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FeatureSouth America summit: Brazil faces ‘lost decade’ amid slow recovery
Despite a 25% increase in production this year, the Brazilian automotive industry is forecast to grow only slowly in coming years, delegates at this week’s Automotive Logistics South America summit were warned.After four years of declining demand, including a dramatic drop in vehicle sales and production in 2016, the Brazilian ...
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FeatureOpel signs deal with Unitrans for distribution of cars in South Africa
Opel has signed a deal with Unitrans Automotive for the import and retail of its vehicles in South Africa from the beginning of January.The move follows Groupe PSA’s acquisition of Opel and Vauxhall for €2.2 billion ($2.6 billion) from GM earlier this year. Previously, Opel distribution in South Africa was ...
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FeatureFirst shipments of trucks by sea from India to Bangladesh
Tata Motors has sent its first ever consignment of 240 trucks to Bangladesh using short-sea shipping instead of the congested land border route through Petrapole-Benapole. The trucks were shipped on November 23rd and were followed by a second consignment four days later.The trucks, which arrived in Bangladesh within two days, ...
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FeatureKia makes spot shipment of Slovakian-made cars via Gdansk
[UPDATED] Kia Motors has started moving spot shipments of passenger cars made at its Zilina factory in Slovakia through the port of Gdansk in Poland for delivery to the UK. The Korean carmaker is working with Polish transport and logistics provider Adampol for the transport and processing of the vehicles. ...
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FeatureNo more second-hand innovation
The conservation of time and the acceleration of goods in the supply chain have long been valued by OEMs and their partners in bringing new cars from production to market. Those principles are increasingly being brought to bear in the used car market, too, with tighter logistics chains and greater ...
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FeatureMoving with market currents
Growing sales prompt rising shipmentsThe first half of 2017 has seen a partial recovery in deep-sea shipments of new light vehicles. Management consultancy Maritime Strategies International (MSI) estimates that global shipments will be up around 3% during the first half of 2017, compared to the same period in 2016.According to ...
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FeatureNissan hits 20,000 exports from Brazil following project launch last year
Nissan has exported 20,000 vehicles from its plant in Resende, Brazil, since its export project began in March 2016, it has reported this week. What is more, the carmaker expects to increase exports by 50% in 2018.The carmaker is sending volumes of the March (43%) and Versa (57%) compact models ...
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FeatureABP launches £3.5 billion property arm with 960-hectare land bank
Associated British Ports (ABP) has launched a property development and investment business called ABP Property, worth £3.5 billion ($4.6 billion).The company owns sites in and around 21 major UK ports and said it had a ‘land bank’ of 960 hectares ready to accommodate new logistics, assembly, manufacturing and other business ...
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FeatureWWL sells Australia inland transport business to Prixcar for a 20% stake
Norwegian transport and logistics provider, Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL), has confirmed it will sell its inland transport and technical service business in Australia to local finished vehicle logistics services provider Prixcar, in exchange for a 20% share in that company.WWL would not confirm what that share of Prixcar was worth. ...
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FeatureIquique carves out role in Chilean automotive import sector
The Chilean port of Iquique has unloaded nearly 8,000 finished vehicles in the last 15 days, headed to dealers in the local area, according to reports in the local maritime information source Mundo Maritimo.The vehicles were processed by terminal operator Iquique Terminal Internacional (ITI) and moved to the dealers through ...
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FeatureRussian carmakers to export vehicles to Latin America
Russian carmakers UAZ and GAZ will begin exporting vehicles to Latin America early next year.Andrey Dorofeev, director of UAZ’s export department, said the carmaker planned to export several trial batches of its Patriot SUV model to Mexico in the coming two months and would also make some trial shipments to ...
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FeatureJaxport to boost car handling capacity by 25%
The US port of Jacksonville in Florida is adding 40 hectares of processing and storage space at the Dames Point Marine Terminal. Construction will begin in January.The port authority (Jaxport) said it would be a multi-million-dollar expansion, supported mostly by private investment but with some government funding.In the first phase ...
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FeatureNew awards celebrate excellence and innovation in automotive supply chains
The Automotive Logistics Group, which publishes the highly respected Automotive Logistics magazine as well as organising a series of global logistics conferences, has today announced the launch of an exciting new awards scheme for the automotive supply chain management sector.The Automotive Logistics Awards – Europe 2018 will recognise and reward ...
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FeatureWWL reports positive third quarter thanks to ocean trade and cargo mix
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) has reported strong results for the third quarter this year thanks to what it called "continued positive development in ocean volumes and cargo mix" across global lanes, including shipments of mining equipment. The company also said that progress was being made in its organisational restructuring and ...
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FeatureAgility flies Maserati Gran Turismos to Japan with AirBridgeCargo
Agility Logistics has chartered Russian air transport provider AirBridgeCargo to move 28 Maserati Gran Turismo cars from Italy for delivery to customers in Japan.The Maserati cars were loaded onto a Boeing 747 freighter at Malpensa airport in Milan and flown to Narita airport in Tokyo, with a stop en route ...
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FeatureAPL Logistics Vascor expands rake capacity to encourage take-up of rail
APL Logistics Vascor Automotive, the automotive logistics joint venture, will add more finished vehicle carrying rail rakes to its operating fleet next year, bringing the total in use to 15 from just 3 at the start.The move was revealed by Vascor CEO, Bill Garrett (pictured, sitting right), speaking at the ...
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FeatureIndian vehicle exports’ share of total production set to fall
Vehicle exports’ share of total production in India is set to decline in coming years as carmakers use their manufacturing capacity to meet local market demand, which is forecast to continue growing at a healthy rate.Puneet Gupta (pictured), associate director for vehicle sales forecast for South Asia at research firm ...
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FeatureGroupe Cat confirms buyout of rival STVA
Finished vehicle logistics provider Groupe Cat has confirmed it will buy rival company STVA from French state-owned rail operator SNCF.The confirmation follows reports in May this year that Groupe Cat was in exclusive negotiations to take over the company, which generated a turnover of over €320m ($370m) last year.Neither company ...
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FeatureTurkey boosts automotive exports by nearly a quarter in first nine months
Turkey has seen a 24% rise in the export of vehicles between January and September this year compared with the same period in 2016, according to recent figures from the Turkish Automotive Manufacturers Association (OSD).The country exported over 984,400 vehicles out of a total production figure of 1.2m during the ...
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FeatureBrunswick increases vehicle handling capacity by 50% in a year
Brunswick port, in the US state of Georgia, has reported an increase in its vehicle handling capacity at the Colonel’s Island terminal of 50% during the last 12 months.According to the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA), the ro-ro terminal has expanded storage from 60,000 spaces in 2016 to 90,000 spaces today, ...