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    Global round up

    2012-03-21T00:00:00Z

    Groupe CAT wins Ssangyong contract in UKTransport and logistics provider Groupe CAT is providing Ssangyong with technical services for vehicle imports to the UK through the port of Bristol at Portbury following a contract signed in February. Onward distribution to the dealerships in the UK will be handled by CAT's ...

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    GM reveals figure for PSA stake

    2012-03-21T00:00:00Z

    Further details have come to light on the cost-saving alliance announced at the end of February between General Motors and PSA Peugeot-Citroën. According to news service Reuters, GM has made a regulatory filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, in which the carmaker states it will pay €320m ($423m) ...

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    EU should use transport investment for growth

    2012-03-21T00:00:00Z

    Members of the European Parliament and policymakers from the European Commission have made calls to use investment in transport infrastructure and intelligent systems as a means to encourage economic growth in the European Union. The remarks have come on the eve of a budget decision in the European Parliament that ...

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    Italian transport strike closes Fiat plants

    2012-03-21T00:00:00Z

    Fiat has been forced to close all five of its plants in Italy because of a transport strike that has been running for three weeks and which has prevented the delivery of finished vehicles that are now filling storage lots at facilities as well as compounds around the country. The ...

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    UPS to buy TNT Express for $6.8bn

    2012-03-21T00:00:00Z

    United Parcel Service (UPS) has reached an agreement on its offer for ownership of TNT Express that, once approved, will create a global integrated logistics network with more than $60 billion in annual revenues. UPS raised its cash offer of €9.50 ($12.50) per share to secure the deal and is ...

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    Executives on the move

    2012-03-14T00:00:00Z

    Ceva Logistics has appointed Giuseppe Chiellino as managing director for the company's business in Italy. Chiellino will be in charge of all contract logistics and freight management activities and report to Gianfranco Sgro, Ceva's president of Southern Europe, Middle East and Africa. Ceva has a number of automotive contracts in ...

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    Global Vehicles loses dispute with Mahindra

    2012-03-14T00:00:00Z

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    Gefco extends service for Dacia

    2012-03-14T00:00:00Z

    Gefco has renewed its multimodal logistics service for Romanian carmaker Dacia, which combines road and rail shipments to move vehicles from the carmaker's plant in Pitesti, Romania to the Italian market. Gefco will now be able to also utilise the assets of Gruppo Mercurio, for vehicle movements in Italy following ...

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    Global round up

    2012-03-07T00:00:00Z

    Höegh Autoliners commences regular Sagunto serviceHöegh Autoliners has launched a new regular service from the Spanish Mediterranean port of Sagunto to the US East Coast, complementing existing services from Sagunto to the Far East, the Black Sea, the Mediterranean and Northern Europe. Vessels will call on a three-week rotation. ...

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    Executives on the move

    2012-03-07T00:00:00Z

    Takashi Nagai is moving from his position as president and CEO of Honda Siel Cars India (HSCI) and “is expected” to take up a new role in Japan as president and representative director of Honda Logistics. As of the beginning of April he will be ...

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    Brazil seeks review on Mexico trade pact

    2012-03-07T00:00:00Z

    Brazil has made it known that it wishes to renegotiate a trade agreement it has with Mexico, bringing forward from 2020 to 2015 the possibility of trade in heavy vehicles. The Complimentary Economic Agreement (ACE) first appeared in 2003 and has resulted in bilateral automotive businesses growing from little more ...

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    Gaz reaps the benefits of paying on time

    2012-03-07T00:00:00Z

    Russia's largest commercial vehicle maker Gaz is working to improve its logistics processes as part of an ongoing overhaul of operations designed to cut its high debt ratio and build on an impressive return to profitability since 2008. Under the leadership of president and CEO Bo Andersson (pictured), formerly global ...

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    GM-PSA could benefit from Gefco footprint

    2012-03-07T00:00:00Z

    Last week's news that GM is taking a 7% stake in PSA Peugeot-Citroën and will establish "a strategic, commercial cooperation" with PSA's logistics subsidiary means that both carmakers could potentially increase sales opportunities in markets beyond Europe. The new deal also offers Gefco the opportunity to benefit from economies of ...

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    Nissan adds new model to UK output

    2012-03-07T00:00:00Z

    Nissan is investing £125m ($196m) to add a new model to its UK plant Sunderland next year based on the compact Invitation hatchback concept revealed at the Geneva Motor Show this week, with an estimated initial output of 100,000 vehicles. The project is also supported by a ...

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    Global round up

    2012-02-29T00:00:00Z

    Geely to export CKDs for assembly in EgyptChinese carmaker Geely is reported to have entered an agreement GB Auto (Ghabbour Auto), a vehicle assembler based in Egypt, for the production for vehicles for sale in the country and the wider North African market. Geely said last year that it was ...

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    GM stake in PSA means services for Gefco

    2012-02-29T00:00:00Z

    The announcement on Wednesday this week that General Motors is to take a 7% stake in French carmaker PSA Peugeot-Citroën as part of cost saving exercise designed to help each carmaker’s struggling European operations will also mean that PSA’s logistics unit Gefco will now provide logistics for GM in Europe ...

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    Great Wall plants export foothold in Europe

    2012-02-29T00:00:00Z

    Chinese carmaker Great Wall Motor has opened its first production plant in Europe at a location in Lovech, Bulgaria, 150km northeast of the capital Sofia. The €100m ($134m) facility, which is a joint venture with Litex Motors in which Great Wall Motor has a minority stake, will have an initial ...

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    Peugeot returns to Hong Kong with Euro exports

    2012-02-29T00:00:00Z

    Peugeot is recommencing small volume shipments of European-assembled models to Hong Kong and Macau to stimulate interest for imported models in what it considers a showcase market for the wider Chinese region. The carmaker, which began sales of European models there in 2003 but hasn’t exported since 2009, ...

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    ND renews inbound contract with Honda subsidiary

    2012-02-29T00:00:00Z

    Honda’s parts supply subsidiary, Honda Trading Europe (HTE), has signed a new three-year contract with transport and logistics provider Norbert Dentressangle for warehousing and transport services. HTE was established in 1990 to manage the supply of parts from the Far East to the carmaker’s UK manufacturing operations in Swindon. It ...

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    Closer ties needed with LSPs to improve dealer shipments

    2012-02-29T00:00:00Z

    OEMs and logistics providers at today’s Automotive Logistics Europe conference in Bonn recognised that there was a lack of confidence felt in the dealership community fed by poor accuracy forecasts and a lack of visibility in the delivery process. It’s a situation that needs to be remedied through better information ...