All articles by Barry Cross – Page 3
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FeatureArgentinian economic downturn hits Brazil
Brazil’s National Association of Automotive Vehicle Manufacturers (Anfavea) has confirmed it is lowering its forecast for automotive exports this year, after warnings that the economic crisis in neighbouring Argentina is impacting on that country’s ability to import finished vehicles.While total automotive exports will not actually decline this year, they will ...
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FeatureManta reports huge increase in vehicle traffic
The port of Manta, in northern Ecuador, has reported a doubling in the volume of finished vehicles it handled over the first seven months of this year to 42,056 units, compared to 20,691 units in the same period last year.Roberto Salazar, president of Manta Port Terminals (TPM) – the private ...
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FeatureSuape to put vehicle terminal in private hands
A public consultation has begun over plans for a new concession to run the finished vehicle terminal at the north-western Brazilian Port of Suape. The National Waterways Transport Agency (Antaq), the port authority currently running the terminal, plans to issue a tender for the concession in early September. The consultation ...
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FeatureSpanish authorities impose fines at Vigo
Spain’s National Commission for Markets and Competition (CNMC) has imposed fines on five stevedoring companies and five port unions for colluding to restrict competition at the port of Vigo and keep prices unnaturally high.The CNMC said their collusion had prevented the loading and unloading of finished vehicles from vessels other ...
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FeatureLa Luz Autoport Terminal seeks concession at Las Palmas
Las Palmas Port Authority, in the Canary Islands, has confirmed it is processing a request from La Luz Autopost Terminal to operate a new concession on a 14,820 sq.m area at Cabulloneros Quay, involving a new multilevel storage facility in Functional Area 6, in the port’s service area. A new ...
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FeatureCar sales drive growth in Latin America
The first two quarters of 2018 have seen a 7% increase in the Latin American automotive market, with sales of light commercial and passenger vehicles increasing from 2.64m to 2.83m.However, Felipe Munoz, global analyst of JATO Dynamics, comments that while the results are positive, the economies of the region have ...
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FeatureAnfac study downgrades port logistics in Spain
The Spanish automotive manufacturers’ association, Anfac, has just released its annual Maritime Port Logistics Grading study, which identifies Santander (pictured), Sagunto and Pasajes ports as currently the best for vehicle processing in Spain.One of the significant conclusions of the report, however, is that the overall grading for port logistics declined ...
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FeatureBLG expands US services for Mercedes-Benz
BLG Logistics is expanding its core operations in the US, where it acts as a supplier for Mercedes-Benz.The company is making its largest investment ever outside Germany at its US base in Vance, Alabama, where a total of $7.1m is being spent on setting up an automated small-parts warehouse for ...
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FeatureKia moves Sportage through Santa Marta
The Colombian port of Santa Marta has started handling imported Kia vehicles from Slovakia. By the end of the year, it is expected to have handled around 4,000 Sportages.The vehicles are being imported into Colombia on a monthly basis by regional distributor Metrokia SA and are being delivered to the ...
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FeatureVW resumes production after haulage strikes
Volkswagen’s bus and truck plant at Resende, in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, is reported to be back to normal production, following a week of strikes in the road haulage industry at the end of May.A spokesperson for the company said it was now working with its 4,000-strong ...
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FeatureTurkish exports continue to rise
Turkey’s automotive exports have risen 17% so far this year to reach a value of $13.9 billion, fresh figures from the Uludağ Automotive Industry Exporters' Association (OİB) have shown.In May – the country’s 28th month of continuous automotive export growth – automotive exports were worth $2.8 billion, up 8% on ...
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FeatureManta becoming regional hub for finished vehicles
The northern Ecuadorian port of Manta is looking to expand its role as a hub for finished vehicles and this month reached its full storage capacity for transhipped vehicle volumes.Manta only began operating regularly in the transshipment market as of July last year but in the third week of May ...
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FeatureJafza reports rising automotive business
DP World’s Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza) generated automotive business worth around $10.75 billion in 2017, the company has revealed.Around 11% of Jafza’s customer base is accounted for by the vehicle and transport sector, encompassing 546 automotive companies from 62 countries, providing employment to 8,200 people.“The encouraging performance of the ...
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FeatureAmports will invest $11m in terminal at Altamira port
Amports Mexico has signed a partial concession agreement with the Port of Altamira Authority (API) to set up a public finished vehicles terminal rather than continuing to rent area within the port to do so.Amports managing director Ernesto Ibarra explained that the concession is for 20 years, although it could ...
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FeatureNYK and Oyak form joint venture to build car terminal in Turkey
Turkish conglomerate Oyak has set up a joint venture with Japan’s NYK Line to invest a combined $110m in a new finished vehicle terminal at Yarimca port in Turkey’s Kocaeli region.Oyak Port, which is 90km south-east of Istanbul, will be owned jointly between Oyak (55%) and NYK (45%).The facility will ...
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FeatureSuape reports strong start to 2018
The Brazilian port of Suape, in the state of Pernambuco, has reported a 54% rise in the number of finished vehicles handled in the first two months of 2018. In total, 10,274 units moved across the docks in the period, with February alone accounting for 6,824 units – a month-on-month ...
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FeatureDB Cargo sets up rail service for German deliveries to Barcelona port
DB Cargo is running a rail service for finished vehicle transport between Germany and the Spanish port of Barcelona. The weekly service, for a prominent German carmaker (unconfirmed but thought to be Mercedes-Benz), is the only such link between the two countries and is organised in conjunction with the Spanish ...
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FeatureBrazilian automotive sector raises its profile
Brazil’s automotive sector now accounts for 22% of industrial GDP and 4% of GDP as a whole, the country’s industry, overseas trade and services minister, Marcos Jorge, has revealed. Directly and indirectly, it is responsible for 1.6m jobs.“The Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (MDIC) is committed to backing ...
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FeatureEML launches new Iberia Express service
Short-sea operator Euro Marine Logistics (EML), has launched a new weekly Iberia Express ro-ro service connecting vehicle ports in the UK, Belgium, Spain and Portugal.On the southbound leg, services start from the UK’s port of Tyne, calling at Zeebrugge (Belgium), Santander (Spain) and Barcelona (Spain). Northbound, vessels leaving from Barcelona ...
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FeatureUK vehicle exports to India fall sharply
Figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) have shown a growing divide between the number of finished vehicles the UK imports from India and the number it exports to the country.According to the SMMT, finished vehicle imports from India into the UK grew by 8.3% in 2017 ...