All GM articles – Page 30
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FeatureVehicle throughput at Veracruz up 30 per cent
In the first seven months of this year, the Mexican port of Veraruz handled 508,312 finished vehicles, an increase of 31.2% on the comparable period in 2011.The port authority said that Volkswagen, Ford and Chrysler accounted for the majority of models handled, with the balance built mostly by Toyota, ...
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FeatureDB doubles Poland-UK service
DB Schenker Rail is adding another weekly train to its service between Wroclaw in Poland and London in the UK from October this year. The company has been running one weekly train on the service since November last year but has seen increasing demand from customers across a number ...
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FeatureSiem route via San Diego offers alternative to rail
The port of San Diego received more than 1,000 Volkswagen Beetles and Jettas at its National City Marine Terminal at the beginning of August as part of a regular service between Mexico, the US and transpacific markets operated by Siem Car Carriers. Volkswagen is seeing strong US sales ...
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FeaturePantos moves GM Korea kits to Tashkent
General Motors has signed a contract with South Korean freight forwarder Pantos Logistics for the transport of semi-knockdown (SKD) kits of Chevrolet models from the Gunsan plant on the west coast of Korea to its joint venture engine and assembly facility in the Uzbek capital Tashkent. The carmaker is ...
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FeatureGlobal round up
Jaguar Land Rover expands UK plantJaguar Land Rover has announced this week that it will expand its workforce by 1,100 at its Castle Bromwich plant in the UK Midlands to work on output of a range of new products going into production this year, including the 2013 model ...
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FeatureGefco profits slide as PSA struggles
Gefco Group, the logistics subsidiary of France’s PSA Peugeot Citroën, has seen its profits slide nearly 56% in the first half of 2012 compared to 2011 following drops in revenue in Europe and particularly across Peugeot Citroën, its parent and largest customer. Gefco has also seen its margins squeezed ...
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FeatureGM on the Move in Egypt
General Motors has begun assembly of the Chevrolet Move passenger van at its facility in the Egypt’s 6th of October City near Cairo. The company intends to push output to 5,000 vehicles a year at full production and has invested $10m in upgrading the facility with new tooling to ...
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FeatureGlobal round up
Bentley extends contract with OntimeBentley Motors has extended its contract with transport provider Ontime Automotive for a further three years as it sees an increase in sales driven by the roll out of new products, including the Continental GT, GTC and Mulsanne. The luxury carmaker, owned by Volkswagen, ...
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FeatureGefco-GM 'mega' contract worth 900m euros pa - analysis
The Gefco Group has revealed that the contract signed at the end of June with General Motors will make it the carmaker’s fully fledged fourth party logistics provider (4PL) in Europe, including Russia and Turkey. The seven year contract, which kicks off next year and includes a ...
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FeatureGlobal round up
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FeatureAnalysis: Gefco to handle GM logistics in Europe
General Motors has said it will transfer the majority of its transport logistics business in Europe and Russia to Gefco starting next year following a long-term exclusive agreement signed this week with the logistics provider's parent company, PSA Peugeot Citroën. The agreement will impact the majority of the Opel/Vauxhall, ...
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FeatureNorth American ports on a rising tide
New vehicle handling is recovering strongly in North American ports, with OEMs and operators looking to improve processing throughput, scheduling and capacity. But will increases in North American production lead to fewer imports? Additional reporting by Christopher Ludwig.Mexican ports in the lead;A shifting network;Premium VPC operations;Ford looks to software improvements;3PL ...
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FeatureBreaking down barriers
Vendor challanges;Building a safe supply chain;Choosing the right packaging;The devil and the deep blue sea.Ramesh Kumar talks to those involved with India’s complex logistics operations at Hyundai and Fiat about issues such as supplier challenges, seasonal changes, crossdocking aspirations, packaging priorities and controlling supply.Complexity is the name of the game ...
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FeatureIndia expects to remain a fast-moving market
Indian sales have hit a snag, but many in the industry see growth resuming quickly, with demand for logistics also rising amid growing investment and supply chain complexity. Ramesh Kumar reports from India. Additional reporting by Malcolm Wheatley.Days in the life;Growth continues;A move towards effficiency and consolidation;What will the legal ...
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FeatureRussian logistics needs long-term investment plans
The Russian automotive industry is showing clear signs of stable growth as well as investment in production capacity once again, but making the best of that growth demands accurate sales forecasts, which is something that the industry as a whole has not been good at, according to Peter Layer, ...
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FeatureGlobal round up
JATCO ships volume ATs to AvtoVazJATCO, the Japan-based automotive joint venture between Nissan, Mitsubishi and Suzuki that makes automatic and continuously variable transmissions, has started volume shipments of automatic transmissions (ATs) to AvtoVaz at its plant in Togliatti–the first time the Japanese company has supplied a Russian carmaker.The contract ...
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FeatureRussia cuts permits to protect domestic LSPs
As delegates gear up for next week's Automotive Logistics Russia conference in Moscow the persistent problem of haulage licence permits for transport between Russia and Poland has resurfaced, with Russia cutting permits for haulage and implementing steep fines for invalid ones in an effort to protect domestic ...
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FeatureAllied falls back into Chapter 11
North American car carrier, Allied System Holdings, has re-entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings this week following filings against the company from two lenders that have been involved in litigation against it since 2009. The action, which involves its 18 subsidiaries including Allied Automotive and Axis, follows a previous filing ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move
Heath Holtz is moving from his position of director of Logistics at Nissan North America in July this year to take up a new leadership role in the Global Supply Chain Management department for the company in Japan. He will report to Yasuyuki Andoh, divisional general ...
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FeatureLogistics in China is lagging behind infrastructure
Прочтите эту статью на русском языке Logistics processes in China are lagging behind the impressive development of the country's infrastructure, with the integration between networks and modes needing drastic improvement. At last week's Automotive Logistics China conference in Beijing, carmakers, logistics providers and ministry representatives discussed the ...