All Europe articles – Page 138
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FeatureCargoBeamer chooses Calais logistics park
German intermodal transport system provider, CargoBeamer, is conducting what it terms ‘extensive negotiations’ with carmakers and suppliers over the use of its trailer-loading solution, which will operate at the Calais Premier multimodal logistics project currently under construction at the Turquerie industrial park in France. CargoBeamer provides an automated and ...
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FeatureCar Terminal Alicante starts operations
Car Terminal Alicante has established an import-export facility for finished vehicles in the Mediterranean Spanish port of Alicante at Muelles de Poniente. It will mainly handle vehicles being exported to Asia or imported into Spain from that region, as well as sending rental cars to companies in the Balearic ...
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FeatureGlobal round up
Seat starts exports to China from Spain In January, Spanish producer Seat began exporting cars to China from the port of Barcelona, in northeast Spain. The initial consignments, which consisted of 250 Leon units, were shipped directly to the Chinese ports of Huangpu and Xingang. The new service is ...
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FeatureMitsubishi to end European output
Japanese carmaker Mitsubishi will end Colt and Outlander vehicle assembly at its Netherlands Car (Nedcar) production facility in Born at the end of 2012 and has no plans to introduce a new model to the plant in 2013. The company said that the status of the facility beyond then was ...
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FeatureRenault begins export-led production in Morocco
Renault has started production at its Melhoussa assembly plant in Morocco and will begin shipments of two models through the adjacent Tanger Med port, which has a 20-hectare car carrier terminal capable of handling 1m vehicles a year. The company has confirmed logistics contracts with French logistics providers including SNCF ...
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FeatureDB Schenker begins Portugal-Germany service
DB Schenker Rail Automotive is working with DB Schenker’s national subsidiary in Portugal, Schenker Transitários, to offer customers, including those in the automotive sector, a new weekly rail service between Portugal and Germany. DB Schenker said the trains would connect Porto and Lisbon with factories in northern ...
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FeatureGlobal round up
Russia auto imports grow in 2011Russia saw a 46% increase of vehicle imports in the period January to November 2011 compared to the same period in 2010, raising the number to 901,500 vehicles. According to data from the Russian Federal Customs Agency, nearly 776,000 of these were from countries outside ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move
Axel Marschall has officially moved to a new position at DB Schenker Rail this week assuming management responsibility for Sales at the European DB Schenker Rail Group. He is now member of the Board of Management of DB Schenker Rail Deutschland responsible for Sales, the responsibility he took over on ...
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FeatureEU carmakers' concern over India FTA
European carmakers are concerned about a free trade agreement between the European Union and India that would grant immediate free-duty access for Indian passenger car exports to the EU but retain a 30% tariff on European vehicles exported to India. “Import duties should be completely eliminated on both sides, and ...
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FeatureBelgian strike hits output and logistics
Carmakers and logistics providers took precautions to limit the impact on automotive shipments of Monday’s general strike over austerity measures in Belgium that closed ports, the railway network and affected airports, as well as disrupting supply routes across the country. It was the first nationwide strike to hit Belgium ...
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FeatureGlobal round up
Auto helps fuel Lufthansa Detroit serviceLufthansa Cargo has begun a new service between Frankfurt, Germany and Detroit, Michigan in the US to meet increased demand from sectors including automotive. “The new freighter connection supplements the daily flights operated by Lufthansa passenger aircraft, and offers our customers more capacity and greater ...
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FeatureTrucker strike hits Fiat output
This week’s truck driver strike in Italy has hit production at Fiat’s vehicle assembly and engine plants because of delays to inbound parts. The striking truckers, who began their action on Sunday in response to an 8 cent per litre rise in fuel prices introduced last month, set up ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move
As part of wide restructuring efforts at DHL Supply Chain (read more here), Paul Dyer, previously managing director of Automotive UK and head of Global Automotive, has taken on a new role as managing director, Automotive, Industrial, LLP (UKI). Dyer will continue to lead the automotive sectors across the ...
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FeatureDHL restructures UK operations
DHL Supply Chain is implementing a wide-ranging restructuring of its operations in the UK which involves its total supply chain division and the creation of a multi-sector, transport-only business unit. The restructuring will merge company’s services for the industrial sectors with automotive. It has also transformed its end-to-end supply chain ...
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FeatureExport boost vital for logistics network
Exports are expected to boost vehicle production in the UK in 2012 according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) and logistics providers are positioning themselves to make the most of the increase in business. Car output increased by 5.8% in 2011 to 1.34m units according to ...
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Breaking up is hard to do
With some worst-case scenarios moving frighteningly closer to reality in the eurozone, Europe may already be in recession. GDP growth was anaemic (but still up) in the third quarter in France, Germany and the UK, but forecasts have been cut further. The installation of ‘technocratic’ governments in Italy and Greece ...
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FeatureCrazy for perfection
On the surface cover, a global standardDigging around the roots of damageThe damapre meeting and kaizen katsudoA lower rate of damageThe effects of climate changeNeed something else besides perfectionThe Japanese have high expectations for product perfection from fruit to cars, which is one reason why its OEMs have some of ...
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FeatureCan one size fit all for IT optimsation?
Strategic, tactical and operationalCollaborative approach?Rolling out the system network wide The use of IT tools to improve efficiency in the outbound supply chain is increasing, but the question is how far providers and OEMs are willing to go. Andrew Williams investigates the potential for systems across networks and nations. ...
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FeatureDriving through the danger zone
Exports and assets help Spanish carriers survive A deep imbalance A resilient CATGetting Europe in harmonyNot easy to be longer or higherA peculiarly British problemSeventhEighthChris Lewis investigates how European road providers are surviving in the face of another potential recession and an investment shortage. Additional reporting by Christopher Ludwig on ...
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FeatureLSPs seek global slice of post-production work
A chance to extend outsourcing in China Will Indian OEMs hand over the reigns?Expanding terminals in North AfricaEstablished services in the USBMW keeps it in-house but remains flexibleWhile some carmakers keep as much post-production work in-house as possible, port terminals and logistics providers believe they can do the work cheaper. ...