All articles by Marcus Williams – Page 104
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FeatureRenault’s Palencia plant launches production of latest Mégane model
Renault’s Palencia plant in Spain has started making the fourth generation model of its popular Mégane, alongside the Kadjar, and is gradually phasing in full kitting for inbound parts delivered to the assembly line. The total number of parts used on the two vehicles made at the facility has now ...
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Ewals Cargo Care invests in Euro 6 truck fleet
European logistics service provider, Ewals Cargo Care, has invested an undisclosed sum in 189 new trucks that are compliant to the Euro 6 emissions standard. It will bring the company’s fleet to a total of 457 at the end of this year. The company has also announced it plans to ...
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Honold opens logistics facility for Continental in Germany
Honold Logistik has opened a 9,200 sq.m logistics facility in Handewitt, Germany, to handle goods for tyre and powertrain components maker Continental. The facility replaces an existing 6,000 sq.m facility that Honold had been managing for Continental since 2008, capable of storing 40,000 tyres. Since then, Continental has grown its ...
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Masternaut helps Andrew Page improve driver safety and efficiency
Andrew Page, a distributor of automotive parts, tools and equipment based in the UK, reports that it has cut accidents and reduced speeding by 97% after implementing a telematics system from Masternaut, a provider of in-vehicle tracking and mobile workforce management software. The company implemented Masternaut Connect across its 900-vehicle ...
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Kalmar supplying Melbourne auto terminal with cargo equipment
Cargotec’s cargo handling division, Kalmar, is supplying the new ro-ro terminal being developed at the Australian port of Melbourne with 12 pieces of cargo handling equipment, which will be used when the terminal goes into operation. The first phase of that operation will see a new 185,000-sq.m facility north of ...
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DB Schenker makes top level appointments in Europe and India
DB Schenker has detailed CEO appointments in Europe and India with Jürgen Wilder taking over as CEO of DB Schenker Rail this coming December and Oliver Bohm, recently appointed as CEO of Schenker India.Wilder joins the company from Siemens where he was most recently CEO of the company’s global unit ...
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VDL Nedcar now making Mini Convertible
BMW has confirmed that the VDL Nedcar plant in the Netherlands, which is already building the Mini 3-door model, has this month added production of the new Mini Convertible (Mini Hatch). It will be the only plant making that particular model.Dutch manufacturer VDL Groep bought the Nedcar plant, in Born, ...
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Ekol opens warehouse in Hungary
Turkish transport and logistics provider Ekol has opened a new 10,000 sq.m warehouse in Hungary that will provide cross dock and contract logistics services for customers across a number of sectors, including automotive parts provider Robert Bosch.“From this building Ekol has the possibility to organise transport via road, rail and ...
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FeatureDHL to handle BMW aftermarket parts deliveries in UK
BMW has signed a six-year contract with DHL Supply Chain for the management of its aftermarket parts distribution in the UK. DHL will deliver parts through the night for delivery the next working day to the carmaker’s 116 retailers across Scotland, the North and South of England.According to the logistics ...
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Lagermax marks 25 years in Hungary
Automotive transport and logistics provider, Lagermax, is celebrating 25 years of business in Hungary this week.Lagermax Autotransport Hungary now provides services at four locations in the country: its headquarters in Budaörs; a branch office in Port Cespel near Budapest; at the Suzuki plant in Esztergom; and the Mercedes-Benz assembly plant ...
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Yusen Logistics opens parts warehouse in Indonesia
Yusen Logistics has opened a 6,000 sq.m warehouse in Jakarta, Indonesia, that is providing storage and handling services mainly for automotive parts and materials. Yusen Logistics Solutions Indonesia said that its services include inventory management, distribution processing and cross docking, as well as milk run and just-in-time delivery services.Yusen did ...
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Inform now supplying SyncroTESS software to Kaufmann in Chile
Inform, which supplies advanced optimisation software, has won a contract to supply its SyncroTESS finished vehicle logistics suite to automotive group Kaufmann, which imports and sells vehicles in Chile. Alongside passenger cars, Kaufmann handles a third of the commercial vehicles sold in the country, with customers including Freightliner, Fuso, Western ...
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FeaturePositive sales for JLR but slump in China has affected quarterly results
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has reported its best ever October sales with year-to-date figures for 2015 also up on the same period in 2014. However, a dramatic drop of around 30% in China for the three months to September 30th has affected global results for the quarter.The carmaker’s sales for ...
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FeatureDennis Manns takes up new role at Road & Rail Services
[Updated 12 November] Dennis Manns (left) has taken up a new role as chief commercial officer at US rail shipping provider, Road & Rail Services, where he will be responsible for leading growth in the various segments of the company’s commercial business.“We couldn’t be happier to have Dennis join the ...
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Priority Freight expands UK operation in response to demand
Emergency logistics provider, Priority Freight, has invested £2m ($3m) to expand its operation in the UK Midlands, including the opening of a new hub in Coventry that will provide 2,300 sq.m for contingency warehousing and services, along with a larger control centre.The company also said that it is responding to ...
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Telit secures further automotive tier one contracts
Telit Communications, which provides products and services for Internet of Things applications, has recently secured deals with two tier one automotive suppliers for the supply of its cellular modules. The company would not disclose the suppliers but said that it expected revenue from the deal to reach $33m. The latest ...
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Port of Koper begins processing Mercedes-Benz volumes
Following the announcement in June this year that the Slovenian port of Koper will be handling Mercedes-Benz volumes from plants in parts of central Europe and south-eastern Europe, the port operator, Luka Koper, has confirmed that export shipments have now started to the Far East.The first shipment of 600 vehicles ...
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Llamasoft buys Barloworld SCS division
Supply chain design software provider LLamasoft has bought the European and US business of Barloworld Supply Chain Software, a division of automotive distributor, Barloworld. The acquisition includes all technology, software applications and staff. The buyout does not include Barloworld SCS’s key territories of South Africa and the United Arab Emirates, ...
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BLG Logistics opens eighth multi-level car park to meet demand at Bremerhaven
BLG Logistics has started operations on a new multi-level parking deck at its automotive terminal in Bremerhaven, Germany. The N3 facility, which has five levels, provides parking space for 6,000 vehicles over 144,000 sq.m, increasing capacity for BLG’s vehicle handling operations at the port. The company said it was one ...
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FeatureNorth American Q3 rail results reveal uncertainties in the sector
Third quarter results from the majority of the main rail companies operating in North America show revenue from the automotive sector is down or remains flat. However, declines have not as been as dramatic compared to other sectors, notably coal.Union Pacific reported marginal revenue increase from the automotive sector, against ...