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FeatureExecutives on the move: Michael Kluger, Mark Ellis, Herbert de Saint Simon, Michael Hawes
Michael Kluger has taken up a new role as vice president of the Commercial Division at Neovia Logistics. Kluger has been working as a visiting lecturer at the Baden-Würtemberg Cooperative State University since October 2012, a position he took up when he left DB Schenker Deutschland where ...
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FeatureGlobal round up: Porsche supplier problems; Ford increases output; WWL carrier awards; Benchmarking from ICL
Supply concerns persist at PorscheLuxury carmaker Porsche has resumed production at its Leipzig plant in Germany following an assembly shutdown on the Cayenne SUV line there last Thursday because of supply problems caused by the severe flooding in Europe. Parts being brought by rail from Slovakia via the Czech ...
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FeatureAn automotive gateway in London?
DP World’s London Gateway, a new container port east of London due to start operations in the fourth quarter of this year, could become a node for containerised parts and finished vehicles in and out out of the UK. Speaking during an Automotive Logistics Webinar, Peter Ward, ...
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FeatureDHL revamps the aftermarket
DHL announced this week that it was overhauling its service for automotive spare parts delivery by adopting just-in-time delivery methods more usually associated with an inbound assembly service. At a meeting convened at the Renault ZE electric vehicle facility in Paris, France on Tuesday, the logistics provider ...
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FeatureA brighter day for LSPs
Thomas Cullen says automotive is once again a logistics growth driver...for now.The automotive sector has always been big for logistics providers – big and tough. Car assembly pioneered the outsourcing of transport, warehousing and line feeding, and served as a model for other sectors. Yet from the 1990s, profits fell ...
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FeatureLondon Gateway – What Europe’s newest deep-sea port and largest logistics park means for the automotive industry
11 June l 2013 A webinar that focused on Europe’s largest logistics park and newest deep-sea container port at London Gateway due to open in Q4 this year (2013).This important new facility provides manufacturers, suppliers and logistics professionals in the automotive sector, with a fully automated multi-modal logistics platform, strategically ...
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FeatureDisparities persist at Spanish ports
Finished vehicle manufacturers using Spanish ports have noted a disparity between promised flexibility in handling and the reality on the ground. Indeed, recent meetings of the National Association of Car and Truck Manufacturers (ANFAC) have emphasised that problems with stevedoring persist and that little in the way of streamlining ...
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FeatureKYB builds logistics network in Customs Union
Japan’s KYB Corporation, one of the largest suppliers of shock absorbers to carmakers and the aftermarket in the Eurasian region, has opened a central warehouse near the Russian capital Moscow. The new facility is expected to significantly improve the company’s distribution for wholesalers and car owners in the ...
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FeatureNo tools in the box to fix SOx impact says ECG
The deadline on regulations being brought in by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to control sulphur emissions in European waters comes into effect at the beginning of 2015 and it looks to be bringing with it a crisis for the shortsea shipping industry. Following the European Union’s Clean ...
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FeatureFiat ships 500L to North America
Fiat has delivered its first 3,000 Fiat 500L vehicles to the North American market. The vehicles, which are being produced across the Atlantic at the company’s Kragujevac plant in Serbia, were brought by Grimaldi from the port of Bar in Montenegro. The first call was to the port of ...
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FeatureGlobal round up: Ford in Top 25; Vladivostock traffic; Yusen expands in Chicago; Gefco prestige service;
Ford makes Gartner Supply Chain Top 25Ford has made it into the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 ranking for the first time, reaching number 22 this year, up from 26 last year and number 51 in 2011. It is the only carmaker in the top 25 and has been ...
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FeatureEuropean transport providers fight for survival
As Europe’s car industry slides deeper into recession the list of priorities in the finished vehicle sector has become an unfortunately simple one: there is only one and it is survival. Speaking at last week’s Spring Congress and General Meeting of the Association of European Vehicle Logistics (ECG) ...
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FeatureUN supports logistics development in Ukraine
The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) has been in Ukraine to look at the creation of an automotive cluster in Zaporozhye Oblast and the possibility of a further four clusters designed to improve transport links and logistics between automotive component suppliers. According to UNIDO, which had been invited ...
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FeatureGlobal round up: Bochum PDC to stay open; Greenbrier railcar; Daimler uses PINC, Malaysia cuts duties, Ford Awards
Opel Bochum PDC will remain open beyond plant closureGM’s Opel division has confirmed its spare parts distribution facility next to the Bochum assembly plant in Germany will remain open after the plant closes next year to fulfill contract obligations with Neovia Logistics Services. Neovia, previously Caterpillar Logistics Services, works ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move: Dan Bednarzyk, David Aldana, Jim Barnett, Jean-Paul Vignal, Oliver Mélot, Yves Fargues
Dan Bednarzyk, foremerly vice president of Nissan’s Canton Vehicle Assembly Plant in the US, has moved to the newly-created position at the carmaker of vice president, Total Delivered Cost. In his new role Bednarzyk is leading Nissan's efforts to maximise the company's total delivered cost efficiency across all model ...
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FeatureKamaz to focus on foreign expansion
Russia's largest truck manufacturer Kamaz is developing its global logistics with a focus on the creation of production facilities abroad. The company is eager to maintain growth sees the prospects of doing so in the Russian market as less likely. by Vladislav Vorontnikov"Although the capacity of the Russian truck ...
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FeatureCarmakers can look to Krishnapatnam
The Indian port of Krishnapatnam is building a dedicated finished vehicle terminal, with the first phase due to open in June this year. It is being promoted by the port’s majority shareholder, CVR Group, which is based in Hyderabad, by Barry CrossThe port, which is around 190km north of ...
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FeatureSubaru opts for WWL at Brunswick
Japanese carmaker Subaru has chosen Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) to manage vehicle import processing at the US port of Brunswick in Georgia. The logistics provider will handle processing for vehicles at the port’s Colonel’s Island ro-ro terminal, including accessorisation, pre-delivery inspection and preparations for truck transport to dealers. ...
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FeatureSchenker deals with DAF and BMW
Germany’s DB Schenker has secured two recent automotive contracts in quick succession that will see it supply comprehensive services for DAF Trucks’ new plant in Brazil while its joint venture with Saito opens a new warehouse for BMW in Japan. In the DAF Trucks contract, DB Schenker’s local division ...
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FeatureGlobal round up: Rates dispute halts Renault Nissan; GM invests in Lansing; Metcash buys in Australia; Barcelona grows; Honda builds at logistics facility; Nissan van for GM
Rates dispute halts Renault-Nissan deliveries in IndiaAll outbound movements of Renault Nissan Alliance vehicles from the Orangadam plant near Chennai in India are reported to have been suspended this week because of a dispute over freight handling rates. The automotive joint venture is reported to be demanding a 20% ...