All articles by Automotive Logistics – Page 78

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    Volvo Logistics embraces biodiesel initiative

    2009-08-26T00:00:00Z

    Volvo Logistics is participating in a carbon-conscious joint venture with DHL, IKEA, H&M and Preem that has led to the opening of the first petrol station in western Sweden selling environmentally-adapted fuel. The station is based at Skandiahemnen port in Gothenburg, close to Volvo’s plants and the trans-shipment terminal in ...

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    Indian BPO enters auto warehousing sector

    2009-08-26T00:00:00Z

    Aparna BPO Services, a logistics BPO (business process outsourcing) provider, has opened an automotive parts warehouse to support suppliers in and around Pune, India. The warehouse, which provides logistics support to companies including Tata Bearings, SKF Bearings and NRB Bearings, is based in Chimbli village near Pune and has a ...

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    Ford announces Executive Director for Global MP&L

    2009-08-26T00:00:00Z

    As Ford’s Frederiek Toney prepares to take up his new role as Vice President of Ford Customer Service Division next Tuesday (read more here), the company announced today that Steve Harley (pictured) will fill the position of Executive Director, Global Material Planning and Logistics (MP&L) on the same day. Harley ...

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    Gefco integrates South America service for PSA

    2009-08-26T00:00:00Z

    Following the announcement that Gefco Brazil is opening a new 6,200m2 logistics hub in Guarulhos, northeast São Paulo to consolidate multi-modal services for PSA Peugeot Citroën, the company’s Director of Transport Logistic Automotive, André Bortolotto (pictured), has told Automotive Logistics this week how the facility will provide a more rapid ...

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    Let the train take the strain

    2009-08-19T00:00:00Z

    The last shipment of Hitachi high-speed passenger trains reached the Port of Southampton in the UK this week, bringing to a close a four-year project which saw 29 full trains imported from Hitachi’s plant in Kasado, Japan, for use by UK rail company Southeastern. Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL), acting as ...

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    Scrappage effect means no summer holiday for Hyundai

    2009-08-19T00:00:00Z

    The UK’s scrappage scheme has led to the first rise in new car sales in country for 15 months, with more than one in five of the cars registered in July bought under the incentive. New car sales rose 2.4% in July and the rush for new registration models in ...

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    GM hits new markets with Chinese-made minivans

    2009-08-19T00:00:00Z

    Under a new agreement with its Chinese partner, Liuzhou Wuling Automotive, GM has begun exports of minivans from the country to markets in Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. The first shipment of 150 vehicles left Guangzhou for Egypt last Thursday aboard NYK’s Zeus Leader and are due to ...

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    Menlo to handle US Midwest export centre for Caterpillar

    2009-08-19T00:00:00Z

    Menlo Worldwide Logistics, the global logistics subsidiary of Con-way, has opened a dedicated Midwest-area export logistics centre in Joliet, Illinois, which is supporting export activity for commercial vehicle and engine maker Caterpillar. Menlo will provide export consolidation services including receiving, export packaging and loading/shipping over 18,500m2 of the 32,500m2 building, ...

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    Logwin strengthens logistics support for BMW

    2009-08-19T00:00:00Z

    Logwin has increased its support for BMW in Germany with the deployment of its Parts Direct aftermarket service in Berlin and the surrounding area for the same-day delivery of parts to dealers. It has also enhanced its provision of warehouse and transhipment services in Hamburg and Cologne for the storage ...

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    Syncron provides best laid plans for ELIT in Europe

    2009-08-19T00:00:00Z

    Czech automotive parts distributor ELIT has selected Syncron’s Supply Chain Planner solution to improve its inventory management capabilities for Central and Eastern European markets. Syncron is a global supply chain software provider with customers in the automotive and commercial vehicles sectors including Volvo, JCB, Mazda, Alfa Laval, Scania, Renault and ...

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    When will logistics start tweeting?

    2009-08-12T00:00:00Z

    If logistics, as the adage goes, is more about the flow of information than the flow of materials, then the ever-more popular spread of social media tools could be just the right equipment for 21st century supply chain management. Twitter, with its up-to-the-next second updates and its ability to build ...

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    Honda UK to export hot hatchback

    2009-08-12T00:00:00Z

    Honda will export the Civic Type R from its Swindon plant in the UK for sale in Japan next year; it’s the third country to take the UK Type R after Australia and South Africa. The three-door 'hot hatchback' will be called the Type R Euro in Japan to distinguish ...

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    Con-way gives more for less with Global LTL

    2009-08-12T00:00:00Z

    Con-way Freight has launched a global less-than-truckload (LTL) service in collaboration with other providers, including APL Logistics and TNT, in the form of an online portfolio of the company’s LTL services. For an automotive industry still faced with overcapacity and looking for greater efficiency it means “state-of-the-art online tools and ...

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    A classic move for Mazda

    2009-08-12T00:00:00Z

    Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics has delivered a shipment of Mazda vehicles to the European Port of Antwerp, including 14 models of the classic Cosmo 110 Sport. The Cosmos, which were added to 4,500 vehicles delivered to the port aboard the ro-ro vessel MV Torrens, are featuring in this week’s international Cosmo ...

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    Now you can bid for a GM bargain on eBay

    2009-08-12T00:00:00Z

    GM’s decision to sell new vehicles in the US via the internet auction site eBay will not affect logistics and distribution activity according to the company. “It only affects the front-end transaction and marketing,” spokesman Dan Flores told Automotive Logistic, “customers will still take delivery of the vehicles through a ...

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    US 3PLs could see light in 2010

    2009-08-12T00:00:00Z

    While 2009 will be the first year since at least 1996 that the US third-party logistics (3PL) market will contract, 2010 could signal a fairly strong return to growth, according to a report, “Who’s Who in Logistics and Supply Chain Management”, by Armstrong & Associates, a US-based consultancy. In ...

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    RMI sign partnership for multi-modal service with ProAct

    2009-08-05T00:00:00Z

    US rail software provider RMI has signed a strategic partnership with supply chain software provider ProAct International for a new online management service that will benefit automotive companies operating in the US, Canada and Latin America. The deal is estimated to be worth in excess of $500,000 over time. RMI ...

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    Pan-European inbound for JLR

    2009-08-05T00:00:00Z

    As Tata pulls out the stops to find new efficiencies for the future of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), DHL Supply Chain, the carmaker’s lead logistics provider, has been doing its bit with the provision of a new pan-European, inbound collection strategy. Using its freight control tower in Veghel, Holland, the ...

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    MOL and Sical support Nissan Indian exports

    2009-08-05T00:00:00Z

    Following Nissan’s decision to use MOL Auto Logistics (India) for inland export activity from its new plant near Chennai, in India, the Mitsui OSK subsidiary has announced plans this week to enter a joint venture with Chennai-based Sical Logistics to operate a vehicle management facility at the Port of Ennore. ...

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    Supply contracts signed at FAW-VW park launch

    2009-08-05T00:00:00Z

    FAW-Volkswagen, the joint venture between the German company and China's second largest carmaker China First Automobile Works (FAW), has signed contracts worth a total of RMB 3.9 billion ($571m) with 22 automotive parts manufacturers to supply parts for its new plant in Chengdu, China. The total includes $120m in foreign ...