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All Europe articles – Page 172
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FeatureCautious reaction to scrappage extension in UK
Monday’s announcement by the UK’s business secretary Lord Mandelson that the UK scrappage scheme would be extended for a further 100,000 vehicles has been cautiously welcomed by carmakers around the country who were keen to stress that any lift was very much part of a wider European set of initiatives. ...
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FeatureCarmakers don't want the inventory
The historically low finished vehicle inventory levels in North America are here to stay, according to several carmakers speaking on day one of the 10th Automotive Logistics Global conference in Detroit this week. Keynote speaker Joe Hinrichs, Ford’s group vice president, global manufacturing and labour affairs (pictured), admitting that the ...
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FeatureRenault uses Frankfurt to award suppliers
Renault used the Frankfurt Motor Show to announce the winners of its Supplier Quality Awards for 2008 and they included Austria’s Lagermax AED, which received a global award for “its proactive approach to optimising logistics flows”. AED, or Alltime Express Distribution, was developed by Lagermax to cater for the delivery ...
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FeatureNYK celebrates 20 years in Belgium
Following the recent integration of spare parts deliveries for Kia dealerships in Belgium and Luxembourg (read more here), NYK Logistics Belgium has celebrated its 20th anniversary in the country. The first ship NYK sent from Japan to Europe made its first port of call at Antwerp in 1896 establishing ties ...
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FeatureWhat does sustainable shipping really look like?
Automotive shipping companies have been flexing their PR muscles in preparation for this year’s World Maritime Day, the International Maritime Organisation’s annual global event, which concentrates attention on environmentally conscious and safer shipping practice. This year’s event, which takes place on Thursday this week, focuses on the reduction of greenhouse ...
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FeatureVW explores new routes into Russia
As part of a number of options being explored by Volkswagen for new logistics routes into the Russian market, the German carmaker has completed a test delivery of vehicles to the Port of St Petersburg. The mix of passenger and commercial vehicles – 50 VW Golf and 50 VW Crafter ...
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FeatureUkraine honour for EH Harms execs
The Ukrainian government has awarded three executives from E.H.Harms Automobile Logistics Ukraine with the Honorary Certificate of the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers for outstanding services to the country. Pavel Byglevski (pictured), manager of the joint venture, was joined by ViDi Group managers Ruslan Semchuk and Viacheslav Bevza “for [their] special ...
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UK sees strategic investments in transporter fleets
UK-based Acumen Logistics Group has taken over finished vehicle carrier Auto UK Logistics to build on the finished vehicle side of it automotive logistics offering. The newly named Acumen Auto Logistics will enlarge Acumen’s transporter fleet and continue to move Land Rovers to UK ports for export. The move follows ...
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FeatureNYK night shift means next day delivery for Kia
NYK Logistics has integrated spare parts deliveries for 90 Kia dealerships in Belgium and Luxembourg through its cross dock centre in the Belgian municipality of Sint-Katelijne-Waver. The move is part of a multi-year contract between the two companies with an annual value of €250,000. Distribution from the centre is taking ...
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FeatureHigh capacity service carries weight
United European Car Carriers (UECC) and the Spanish Port of Santander are launching a new freight service for cars, trailers and high-and-heavy cargo between Santander and the Belgian Port Zeebrugge this month. The service will rely on two high-capacity UECC B-class vessels – the Auto Bank and Auto Bay ...
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FeatureFord begins Romanian production with CKDs
Ford has begun production of the Transit Connect light commercial vehicle at its new plant in Craiova, Romania and will be using the same suppliers that it uses for supply to its Turkish plant in Kocaeli. The Connect vehicles are brought in CKD kits from the Kocaeli facility and are ...
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FeatureTriumph opens tender process for 3PL supplier
Triumph Motorcycles is currently reviewing its European distribution operation and has posted a competitive tender process to find a third party logistics supplier. The company has been using Gefco since 2003. Gefco started working with Triumph by providing a cradle rental service as well as storage and distribution in Italy, ...
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FeatureToyota reports on sustainable logistics in Europe
Toyota has reported an overall reduction of 25,836 tonnes in the C02 emissions from its logistics operations in Europe in 2008. The company’s European Sustainability Report 2009 states that emissions from logistics decreased from 236,481 tonnes in 2007 to 210,645 tonnes in 2008. Along with a manufacturing reduction of 78,000 ...
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FeatureNissan goes direct to the dealer
Höegh Autoliner’s recent delivery of over 1,500 Nissan vehicles to the Port of Gdansk for delivery to the Russian market also marked a new logistics strategy between Nissan Motor RUS and Russian LSP Major Auto Trans. Since 2004 Major Auto Trans has cooperated with Nissan’s Russian division on international movements, ...
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FeatureHonda sales boost means export contract for Indian JV
Honda Siel Cars India – the joint venture between India’s Siel Group and Honda – will start exporting engine components to Japan from October from its plant at Tapukara in Rajasthan which opened last autumn. The company plans to export 54,000 sets of crank-shafts and connecting rods over the next ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move
Frank Müller (pictured) has replaced Sven Grossmann as Director Quality Management for BLG Automobile Logistics. Müller has been with BLG Logistics for nine years across a number of roles gaining a good knowledge of the requirements and specific processes in the automobile industry.Before he started working for BLG Logistics he ...
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FeatureRo-ro deliveries for Hoegh and Grimaldi
Höegh Autoliners has delivered over 1,500 Nissan vehicles through the Port of Gdansk on board the Atlantic Spirit. The vessel delivered the vehicles from South Korea and it formed the largest delivery of cars at the port this year. The majority of the vehicles are for delivery to the Russian ...
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FeatureHarley takes over at crucial time for Ford MP&L
Ford’s Stephen Harley officially assumes his new post this week as the OEM’s Executive Director for Global Material Planning and Logistics (MP&L) and for North American Parts Supply and Logistics (PS&L). It is an interesting time for Ford and a particularly crucial period for the MP&L organisation, as the company ...
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FeaturePanalpina loses volume not commitment
Despite a 40% drop in automotive volumes Panalpina Air & Ocean does not plan to limit its exposure to the sector and is continuing to offer flexibility and dedicated service as it anticipates new business. However, the Swiss-based provider has admitted having grown its share of the business over-proportionately in ...
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Volvo Logistics embraces biodiesel initiative
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 ...