All articles by Automotive Logistics – Page 90
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FeatureGM makes it a first with US cars to China
General Motors has started exporting Cadillacs and Buicks from the Port of Hueneme in California to China. It is the first major export activity to take place under the company’s contract with Global Auto Processing Services (GAPS), signed this time last year. Up until now GAPS has only dealt with ...
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FeatureCarriers continue to suffer in North America
More evidence that hauliers in the US are being forced to reorganise or close automotive operations in line with the OEMs came last week when P.A.M Transportation Services announced it was reducing the automotive content of its business. The Arkansas-based carrier suffered a net loss of $3.18 million for ...
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FeatureUK minister opens Honda rail terminal
Another step was taken towards the ‘pan-European rationale” for rail-based logistics this week as Honda (UK) replaced 3,000 annual truck movements with a new train service from its Swindon facility.Yesterday’s reopening of the rail head by the UK’s Rail Minister and Under Secretary of State, Lord Adonis, heralds the start ...
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FeaturePartner Shipping delivers to Russia
Norway’s Partner Shipping has made its first delivery of vehicles to St Petersburg from the Port of Malmö in Sweden. The main bulk of the 850-unit cargo aboard the M/V Gran Canaria Car was made up of Toyota’s Land Cruiser, which continues to be popular in Russia. The company is ...
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FeatureContinental switches to RFID in US
Continental Automotive is replacing a barcoding system at its 75,000m2 manufacturing facility in Huntsville, Alabama with a new RFID system from Xterprise Technology to track inbound inventory. The US facility receives more than 5,000 types of electronic automotive parts for assembly, including transmission controllers, air bag controllers, GPS units and ...
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FeatureLogwin signs inbound contract for China
Freight forwarder Logwin has secured a major two-year contract with automotive import agent Shanghai China-Industrial Import and Export Trading Co. Ltd (SCI).Logwin will now be responsible for managing all aspects of inbound shipments for SCI, including the movement of automotive components primarily from Germany to local destinations in Dalian ...
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FeatureVolkswagen to build supplier park in US
Volkswagen is introducing a new mid-size sedan specifically for the US market and wants 80 per cent of the content to be sourced from North America in the medium term.The vehicle will be made at the company’s planned $1 billion Tennessee facility due to open in 2011 in Chattanooga and ...
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FeatureCeva moves German parts for BMW
BMW has chosen Ceva Logistics to operate its new regional distribution centre (RDC) in Slubice, Poland (on the border with Germany) with first shipments being made next week. The carmaker said that Ceva had won the contract “because the package was convincing”.The 15,200-square-metre facility will handle the receipt and warehousing ...
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FeatureJapanese target India for terminals
Toyofuji Shipping Company, the Japanese finished vehicle specialist in which Toyota Motor has a 50 per cent stake, is setting up an exclusive car terminal in India. Discussions were held on Monday between a delegation headed by Kazuaki Makina, Group Leader, Project Group, Overseas Marketing Division, and the Chennai Port ...
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FeatureTurkey waits to feel the crunch
Relatively low financial exposure has so far protected Turkey’s automotive supplier industry from the hardships being faced further west but its credit exposure with the US dollar is threatening future security.Discussions at last week’s inaugural Automotive Logistics Turkey conference in Istanbul revealed that the country’s export trade has been able ...
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FeatureLamborghini opens new logistics centre
Italian premium carmaker Lamborghini has opened a new logistics centre at its Sant’Agata Bolognese facility. The 1,000m2 warehouse will be used for the storage of components, spare parts and merchandise for its main markets, with space for over 14,000 pallets. The facility replaces an existing one in Anzola Emilia 20km ...
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FeatureBosphorus rail tunnel marks historic link
As delegates gathered at the inaugural Automotive Logistics Turkey conference in Istanbul last week, the city was celebrating the completion of a crucial stage in one of the world’s most ambitious logistics infrastructure developments – a 1,387-metre rail tunnel that will carry the Marmaray rail link at a depth of ...
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FeatureAutomotive future unclear in Turkish ports
Carmakers and shipping lines at the Automotive Logistics Turkey conference expressed concern that a lack of development and investment in Turkish ports for vehicles could slow the industry’s expected growth. Turkey, whose production is expected to reach 1.3 million vehicles this year, and hopes to reach 2 million in ...
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FeatureGefco eyes Ford activity in Romania
French logistics provider Gefco is strengthening its position in Central and Eastern Europe and showing interest in supporting Ford activity at the former Daewoo plant in Craiova, Romania, according to the Business Standard Daily.Ford intends to start production there in 2009 following its purchase of 72 per cent of Daewoo ...
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FeatureNew European tolls 'medieval' says ECG
At the ECG conference in Munich last week, logistics service providers expressed frustration at a potential round of tax and toll increases that could further cut into their slim margins. Frits Mehrtens (pictured), President of the ECG and Managing Director of Broekman, Automotive Division, called measures such as Germany's Maut ...
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FeatureIt's a MAN's world in taking delivery
German truck maker MAN has taken a cue from its neighbour in Munich, BMW, and is building a new dispatch centre that will also serve as a stylish reception hall where customers will come to pick up their new trucks and be treated to exhibitions, test drives, training, a restaurant ...
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FeatureUK finished vehicle companies make cuts
The 21.2 per cent drop in UK car sales in September had an immediate impact on the logistics sector with Walon UK cutting 200 jobs from its 500-strong driver workforce. The Autologic subsidiary, which has just opened new headquarters near major manufacturers in the UK Midlands, provides finished vehicle ...
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FeaturePenske joins US drive to clean up delivery
Penske has made a commitment to exploring greener logistics options by joining the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) SmartWay initiative.SmartWay was launched by the EPA in 2004 as a partnership between government and the freight industry to identify products and services that reduce transport-related emissions. The commitment, which also promises ...
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FeatureSea Cargo makes it a first with LPG vessels
Two of the next generation of four ro-ro vessels being built for Norwegian shipowner Sea-Cargo will be completely powered by liquid petroleum gas (LPG) - the first ever car carriers to be designed in this way. Carbon dioxide emissions will be reduced by about 20 per cent, NOx by ...
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FeatureLogistics execs call for calm
A poll of senior logistics executives conducted in the UK by the Chartered Management Institute has revealed that one in five managers in the transport and logistics sector feels insecure and half feel more stressed in their jobs than they used to. However, the poll also showed that ...