All Europe articles – Page 178
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FeatureRival car carriers increase scrappage
NYK may double the number of car carriers it had planned to scrap by 2010 in the face of production cuts at Toyota, Honda and Nissan. The number could reach 40, instead of the already planned 20, according to comments made last week by Mikitoshi Kai, head of investor relations ...
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FeatureAutomotive supply chain executives to meet in Montreux
Executives from carmakers, tier suppliers and logistics service providers from across Europe will gather in Montreux, Switzerland next week to discuss the impact of the economic slowdown for the automotive logistics industry in Europe. Speakers will cover topics such as analyses of what today’s tough economic pressures mean for the ...
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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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FeatureIAC reveals opportunities for logistics providers
The sessions dedicated to logistics provision for the automotive industry at last week’s International Automotive Conference in Durham, UK, drew comment from some of sector’s leading figures and what they said revealed that upheaval was an opportunity to look closely at traditional practice and bring long-term change: “There are many ...
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FeatureKey executives on the move
Ceva Logistics has appointed Pierre Girardin (pictured) as Managing Director for the Ceva Business Unit France, Benelux & Nordics. He will manage the region across all Ceva businesses and takes over from Onno Meij, who has led the unit for more than six years. Meij has been appointed Group Director, ...
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FeatureRussian taxes devastate imports through Vladivostok
Finished vehicle imports through the Commercial Port of Vladivostok have dropped 85% since the introduction of the new tariffs, mainly affecting second-hand vehicles brought in from Japan. The new charges, which came in to effect on January 12 this year, have brought unprecedented disruption in Vladivostok and have sparked protests ...
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FeatureDHL tests OEMs on collaboration
DHL Exel Supply Chain is integrating the various parts of its UK and EU collection services into one inbound freight network, which the company says will test OEMs' commitment to collaboration. Talking at last week’s International Automotive Conference, held in Durham in the UK, DHL’s Managing Director for Automotive in ...
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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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FeatureHonda streamlines European logistics with Polish centre
Honda Europe is building a 20,000m2 distribution centre in Pniewy, near Poznañ in Poland, to increase its service level for spare parts deliveries to Poland, the Baltic states and the western region of Germany. The €10.7m facility, which is due to open in April 2010, is expected to handle about ...
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FeatureTwo-tier wagon to revolutionise Indian logistics
A joint venture of rail experts is planning to deliver a new two-tier wagon for car transport in India that could see carmakers dramatically cut their logistics costs. Advanced engineering and rail logistics provider Focal Earth has been working with French double-deck wagon maker AFR and India’s Texmaco, the ...
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FeatureGefco provides packaging solution for Ford
Ford has outsourced its materials handling management for engine production at Dagenham in the UK to European logistics provider Gefco UK. The LSP is now helping manage Ford’s container logistics through its GefBoxSystem, which provides reusable plastic boxes, pallets and covers for parts required by engine plant in southeast England ...
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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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FeatureUK ports bill could force CAT out
The UK’s controversial backdated ports rates proposal may force logistics provider CAT (UK) to withdraw activity from Teeside as it faces a £500,000 bill for its 50-acre storage site at the port. CAT (UK) is the only importer of Renault cars to the UK and makes final inspection and fittings ...
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FeaturePayment scheme leads to supply problems at AvtoVAZ
Russia’s largest carmaker AvtoVAZ stopped production at its huge Togliatti plant last Thursday, just three days after restarting the assembly line following a month-long extension to its winter break shutdown. The stoppage was blamed on a component supply problem. "The conveyor was stopped on Thursday for an indeterminate amount of ...
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FeatureLogistics academy to serve UK automotive hub
The logistics sector in the north-east UK, is set to benefit from a new academy established to provide information on skills development and training.At the end of last week Skills for Logistics (SfL), the sector skills council for the freight logistics industry in the UK, launched the Logistics Academy ...
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FeatureExports down to a trickle in Turkey
Finished vehicle exports from Turkey to Central Europe were continuing at a reduced rate this week following Monday’s stoppage across a number of Turkish carmakers. The production halt, which started on Monday, was the result of slow take up in Central Europe for the carmakers’ models. According to Ford Otosan’s ...
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FeatureUK ports left out in the cold?
BMW has denied it is threatening to withdraw distribution operations from the ports of Immingham and Southampton in the face of controversial new port rates being introduced in the UK. “We are not planning to pull out of distribution operations at the ports of Immingham and Southampton,” BMW spokesman Frank ...
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FeatureMichelin plans logistics centre in Serbia
According to reports from the World Economic Forum, which took place in the Swiss resort of Davos last week, French tyre maker Michelin is planning to open a logistics centre in Serbia before the middle of 2010. The announcement, which was reported by Serbia’s Tanjug news agency, follows a meeting ...
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FeatureNissan starts February on a better Note
Following January’s news that Nissan is cutting 1,200 jobs at its Sunderland plant, February has begun on a better note with the recommencement of the second shift on Line 2 next week, nearly two months ahead of schedule. “I can confirm we will be reinstating a second shift on Line ...
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WWL launches service via Port of Gothenburg
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics is now using the Port of Gothenburg as a centre for high and heavy ro-ro transhipment from the Americas and Asia to St Petersburg, Russia. The new weekly service from Gothenburg to St Petersburg via Kotka, in Finland, will carry agricultural and construction equipment as well as ...