All articles by Automotive Logistics – Page 58

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    Chery signs logistics deal with Chinese LSPs

    2011-01-05T00:00:00Z

    Chery Auto has signed an agreement with the biggest automotive logistics provider in China – Anji Automotive Logistics – for vehicle transport and related logistics activity there that also includes tie ups with Dalian Port and Beijing Changjiu Logistics. Anji Automotive Logistics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Shanghai Automotive Industry ...

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    Cat Logistics to open centre in Dubai

    2011-01-05T00:00:00Z

    Caterpillar Logistics Services is planning to open a new aftermarket parts distribution centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates as part of the expansion of its Cat Parts distribution network in Europe, Africa and the Middle East (EAME). Operations for the new Dubai Distribution Centre, which will be support the distribution ...

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    Global news in brief

    2011-01-05T00:00:00Z

    Tata suffers tragic lossIt was with great sadness that Automotive Logistics News learned of the passing away this week of Subodh Marathe, country head of the Fiat Product Group at Tata Motors. Marathe, who was just 47 years old, suffered a heart attack. He is survived by his wife and ...

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    2011 conference season kicks off in Bonn

    2011-01-05T00:00:00Z

    The 2011 Automotive Logistics conference season is set to begin with a bang as more speakers have now been confirmed for the 9th annual Automotive Logistics Europe conference, including top logistics executives from major carmakers such as General Motors, Daimler, BMW, Ford of Europe, Audi and others. The conference, the ...

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    A question of trust in India

    2010-12-15T00:00:00Z

    The question of trust was central to discussions at this year’s Automotive Logistics India conference held in Chennai last week. While the automotive sector has shown growth among the fastest in world this year, on pace to reach 2.8m passenger car sales, and forecasts expected to double that over the ...

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    STVA supports Renault in Morocco with Geodis

    2010-12-15T00:00:00Z

    French rail provider STVA has entered into a joint venture with freight manager Geodis Wilson for the provision of finished vehicle rail wagons and compound management for Renault when its €600m greenfield plant in Tangier, North Africa goes into production in January 2012. The plant is based in the Melloussa ...

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    Global news in brief

    2010-12-15T00:00:00Z

    Ford extends aftersales contract with Norbert DentressangleFord has signed a multi-million, two-year contract extension with Norbert Dentressangle Transport Services for the distribution of aftersales parts to the carmaker’s 300 UK dealers. The operation involves Norbert Dentressangle collecting orders from Ford’s Daventry facility for onward delivery directly to the dealerships overnight ...

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    China doubles vehicle imports, LSPs benefit

    2010-12-15T00:00:00Z

    While vehicle exports from China are surging, with more than 483,000 units recorded in the January to November period (up more than 68% from a year earlier), the country has also seen a big increase in vehicle imports that are reported to have more than doubled in the first ten ...

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    Benaim to leave Toyota Motors Europe

    2010-12-15T00:00:00Z

    Big changes at Toyota Motors Europe, due to come into effect in January, include the appointment of a new director of vehicle logistics following the announcement that Emile Benaim will retire at the end of the year. Benaim’s successor is Levent Yuksel, who will take responsibility of both the Production ...

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    Auto imports lag behind strong KPIs at Bremerhaven

    2010-12-15T00:00:00Z

    Automotive throughput at the port of Bremerhaven is lagging behind container and contract business despite a strong pre-tax performance overall according to port operator BLG. “In 2010, we expect pre-tax earnings of around €30m (previous year: €16.5m), thus clearly exceeding our expectations,” said BLG’s CEO Detthold Aden at the Bremen ...

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    A little extra planning goes a long way

    2010-12-08T00:00:00Z

    By Marcia MacLeod Relentless innovation is one of the five ‘mega trends’ that will hit logistics over the next year, said Agility Logistics’ CEO for Europe, Beat Simon, at eyefortransport’s 3PL conference held in the Belgian capital Brussels recently. The others he outlined were economic moderation, the rise in emerging ...

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    Geely seeks help for export plan

    2010-12-08T00:00:00Z

    Chinese carmaker Geely is looking for logistics companies to provide it with a full range of services for CKD exports as it aims to set up more than 15 plants overseas by 2015. The company is looking at a total annual production of 2m units by then from both full ...

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    Executives on the move

    2010-12-08T00:00:00Z

    Ceva Logistics has announced that Didier Chenneveau, currently European vice president and chief supply chain officer for LG Electronics, will take over as head of Ceva’s growing business in Asia Pacific from Vittorio Favati. “I am pleased to welcome Didier on board and believe he will bring strong leadership ...

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    Korea gives ground on KORUS deal

    2010-12-08T00:00:00Z

    Further progress was made toward the ratification of the US-Korea free trade agreement last Friday when representatives from both countries met to redraft vehicle tariff proposals included in the deal, with South Korea making significant concessions on a number of points. At the negotiations, which involved US trade representative Ron ...

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    Global news in brief

    2010-12-08T00:00:00Z

    Russia revises import tariffs for foreign assemblyRussia is revising its rules for foreign vehicle assembly in the country, exempting carmakers from abroad that make up to 300,000 vehicles per year there from import tariffs on parts for eight years. Under the current rules, foreign companies benefit from discounted tariff ...

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    F-150 rollout is running smoothly says Ford

    2010-12-08T00:00:00Z

    Ford has been eager to mitigate claims it is being forced to delay the shipment of some F-150 pickups from Dearborn Truck Plant in Michigan because of a parts supply shortage. “The plant is shipping trucks now and has been continually for the past two weeks,” company spokesperson Anne Marie ...

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    UK logistics providers weather the storm

    2010-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Snow and ice came early to the UK this year, with many areas of the North East hit badly last week and bleak conditions spreading across the whole country by Tuesday. For logistics providers caught in the squall it was time to see whether they had learned from last January’s ...

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    On the road in India

    2010-12-01T00:00:00Z

    For eight days in November, Automotive Logistics India correspondent, Ramesh Kumar, travelled nearly 3,000km on a Mercurio Pallia car haulier from Chennai to Gurgaon, accompanying a driver, Umesh, and his assistant, Pinto, along with eight Hyundai i10 cars. What Kumar witnessed, and documented by twitter, blog posts and in a ...

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    Global news in brief

    2010-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Groupe CAT opens storage compound in LorraineFrench logistics provider Groupe CAT has officially opened a new storage compound at its centre at Lorraine in the in Saint-Ail region with an event attended by the company’s CEO Alejandro Forbes. The new site is the first to be 100% owned by the ...

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    Daimler awards its best carriers

    2010-12-01T00:00:00Z

    This year’s European Carrier Day awards showed a return to form following 2009’s pared down ceremony, with an evening dinner and a full day of management presentations on strategy and tenders at Daimler’s headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany. The awards given are the highlight of the event, now running for ten ...