All Central America articles – Page 33
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Feature'The best time to invest is in a crisis'
“The best time to invest is in a crisis in any country or system, because afterwards there comes a boom.” José Ricardo Chiarello, Volkswagen do Brasil’s Head of Logistics (pictured). “Two years ago Brazil was close to a logistics blackout and this could happen again in two years. The ...
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FeatureHow to avoid a blackout in Brazil
Buoyed by government incentives, Brazil’s automotive market has performed well during the global recession, but without investment in its infrastructure the country could be facing a logistics blackout when sales and production take off again in earnest. This was the message from last week’s Automotive Logistics South America conference in ...
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FeatureTrade on the slowdown says VW
Shipping lines could be using the slowdown in vehicle movements and container volume to develop new trade lanes, according to Volkswagen Logistics’ Andrea Eck, Head of Outbound Logistics for the logistics division of Europe’s largest carmaker. “At the moment there is a very good chance to develop new lanes and ...
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FeatureTNT strengthens presence in Brazil
Netherlands-based logistics giant TNT has taken 100% control of South American provider Expresso Araçatuba Transportes e Logistica SA for €54m. The company, which has been a partner of TNT Mercúrio in Brazil since 2001, offers express transport from the South and South East of Brazil to the North and Central ...
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FeatureWWL offers reliable new service to South America
Recognising an ‘underserved’ market from South America’s West Coast to the US and wider global markets, Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics has established a new monthly service calling at Ecuador and Peru. Calling at the ports of Guayaquil (Ecuador) and Callao (Peru), the service will ship automotive traffic, as well as high ...
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FeatureNissan streamlines logistics under new committees
Nissan is consolidating its operations across North America, Latin America and the Caribbean, and aligning its supply chain management and logistics functions across the region more closely with manufacturing and purchasing. Administration of the new alignment will now be managed by a streamlined team of executives across three committees who ...
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FeatureShare and share alike
Two of Germany’s largest automotive component suppliers have signed a global purchasing agreement that will create a stronger supplier network with improvements to the logistics provision of indirect materials. The companies project cost benefits of €400m ($528m). As well as exchanging technological expertise, the companies will establish value-added supply chains ...
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FeatureCeva blurs the line between LSP and tier one in Brazil
AV Manufacturing, a subsidiary of Ceva Logistics, has bought the assets of Delphi’s supply operation at GM’s Automotive Industrial Complex in Gravatai, Brazil. The acquisition puts AVM in control of an 8,000m2 warehouse with responsibility for the full range of services involved in the supply and sub-assembly of front suspension ...
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Tata Nano could be saving grace for supply chain
Following months of delay, Tata Motors has announced that the Nano, the world’s cheapest car, will officially launch on March 23rd, and should reach dealers by the first week of April, according to the company. Sales in the short term could defy the sour economy and be enough to help ...
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FeatureAsian carmakers target Mexico
The Mexican car industry, where sales and production have been hit hard by the economic downturn, received a small boost in the past week: Nissan announced it would be shifting some of its small-car production from Japan to its plants in Mexico. Meanwhile, Changan Auto has said it will build ...
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FeatureMaersk signs up to MIT supply chain programme
Maersk Logistics has joined a supply chain exchange programme at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) designed to benefit its supply chain management and carbon footprint strategy. The MIT Supply Chain Exchange is designed to help companies manage their supply chains more effectively by providing access to the latest research ...
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FeatureFirst shipment to Hawaii from Port of Gray's Harbor
Following the recent contract between The Pasha Group and the Port of Grays Harbor in Washington, US (as reported in our newsletter dated 21 January), the ro-ro vessel M/V Jean Anne is taking 1,100 vehicles to Hawaii from there as part of its 100th voyage this week. The ship left ...
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FeatureGefco sets up vehicle storage facility in Chile
Gefco is setting up a subsidiary to provide automotive and logistics activity in Chile following demand there and in the wider South American region. The new business will be based at a storage centre to be developed in Noviciado, near Santiago and will have capacity for 3,500 vehicles from carmakers ...
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FeatureCeva Logistics secures contracts with Fiat and VW
Ceva Logistics begun operations at Fiat’s local distribution centre in Duisburg, Germany, where it will handle all warehousing and spare-parts supply to the northwest region, and to Denmark and the Netherlands. The facility, which has 13,000m2 of storage space and plans to hold a stock of around 30,000 parts, is ...
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FeatureFiat and Chrysler to share distribution
Fiat will provide Chrysler with new distribution networks, including those outside of North America, as part of the global strategic alliance announced yesterday. The new alliance, which is designed to contribute to Chrysler’s restructuring plan, will allow the carmakers to access each others markets via existing distribution routes and optimise ...
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Key executives on the move
Patrik Puskala has been appointed Managing Director of Avelon Group Oy succeeding Jan Lönnblad who will continue as Advisor to the Board of Directors.Mr Puskala has worked at the Baltic-based automotive LSP since May 2006 when he joined as Development Director focusing on M&A activities and Russian expansion. In July ...
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FeatureCeva supports John Deere in Brazil
Ceva Logistics is opening a new distribution centre in Brazil for agricultural manufacturer John Deere at its 35,000 m2 facility in Campinas in the state of Sao Paulo. It will consolidate activity currently handled by the Catalão and Horizontina distribution centres it runs in the mid-west and south of ...
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FeatureRyder slashes automotive business
By the end of 2009 Ryder will have pulled out of nearly half its automotive operations in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Europe and severely cut automotive-related activity in North America, putting more than 3,000 jobs on the line. The logistics and supply chain leader has announced a number of “strategic ...