s news that the UK port of Tyne has shown strong growth in its import activity (read more here), another port on the UK’s northeast coast–Grimsby–is to receive a boost for its finished vehicle handling with the approval of a dedicated two berth ro-ro riverside terminal. Last week ...