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  • Preisübergabe bei den European Carrier Awards 2014: Daimler zeichnet die besten Fahrzeugtransporteure für Pkw und Nutzfahrzeuge aus // The European Carrier Awards 2014: Daimler honors the best vehic
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    Daimler announces winners of European Carrier Awards 2014

    2014-11-26T12:20:06Z

    Daimler has announced the winners of its annual European Carrier Awards, which are given each year in recognition of the best performance provided by its outbound services suppliers.German transport provider, Ernst Frankenbach, was named best partner in the passenger car segment, while ECM (Vehicle Delivery Service), from the UK, was ...

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    戴姆勒宣布2014欧洲承运商奖项获得者

    2014-11-26T12:20:06Z

    戴姆勒公司已经宣布欧洲承运商奖的年度获奖者,每年这个奖都颁给得到最佳服务肯定的出厂服务供应商。 德国运输供应商Ernest Frankenback公司被提名为乘用车部门最佳搭档,而来自英国的ECM(汽车交付服务)公司被认证为商用车部门的最佳搭档。 Ernest Frankenback被选拔获得乘用车部奖项,戴姆勒公司称“突出表现更进一步”。公司之前还以其出色服务获得2002年和2009年的欧洲承运商奖。 与此同时,ECM也第三次获得戴姆勒的认证,之前于2011年获得欧洲承运商将,乘用车部门奖项,于2013年获得总体表现特殊奖。除此之外,与戴姆勒合作最长的物流供应商之一的物流企业Horst Mosolf,被授予终身成就奖。该德国公司为戴姆勒公司提供超过50年的服务,曾5次获得乘用车部门奖项。 戴姆勒全球运输物流总监Heiko Gaiser说,“运输物流是我们成功的秘诀之一 — 没有他们,就没有车能从工厂到达客户那里。因此,我们的货运伙伴的出色表现,对于我们非常重要。同时,我们将继续努力,把我们的全球汽车运输打造得更加高效和灵活。” 该奖是戴姆勒集团“欧洲承运商日”庆祝活动之一,今年是在西班牙维多利亚的梅赛德斯-奔驰厢型车工厂里举行。大约有100家欧洲运输物流供应商参加,并讨论目前的行业趋势和所面临的挑战。 

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    The unexpected rise of Hambantota port

    2014-11-25T18:29:35Z

    While it may seem an unlikely destination, the Sri Lankan port is a growing automotive hub for transhipments from Asia to global markets. The right mix of incentives, capacity and shipping links have been catching OEMs' attention.Sri Lanka, the island nation off the southeast coast of southern India doesn’t manufacture ...

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    Magna puts more in providers’ hands

    2014-11-25T17:03:37Z

    As tier suppliers take over more content and engineering in the automotive supply chain, the scope for logistics providers to increase their services and value to companies such as Magna is growing.For decades, the automotive supply chain has seen considerable product development and engineering spread from OEMs to the supply ...

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    Navarro担任JLR巴西材料规划与物流高级经理

    2014-11-25T16:00:16Z

    捷豹路虎已经任命Marcelo Wilson Navarro为巴西材料规划与物流(MP&L)高级经理。他将离开目前百事可乐(在索罗卡巴地区)地区制造部经理一职。 在百事可乐任职之前,Navarro已经在摩托车制造商Kasinski公司,以及设备制造Case New Holland公司,担任过物流与管理职务。他还在德国底盘技术供应商ZF巴西分公司,担任过很多监督职务。 JLR在去年年末宣布,集团将斥资7.5亿雷亚尔,在Itatiaia(在Rio de Janeiro州内)建厂。该厂是英国以外的第二家制造厂,之前集团在中国与奇瑞公司合资办厂,开始生产汽车。在巴西的生产计划于2016年开始,制造Discovery Sport车型,年产量预计达到24,000辆。到2015年3月为止,公司在巴西将会有42家经销商,这是公司扩大生产计划的一部分。

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    Navarro takes up MP&L role for JLR in Brazil

    2014-11-25T16:00:16Z

    Jaguar Land Rover has appointed Marcelo Wilson Navarro as its senior manager for Material Planning and Logistics (MP&L) in Brazil. He moves across from his role as regional manufacturing manager at Pepsico, which was based in the Sorocaba region.Prior to his time at Pepsico, Navarro had logistics and management roles ...

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    西雅特跟随道奇撤出俄罗斯

    2014-11-25T11:56:12Z

    在俄罗斯汽车销量持续走低之后,西雅特(Seat)已经停止向俄罗斯的进口。该西班牙原始设备制造商的一位发言人证实说,在2014年下半年起,向俄罗斯进口的汽车就没有盈利。 早在几个月前,就有小道消息称,西雅特正在计划停止向俄罗斯的销售汽车。有分析师评论,随着俄罗斯市场的下滑,该原始设备制造商“缺乏有竞争力的车型,广告策略能力不足。” 此前,克莱斯勒公司道奇品牌也做出了相似的决定。有俄罗斯专家预测,没有在俄罗斯实现本土化、或者没有强大市场份额的其他原始设备制造商,也面临不得不撤出市场的威胁。 分析师们说,在将来的几个月内,离开俄罗斯的原始设备制造商名单将会加长,可能包括菲亚特、阿尔法罗密欧,它们是由克莱斯勒地区分公司来负责销售的。然而,阿尔法罗密欧已经说,目前还没有撤出俄罗斯市场的计划。 克莱斯勒和菲亚特在俄罗斯的代表们称,尽管经济状况艰难,但是俄罗斯市场的供应商还会坚持下去的。2015年上半年,菲亚特在俄罗斯的业绩将随着两款新车型(MPV 500L和跨界车500x)的推出而有大幅度提高。 阿尔法罗密欧宣称,他们在俄罗斯市场拥有特殊地位。公司称,该品牌在俄罗斯拥有自己的粉丝,但是也承认说销量并不是很大。俄罗斯汽车经销商Rolf Altufievo公司销售主管Catherine Chmeleva说,“即使是在增长的情况下,公司仍然只占据很小的市场份额。但是到目前为止,制造商并没有制定过于宏达的目标;这仍然是俄罗斯市场的小众品牌。” 分析师预计,在未来的6个月内,会有大量玩家离开俄罗斯,包括雪铁龙和一些中国的品牌。然而,到目前为止,JAC和FAW的发言人说,尽管卢布在贬值,但是和其他问题相比较,这不算大问题,也没有计划要停止出口。 据俄罗斯经销西雅特、雪佛兰、沃尔沃、起亚和福特汽车的经销商Favortie Motors公司的总裁Vladimir Popv说,西雅特和道奇选择离开的主要原因是,他们不愿母公司投资于本土化生产,也不愿意投资实现高水平竞争。这种情况随着卢布贬值更加恶化,导致少量进口而不盈利。俄罗斯经销商Avtospetstsentr公司的副总裁Vladimir Mozhenkov说,“同时,西雅特很晚才进入俄罗斯市场,还没有足够的时间站稳脚跟。”公司最近一次要进入俄罗斯市场的努力,已经是其第4次尝试了。

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    Seat follows Dodge out of Russia

    2014-11-25T11:56:12Z

    Seat has stopped its imports to Russia after the ongoing fall in vehicle sales. A spokesperson for the Spanish OEM confirmed that the movement of vehicles in Russia has become unprofitable during the second half of 2014.Rumours that Seat was planning to stop sales in Russia first appeared several months ...

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    比利时港口工人罢工,重创汽车运输部门

    2014-11-24T17:24:35Z

    这个周一(11月24日)比利时港口工人的罢工,使出入该国的货船陷入困境。其中欧洲5大汽车交付港口之一的安特卫普(Antwerp)港受影响最为严重。根特港和泽不吕赫港也受到不同天程度的影响。 据海事服务供应商Inchcape Shipping Services(ISS)透露,包公自星期一半夜开始,长达24小时,是由3个总工会挑头,抗议加薪指标空谈和税收的增加。 星期一,ISS比利时公司称,在安特卫普港有65艘船抛锚等待靠岸,另有12艘船等待离港。 安特卫普港口的一位发言人称,这些船只只能等待,才能进来或离开了。 当天,该发言人对Automotive Logistics杂志说,“还是有人工作的,但是由于整个链条上还是缺人,因此各种活动无法正常进行。” 尽管罢工对汽车部门的具体影响还不是很清楚,但是该发言人明确说道,码头经营商和港口公司已经通知客户,由于罢工的影响,星期一的工作不会有多少进展,并且建议客户改天再来办理业务。 该发言人补充说道,“这周末(周六)似乎会有更多的工作内容,因为客户似乎采纳了营运商的建议。” 国际汽车营运公司(ICO)是一家在安特卫普和泽布吕特拥有码头的汽车加工企业,该公司的一位发言人称,主要受损的是安特卫普港的港务局。ICO已经提前通知客户,在罢工之前的周末就已经完成汽车交付了。 该发言人说,“对于罢工造成的影响,客户非常恼火。但是我们ICO努力限制事态恶化。”,他还补充说,交付活动将在星期二继续进行。 同时在根特港,由于罢工,原先计划的7艘船中,在星期一只有3艘停在港口。 一位发言人称,罢工在半夜结束之后,还要花好几个小时,各项服务才能步入正规。 在此次罢工之后,今年12月15日还将有一个国家大罢工。 安特卫普港口的一位发言人说,“国家大罢工不是说没有人工作,因此我们将按照今天这样应付 — 尽一切力量组织人员,并且通知我们的客户,做好必要的防范。” 

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    Belgian port workers strike disrupts automotive shipments

    2014-11-24T17:24:35Z

    Strike action by Belgian port workers disrupted shipments in and out of the country’s ports on Monday this week (November 24th), with significant disruption at the port of Antwerp, one of the top five largest vehicle handling ports in Europe. There was also disruption at the ports of Ghent and ...

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    现代格拉维斯公司收购欧洲汽车物流资产

    2014-11-24T16:28:33Z

    韩国物流供应商现代格拉维斯(Hyundai Glovis)已经签署协议,接管波兰整车承运商Adampol公司,使公司第一次获得攫取欧洲火车运输与物流资产的直接通道。 据韩国现代格拉维斯官员在《韩国先驱报》上发布的一份声明(也在现代格拉维斯官网上公布)称,“Adampol SA公司价值超过7,000万欧元(约合8,700万美元),是国外物流公司中与本地公司合并中,价值最高的一次之一。” 据Inwestycje.pl的一份报道称,格拉维斯从卢森堡EMPE手中购买了Adampol大部分股份,而Adampol创始人兼副总裁Adam Byglewsik、以及公司目前首席执行官Elena Lukanova仍持有公司30%的股份。然而,Automotive Logistics杂志未能证实这些细节。 与Adampol关系比较密切的媒体称,公司开始出售已经有一年多的时间了,一直从欧洲和美国的物流供应商那里寻求有意者。 这周末将会有格拉维斯的官方声明,在此之前公司没有做出任何进一步的评论。格拉维斯在欧洲进行第三方物流业务现代格拉维斯是现代集团的一部分,负责为现代与起亚的汽车工厂,经营厂内汽车物流与管理。到目前为止,公司在欧洲的业务主要集中在这两个品牌的合约物流供应、联合运输和仓储业务上。目前,现代格拉维斯在欧洲拥有5个分公司(分别在德国、斯洛伐克、杰克、土耳其和俄罗斯),以及众多物流中心。 公司一直有个宏伟的目标,就是要增加欧洲的第三方物流业务,与其他全球市场的业务保持一致,其中包括韩国和美国的业务。此次收购,正是这个目标能够实现的成功一步。 此前在接受Automotive Logistics采访时,现代格拉维斯欧洲部总经理Frank Schnelle说,格拉维斯正在考虑直接收购欧洲资产,提高对现代-起亚和第三方的入出厂物流服务。 Schnelle说,“我们认为,我们必须拥有或控制资产,才能为其他公司提供价值和服务,因此我们一直在认真地寻找进入市场的途径。” 据韩国和波兰媒体报道,Adampol公司去年为宝马、通用、丰田和大众汽车,共运输大约400,000辆汽车,销售额达到1亿欧元,营业利润率达到10%。 Adampol公司在一次官方声明中称,公司正在寻求合作伙伴,扩大其物流业务,与现代格拉维斯欧洲合作是双方发展的下一步计划。声明称,“合作可以产生更为高效而综合的供应链方案,与现代格拉维斯海外货运服务的结合就是为了实现这个目的。” 格拉维斯拥有一个汽车和载货汽车专用船队,运输韩国现代-起亚的出口汽车,以及其他品牌汽车。 

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    Hyundai Glovis acquires European logistics assets with Adampol takeover

    2014-11-24T16:28:33Z

    Korean logistics provider Hyundai Glovis has signed an agreement to take over Polish finished vehicle carrier Adampol, giving the company direct access to European trucking and logistics assets for the first time.According to a statement attributed to Hyundai Glovis officials in an article from the Korea Herald, which Hyundai Glovis ...

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    WWL takes full control of Thai sales and customer service functions

    2014-11-24T15:21:29Z

    Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) has revealed that it is bringing its sales and customer service operations in Thailand in house to “better coordinate its business in a growing market”. Those functions have been handled by Wilhelmsen Ship Service (WSS) for the past two decades. WWL said that the move should ...

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    Slimstock因在MOL Comfort灾难中反应迅速而获

    2014-11-21T17:19:45Z

    Slimstock是总部位于英国的软件物流公司,因其在去年三井运输汽车零部件的货船在印度洋沉船时的敏捷反应,而在最近2014物流业务IT颁奖典礼里,获得规划与预测软件组奖项。 装箱的零部件是由IM Parts公司进口的,该公司在英国经销Subaru, Isuzu和Daihatsu汽车零部件。Automotive Logistics杂志曾在2013年6月报道过此事,那时几个公司刚刚开始合作,就有一船的货物沉入海底。IM Parts公司财务主任Mike Willetts说,“当满载货物的货船沉入海底时,我们面连着巨大的库存问题。如果我们的库存货物具有极大的前置时间的话,以最快速度解决这个问题就成为当务之急。多亏了Slimstock公司的支持,我们能够立即作出反应,并且采取必要措施,保证了我们客户的需求。” Slimstock公司帮助IM Parts公司制定恢复计划,在几个小时之内便解决了潜在的灾难性处境。” 英国Slimstock主任Richard Evan说,“虽然IM Parts公司陷入事故,处于极其危险的境地,但是我丝毫没有怀疑,以我们的专业知识,绝对能够立即解决问题,让运营回到正轨上来。”

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    Slimstock receives award for swift action following MOL Comfort disaster

    2014-11-21T17:19:45Z

    Slimstock, a UK-based software logistics company, has recently received an award in the Planning And Forecasting Software category at the 2014 Logistics Business IT Awards for its quick response after a Mitsui ship carrying automotive parts sank in the Indian Ocean last year. The containerised parts were being imported by ...

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    Ford reorganises Africa and Middle East business

    2014-11-19T15:11:48Z

    Ford will combine its African and Middle East divisions into one business unit from the beginning of January next year. Ford Middle East and Africa will be managed in two sub-regions – South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Middle East and North Africa. The carmaker said that while regional ...

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    The importance and growth of manufacturing logistics in the UK

    2014-11-19T12:46:39Z

    A wealth of opportunity is available to companies that think internationally, and businesses producing parts for the manufacturing industry should be looking to the corners of the world in search of contractsGone are the days when complex products and all their components were made in one factory. These days, manufacturers ...

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    Volvo Trucks opens first PDC in Indonesia as demand grows

    2014-11-19T12:40:09Z

    Volvo Trucks is reported to have opened a $10m parts distribution centre (PDC) in Balikpapan, Indonesia to meet demand and reduce waiting times for service parts generated by the mining industry in the country.Last year the Kalimantan province, where Balikpapan is located, accounted for 80% of Volvo’s total spare parts ...

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    Mercedes-Benz deepens global procurement footprint

    2014-11-19T12:01:16Z

    Mercedes-Benz Cars has announced it is expanding the international reach of its procurement organisation in an effort to safeguard its 2020 growth strategy. The move will see a closer integration of procurement and supplier quality functions, with locations in China, North America and South Africa playing a more important role ...

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    Denso opens Nashville facility as part of North American expansion plan

    2014-11-19T09:11:40Z

    Automotive systems supplier Denso is opening a parts distribution centre (PDC) in Nashville Tennessee as part of its plans to expand product development and manufacturing capabilities across the region.The Nashville facility – Denso Logistics Nashville Tennessee (DLNT) – represents an investment of $6.7m and covers an area of 15,300 sq.m.Overall ...