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All Feature articles – Page 266
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FeatureRo-ro carriers keep on rolling on
Ro-ro carriers have been able to manage capacity and market swings better than many, but shifting vehicle flows, fuel cost rises and a volatile market may make the coming years the hardest yet to balance, reports Jonathan Ward. The global ro-ro and pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) market ...
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FeatureEditor's Note: Supply chains and purchasing
About five years ago, OEM executives described buying components in places like Southeast Asia as ‘low-cost country’ sourcing. A few years later, they started calling it the more cheerful ‘best-cost country’ sourcing. I always thought of this change as a PR cleanse – an obfuscation of the short and clear ...
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FeatureEDITOR’S NOTE: Lack of innovation in vehicle logistics
Lack of innovation in logistics, especially vehicle logistics, is an old complaint. One OEM executive told me that if you Google his name, you’ll find a quote from 2003 – probably from one of our conferences – in which he decried the lack of such progress. His opinion hasn’t changed ...
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FeatureRenewed strike threat to US ports
US East Coast and Gulf ports are facing the renewed threat of widespread strikes at the end of December with the extension to the current bargaining process between the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) and the International Longshoreman’s Association (ILA) due to expire on the 29th December. If the ...
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FeatureGlobal round up
Schenker opens UK centre for contract logisticsDB Schenker Logistics’ UK division, Schenker Limited, has opened a new shared user facility in the UK Midlands dedicated to contract logistics. The 5,200-square-metre Shared Logistics Centre, which is located at junction 10 of the M42 near Tamworth, will provide services to multiple ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move
Following the departure of Bob Socia as vice president, Global Purchasing and Supply Chain (read more here), General Motors has named Grace Lieblein (pictured) as his successor, responsible for its purchasing activities and supply chain and logistics operations worldwide. “Grace’s track record is a diverse and very successful one ...
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FeatureTesla moves to Tilburg for distribution
Premium electric carmaker Tesla Motors has announced it will begin distribution of its Model S sedan from its new 6,000-square-metre European distribution centre at Tilburg in The Netherlands. It is the first time the vehicle has been distributed outside of the US since it was introduced last June ...
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FeatureHonda exports one millionth car from US
Honda has exported its one millionth car from the United States, 25 years after exports from the country began. The milestone vehicle was a silver Accord EX-L Sedan and was loaded on a Höegh car carrier at port Hueneme in California bound for Seoul in South Korea. The vehicle ...
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FeatureVW announces facilities in Russia
Volkswagen is building a new €250m ($332m) engine plant in Kaluga to supply its vehicle assembly plant there as well as for supply to contract production of VW vehicles at the GAZ plant in Nizhny Novgorod. The carmaker has also signed a letter of intent for a new logistics ...
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FeatureWork together through the uncertainty
Last week’s Automotive Logistics India conference in Pune revealed that carmakers were willing to work together to make the best of a situation where market volatility, inching regulatory change and huge gaps in infrastructure continued to make things difficult for the automotive industry there to compete globally.Prem Verma, chief ...
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FeatureGlobal round up
GM to stop assembly at BochumGeneral Motor’s European division Opel has confirmed it will close its Bochum plant in Germany in 2016. The announcement follows one in June when the carmaker said it would not be producing a successor for the current Zafira at the plant because of shrinking ...
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FeatureBrazil launches port investment plan
The Brazilian government has announced a $26 billion incentive programme to overhaul and expand the country’s congested ports. In a bidding process that will begin next year, the government said it is counting on an ‘explosion’ of outside investment as it looks for private enterprise to step in and ...
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FeatureSchenker doubles BMW export centre
DB Schenker Logistics is doubling the size of its Leipzig logistics centre to meet demand for BMW assembly in China and South Africa. The $33m facility began making regular shipments of complete knockdown (CKD) kits of the 3 and 5 Series by rail to Shenyang in December ...
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FeatureMajor Audi CKD hub for Asia exports
Audi is having a 46,000-square metre logistics facility built for it at the Logport II complex at Duisburg port in Germany for the export of complete knockdown (CKD) kits to China and India. Duisburg is an inland waterways port situated on the river Rhine near Essen.The facility, which is ...
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FeatureInquiry begins into sinking of Baltic Ace
Last week’s sinking of the car carrier Baltic Ace following a fatal collision with the container ship Corvus J in the North Sea has resulted in the confirmed deaths of five crewmen with a further six crew members unaccounted for but presumed dead with no further searches planned. The ...
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FeatureIndustry mourns loss of Jim Moore
It was with great sadness that Automotive Logistics learned of the passing of Jim Moore this week. Moore was vice president, Supply Chain Excellence, at Ryder System and had more than 25 years’ experience in the supply chain industry. He died on Saturday night after a lengthy illness. ...
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FeatureGlobal round up
Qingdao port to import vehicles from 2013China's State Council has recently said the port of Qingdao in eastern Shadong province will begin functioning as a major car import terminal in 2013. It will be the only such facility in Shandong province to do so. A ro-ro terminal and auxiliary ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move
Following last week’s news that Dr Detlef Trefzger has resigned as DB Schenker’s member of the Board for Contract Logistics/SCM, it has been announced that he will take up a new role on the management board for Kuehne + Nagel with global responsibility for the Contract Logistics business unit. ...
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FeatureTentative deal ends SoCal ports strike
A second week of crippling strike action at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach may be avoided following early reports that an agreement has been reached today between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and LA/Long Beach Harbor Employers Association (HEA). Federal mediators from Washington ...
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FeatureAPL Vascor JV offers rail service in India
International supply chain provider APL Logistics and North American 3PL Vascor have set up a joint venture in India to provide rail transport and yard management for vehicles, the first step in a wider project for comprehensive inbound, outbound and aftermarket services in the country. Based in Delhi and ...