All articles by Automotive Logistics – Page 61

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    Global news in brief

    2010-10-13T00:00:00Z

    SNCF Fret losing millions in French disputeSNCF Fret is suffering serious disruption this week as French unions led by SNCF workers continue the strike action begun yesterday in protest over the French government’s pensions reform bill. The company is estimated to be losing €20m ($28m) a day in lost revenue ...

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    Nissan begins Micra exports from Chennai

    2010-10-13T00:00:00Z

    Nissan has begun exports of the Micra from India to markets in Europe beginning with a consignment of nearly 4,000 vehicles produced at its Orangadam plant in Chennai from the adjacent port of Ennore. The company’s Indian division – Nissan Motor India – has further plans to export more than ...

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    DB merges automotive units

    2010-10-13T00:00:00Z

    Deutsche Bahn is merging two of its existing automotive subsidiaries operating under the DB Schenker Rail division in the first quarter of 2011. ATG Autotransportlogistic and Schenker Automotive RailNet will now be managed as a single unit by the Automotive Market Unit in Europe called DB Schenker Rail Automotive. It ...

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    Will Geely rescue Antwerp?

    2010-10-13T00:00:00Z

    The fate of General Motors Europe’s Opel plant in Antwerp, Belgium, which seemed certain earlier this month when the carmaker announced that it had failed to find a suitable buyer, may once again be up for debate as fresh talks are said to take place between GM and Chinese carmaker ...

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    Grimaldi launches ro-ro Med service

    2010-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Italian shipping specialist Grimaldi Lines has launched a new ro-ro service between the port of Livorno on Italy’s west coast and the Sicilian industrial port of Catania. The service, which will employ two vessels to support the twice-weekly route, will also make calls at Malta and Genoa. The vessels – ...

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    Renault Nissan saves more than expected

    2010-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Renault Nissan’s push to find common savings and efficiencies for logistics between the two alliance partners – including the creation of a new structure, called Alliance Global Logistics – has gone considerably faster than anticipated, according to an interview with the managing director of the organisation, Christian Mardrus. This year, ...

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    NYK integrates divisions into new company

    2010-10-06T00:00:00Z

    NYK has started the integration of its contract logistics division NYK Logistics with its airfreight forwarding business Yusen Air & Sea Service, bringing into being a new company called Yusen Logistics. The start of integration realises the intention outlined by NYK’s president Yasumi Kudo in his new year’s speech in ...

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    BMW wary over subcontracted car carriers

    2010-10-06T00:00:00Z

    The recovery in sales for BMW – which has seen volume in the first nine months of the year surpass pre-recession peak levels – has made a lack of truck capacity for vehicle logistics across its major markets in Europe, North America and China more obvious, according to Mathias Wellbrock, ...

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    Time to share the burden - industry gathers for Automotive Logistics Global conference in Detroit

    2010-10-06T00:00:00Z

    That old watchword collaboration was on the lips of carmakers, suppliers and logistics providers alike as they gathered for the Automotive Logistics Global conference in Dearborn, Michigan this week. The conference, which began on Monday with attendee numbers that confirmed an automotive industry very much on the rebound from the ...

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    Logistics providers face up to GM Antwerp closure

    2010-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Last week’s announcement by GM that it would shut the Opel assembly plant in Antwerp, Belgium by the end of 2010 is likely to have wide repercussions for the brand’s European material and finished vehicle flows but logistics providers have prepared for the eventuality since the warnings given in January ...

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    Executives on the move

    2010-09-29T00:00:00Z

    Christopher Connor has been appointed the new deputy CEO of Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) replacing Anders Boman who moved to take up the role of chief executive of Wallenius Lines in Stockholm. Conner, who will take up the role from the beginning of October, does so in addition to his ...

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    Mahindra dispute heats up in US

    2010-09-29T00:00:00Z

    Indian carmaker Mahindra & Mahindra has said it will “make other arrangements for distribution” to dealers in the US and has rejected what it called an “invalid order” for pick-up trucks from “former distributor” Global Vehicles USA. The difficulties between the Indian carmaker and the US distributor, both currently involved ...

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    Nissan chooses NYK for Central Europe

    2010-09-29T00:00:00Z

    Nissan has chosen NYK Logistics to handle inbound collections across Central Europe for supply to its assembly plants in Barcelona, Spain and Sunderland in the UK. The new contract builds on NYK’s existing provision for the carmaker in Eastern Europe and the UK. The Central European business involves collections from ...

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    Carmakers make new moves to US ports

    2010-09-29T00:00:00Z

    Porsche and Honda have recently chosen to change ports of entry to the US in the interest of greater efficiency and cost savings. Porsche Cars North America has moved its operations from the port of Baltimore to the port of Davisville, which handles finished vehicles exclusively. According to the company, ...

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    Suardiaz CAT joint venture closes on full capacity

    2010-09-29T00:00:00Z

    Details of the joint venture between CAT Group and Grupo Suardiaz reported last week have become clearer following comments from CAT Group’s head of the company’s Vehicle Logistics division, Antoine Nemand, who told Automotive Logistics News this week that the company is closing on its goal of full capacity for ...

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    Global news in brief

    2010-09-29T00:00:00Z

    NYK vessel attacked near IndonesiaA car carrier operated by NYK Line was attacked by pirates off the coast of Indonesia, near Kalimantan, earlier this month. The Cheerleader, which was travelling between Kobe, Japan and Jakarta in Indonesia,was boarded by pirates on September 10th. The pirates stole money but fled without ...

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    Executives on the move

    2010-09-22T00:00:00Z

    Harry Doms is joining electric vehicle maker Tesla as EMEA regional logistics manager at the beginning of October and will be responsible for establishing the distribution network for finished vehicles to and throughout Europe. He will be responsible for negotiating and establishing agreements for outbound freight costs with LSPs throughout ...

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    Grimaldi committed to MoS despite exit from GLD

    2010-09-22T00:00:00Z

    Rather than casting doubt on its commitment to the Motorway of the Seas (MoS) initiative, Grimaldi’s decision to pull out of its agreement with fellow ocean forwarder LD Lines for the operation of a ferry service between France and Spain has been taken because the Italian operator wants to concentrate ...

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    CFLP wants Chinese providers to lead by example

    2010-09-22T00:00:00Z

    The growth of the Chinese automotive market in the past 18 months may have been faster than the pace at which Chinese automotive logistics companies have been able to expand fleets and develop the types of supply chain services that carmakers increasingly require, according to representatives from the Council Automobile ...

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    GM uses Equinox Shuttle in Canada

    2010-09-22T00:00:00Z

    GM is using an innovative shuttle service in Ontario, Canada to move Equinox model body units from the recently completed body shop at its CAMI Automotive plant in Ingersoll to its Oshawa plant for final assembly. Regular production of the Equinox at Oshawa started on Monday this week just six ...