All Kia articles – Page 8
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FeatureKia hits 1m delivery milestone in US
Kia Motors has delivered its one millionth vehicle to the US through the West Coast port of Tacoma, Washington state. The 2011 Optima Hybrid rolled off a K-Line vessel at the port's Blair Terminal earlier this month. It was manufactured at the carmaker’s Hwasung plant in South Korea. The vehicle ...
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FeatureKia makes 10m milestone
Kia has exported its 10 millionth vehicle from South Korea with the shipment of an Optima sedan from Pyeontaek port to the US. The milestone vehicle was carried to the US by Eukor Car Carriers as part of a shipment of 6,000 vehicles due to make a further call in ...
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FeatureKia passes 1m exports to Latin America
Kia has exported more than 1m vehicles to Latin America from South Korea since it first started exports with the Brisa passenger vehicle to Costa Rica 33 years ago. The milestone was reached earlier this month with the company’s latest shipment of ethanol-gasoline powered Soul Flex vehicles to Brazil. Kia ...
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FeatureHyundai-Kia to use Philly port
In a shake-up of its US east coast vehicle import operations, Hyundai-Kia is switching its port of entry to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Glovis of America, the Korean carmaker’s logistics affiliate, together with the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority (PRPA) and Holt Logistics Group, announced the deal last week, saying the port will ...
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FeatureVW signs inbound deals in US and Slovakia
Volkswagen has signed two new logistics contracts for inbound supply to its plants in Chattanooga, Tennessee and Bratislava in Slovakia. In the US, Hollingsworth Logistics has entered a joint venture with Magna International subsidiary Magna Seating to supply complete seat systems for the mid-sized sedan that Volkswagen Group of America ...
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FeatureGrowth brings a sea change for Kia and Glovis
Kia sees changes for its logisticsKia’s export routes and carriers in 2010The dangers of the deep seaAs vessels grow smaller orders are kept waitingKoreans follow Hyundai-KiaFree trade agreements will help KiaIT integration a must as Kia growsAs Kia continues to defy the global downturn, the company is focusing on getting ...
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FeatureKia boom means more exports from south
An increase in export demand for vehicles made at Kia’s plant in Gwangju in southern region of South Korea means the company will have to increase movements to ports in the south or risk costing itself time and money by moving vehicles across land to the port of Pyeongtak in ...
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FeatureGlovis order extends service for Hyundai-Kia
Hyundai-owned car carrier Glovis has announced it will spend $191.5m on orders for three new pure car and truck carriers (PCTCs) to meet demand from Hyundai and its affiliate Kia Motors. Glovis has said it plans to ship around 440,000 vehicles made by Hyundai and Kia this year. Each of ...
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FeatureCAT Group to process Kias through Le Havre
From January 2010, CAT Group will process and distribute Kia vehicles to the carmaker’s dealerships in France via the Port of Le Havre, handling 20,000 new and 2,000 used vehicles per year delivered there by Eukor. The move marks a shift of activity from the Port of Antwerp for distribution ...
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FeatureFirst US Kia plant goes to work with Glovis
Kia Motors’ first plant in the US – Kia Motor Manufacturing Georgia (KMMG) – has officially started production, with inbound and outbound logistics support from the US-based branch of its Hyundai-Kia subsidiary Glovis. Following roll out of the first vehicle in October, the $1 billion-plant went into full production of ...
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FeatureNYK night shift means next day delivery for Kia
NYK Logistics has integrated spare parts deliveries for 90 Kia dealerships in Belgium and Luxembourg through its cross dock centre in the Belgian municipality of Sint-Katelijne-Waver. The move is part of a multi-year contract between the two companies with an annual value of €250,000. Distribution from the centre is taking ...
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FeaturePasha deal sees Hyundai-Kias delivered to San Diego
As South Korea seeks free trade agreements around the world, the country’s leading carmaker isn’t waiting for tariffs to fall as it continues to export to foreign markets. Next Monday sees the first delivery of Hyundai-Kia vehicles to the US port of San Diego under a new three-year agreement between ...
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FeatureGlovis takes to the waves for Hyundai-Kia
Glovis, the Korean logistics provider and Hyundai-Kia affiliate, is reported to be planning vehicle exports for its partner of 20% next year and up to 50% by 2015. It will begin shipments next month with the movement of 4,000 Hyundai and Kia vehicles for overseas markets. The company is investing ...
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FeatureKia boosts aftermarket parts operation
Kia is in the process of transferring its aftermarket parts operation in the UK from Fradley (near Lichfield) to join Hyundai at a new 19,500m2 distribution warehouse in Tamworth in the Midlands. Full transfer will be completed on May 5th this year. The new £32m ($46.7m) facility is managed by ...
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FeatureGas dispute stops delivery for Hyundai-Kia
Slovakian plants in Trnava for PSA, and in Zilinia for Kia, have been forced to stop production of cars and engines from Thursday last week because the gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine has cut off gas supply to the country. Hyundai’s new Czech plant in Nosovice, 90 kms away ...
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FeatureKia uses Kapratas centre for storage
Lithuanian vehicle logistics company UAB Kapratas has received the first shipment of new cars at its 50,000m2 Autocentrum A5 storage facility in Marijampole. As part of a one year contract the 300 Kia vehicles were transported from the Korean carmaker’s plant in Zilina, Slovakia and are destined for dealerships ...