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Poor car sales clog up the supply chain

2008-10-08T00:00:00Z

A severe slump in car sales on both sides of the Atlantic is testing storage capacity at ports and is threatening to curtail production across the industry.In the UK, an “exceptionally weak September market” for new car registrations reported by the Society of Manufacturers and Motor Traders (SMMT) has had ...

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First call at Turkey's multiple carmaker terminal

2008-10-08T00:00:00Z

Turkish multimodal transport firm Arkas has received its first shipment at the Autoport facility it runs in the city of Yeniköy in northeast Turkey. The M/V Toba, operated by Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics, unloaded 147 automobiles and 119 units of construction equipment as well as spare parts.Built with an investment of ...

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Luka Koper builds high-rise car park

2008-10-08T00:00:00Z

Port operator Luka Koper is opening a new five-storey warehouse on its dockside storage facilities in Slovenia at the beginning of November. It will support a record growth in throughput established in part by its new Barcelona service.Already capable of holding 50,000 vehicles, the new warehouse is capable of storing ...