All articles by Automotive Logistics – Page 72
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FeatureSTVA's Charles to head SNCF Fret
Sylvie Charles, chairman of the executive board of STVA, the vehicle transport subsidiary of French state-owned rail provider SNCF, has been named as director of the freight division – SNCF Fret – following the departure of Luc Nadal. She will take up her new role at the beginning of February. ...
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FeatureSupply chain partnership gets underway
Supply chain software provider ProAct International is now working with rail information management specialist RMI to provide enhanced supply chain management services for the automotive sector in the US, Canada and Latin America. The agreement, which was first announced last August, brings together ProAct’s multi-modal supply chain technology and RMI’s ...
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FeatureAntwerp closure raises logistics questions
As well as the devastating impact on the local community with the loss of 2,300 jobs, GM’s announced intention to close its Opel plant in Antwerp, Belgium by the middle of the year has left questions hanging over material and finished vehicle flows across the carmaker’s other European plants. The ...
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AIAG solution targets inbound parts shipments
The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG), a US based consortium of carmakers and suppliers, has announced the release of a new system for handling automotive supply chain information that it says could reduce transport costs for inbound components and lower inventory. As part of a project called Material Off-Shore Sourcing ...
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UK aftermarket federation launched
The UK’s new automotive aftermarket organisation – the Independent Automotive Aftermarket Federation (IAAF) – has been launched. The new body, which has evolved out of the Automotive Distribution Federation (ADF) and will comprise three divisions, including distribution, lobbying and workshop activities. The IAAF-D will continue to carry out the functions ...
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FeatureRisk report warns of underinvestment
The risk of another collapse in asset prices, mounting government debt, the spread of chronic diseases – these were some of the gruesome highlights out of the “Global Risks 2010” report published last week by the World Economic Forum. While the report’s authors stressed the “interconnectedness” of each risk to ...
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FeatureIveco contract targets efficiency
Commercial vehicle maker Iveco has renewed its contract with logistics provider Kuehne + Nagel for the greater part of its European aftermarket supply. The three-year extension to the nine year relationship includes the management of five regional spare parts distribution centres in Turin (Italy), Langenau (Germany), Madrid (Spain), Trappes (France) ...
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FeatureLSPs miss out on Chrysler pay plan
Chrysler’s plan to speed up payment for some of its suppliers by the end of January does not extend to logistics suppliers, according to the company. Chrysler told Automotive Logistics News that the payments are specifically directed at engineering, design and development of vehicle components and that it is not ...
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FeatureFrustrated carmakers to meet wary suppliers
Carmakers trying to raise the efficiency of their logistics networks are facing service providers that might not be able to rise to the challenge. And while OEMs make renewed calls for more open discussion with their providers, the reality is that they will need more than words when they meet ...
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No reason to cancel Nano orders
Cancellations by Tata Nano customers in India frustrated by the delay in delivery of the car are above 15% of total buyers, according to reports in the Indian press. But the frustration may be less the result of a logistics problem and more to do with customer perceptions given the ...
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FeatureGermany ranks no.1 for logistics
Germany topped the rankings of 155 countries rated in the World Bank’s ‘Logistics Performance Index’ (LPI), a report published this week based on more than 5,000 individual country assessments made by around 1,000 international freight forwarders. (Read the full report here info.worldbank.org/etools/tradesurvey/Mode1a.asp) The report highlights a range of categories of ...
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FeatureUK weather puts logistics on ice
As Antarctic temperatures hit the UK last week, with snow and ice bringing many parts of the country to a standstill, automotive logistics companies have been forced to implement a number of measures to protect vehicles, find alternative routes and ensure the safety of drivers and staff. It is the ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move
Following last week’s announcement that the ECG’s executive director Mark Morgan is leaving his position there at the end of March, this week it has been confirmed that he will join Pound Gates in the newly-created post of commercial director. Pound Gates, which is based in the UK with offices ...
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FeatureGM signs specialised and inbound contracts
General Motors has signed two new contracts with logistics service providers in North America for finished vehicle and inbound parts movements. The first, with specialist vehicle carrier Select 1 Transport, will see the LSP handle all specialised movements throughout GM’s North American testing facilities in Michigan, Arizona, and Colorado. The ...
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FeatureMercedes opens Brunswick VPC
Monday saw the arrival of 16,000 Mercedes-Benz vehicles at the US Port of Brunswick, marking the first delivery to the carmaker’s new $17.5m vehicle processing centre (VPC) at the Colonel’s Island terminal. The 6,500m2 facility is the second VPC to be established on the south side of terminal, the other ...
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FeatureStarco gets Agility for Asia parts imports to Europe
European tyre, wheel and axle supplier, Starco Group, has signed a new contract with supply chain solutions provider Agility for procurement logistics between Asia and Europe. In the first stage of the operation Agility will handle the shipping of 8,000 TEUs of parts, including tyres, tubes, wheel rims, complete wheels ...
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FeatureEukor and Hoegh announce additional services
The new year has begun with new service announcements from two of the world’s leading finished vehicle forwarders. Eukor Car Carriers has launched a new fixed weekly service from Europe to China, loading from ports at Wallhamn (Sweden), Bremerhaven (Germany), Antwerp (Belgium) and Southampton (UK), to Shanghai, Xingang and Huangpu ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move
The Association of European Vehicle Logistics (ECG) is looking for a new executive director with the announcement this week that Mark Morgan (pictured) will be leaving the association at the end of March. Morgan, who has been in the position since August 2006, is returning to the UK for family ...
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FeatureEnd of the dynamic DUO
Volkswagen’s Japanese division – Volkswagen Group Japan (VGJ) – is terminating the contract it signed in 1991 with Toyota Motor Corp. (TMC) for the distribution of VW vehicles in Japan. From the end of 2010 Volkswagen dealers currently under the Toyota distributorship (called DUO) will move to a new direct ...
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FeatureNYK merges logistics divisions
In his New Year’s Speech to the company on Monday, NYK’s president Yasumi Kudo said that the company needed to merge its contract logistics business, NYK Logistics, with its airfreight forwarding business, Yusen Air & Sea Service, “to establish a structure capable of fully serving all logistics needs of customers”. ...