All articles by Marcus Williams – Page 105
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New political climate leads to sea change at Indian ports
Since Narendra Modi came to power in India last year, there has been a transformation in the way the government is engaging with private business in the development of port infrastructure. The recent development at state-owned Mumbai port is just the latest example of where private companies have worked with ...
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Driver deprivation a priority concern for India’s logistics sector
The first thing that needs to be done to improve the road haulage business in India is to tackle the lamentable working conditions of truck drivers. On a whole, they are treated as little more than social outcasts, according to Selvan Desaraj, founder of Transport Mitra, a truck driver advocacy ...
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India’s 'fourth industrial revolution' will be a gradual one
Carmakers in the developed world are embracing what has been called the fourth industrial revolution, or Industry 4.0. They are using the latest technology to reorganise their manufacturing and supply chains according to so called ‘cyber-physical production systems’ in the pursuit of the ‘smart factory’. Shilpashree M, head of communications ...
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Chocan dos buques de cargamento rodado en Humber
El buque de Nissan Car Carriers City of Rotterdam (en la imagen) se vio involucrado la semana pasada en una colisión con el ferri ro-ro de DFDS Primula Seaways en el estuario Humber cerca del puerto de Immingham en el Reino Unido.El accidente se produjo entorno a las 20:40 hora ...
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India’s automotive growth targets need economic and structural support
Following nearly four years of stagnation or slow growth in sales and production, India is set to return as a key growth market in global vehicle sales and trade over the next six years.Stable politics, strong GDP growth and low commodity prices look set to drive the Indian automotive industry ...
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GM to import Buick Envision to US from China
General Motors has confirmed it will import volumes of its Buick Envision SUV to the US from its joint venture plant in China from next year.The model, which is made at the Shanghai-GM plant in Yantai, Shandong – one of the plants GM runs with Chinese carmaker SAIC. Hoegh Autoliners ...
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FeatureUS highway bill amendment means flexibility for vehicle backhauls
Comprehensive transport legislation signed last week in the US includes an amendment to rules governing the trucking sector that will allow greater flexibility in the use of vehicle transporters. The legislation now includes a specific authorisation for automobile transporters to haul general freight on backhaul trips, including cargo on the ...
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Ro-ro vessels collide in Humber
The Nissan Car Carriers’ vessel City of Rotterdam (pictured) was involved in a collision with the DFDS ro-ro ferry Primula Seaways in the UK’s Humber Estuary near Immingham port last week.The collision happened at around 20.40pm UK time on December 3rd off Clee Ness Sands and the cause of the ...
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FeatureMagna opens seating facility in Mexico; sets up seating joint venture in China
Magna International has opened a seating plant in Mexico that it said would provide soft trim material for a variety of carmakers in the country.Magna will invest $8m in the 10,000 sq.m building over the next three years and will employ approximately 1,000 people at the facility when it reaches ...
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Kerry Logistics appoints new management team at UK division
Asian logistics provider, Kerry Logistics Network, has appointed a new management team in the UK.Dave Gaughan (pictured) has been appointed managing director of the UK business based in Manchester, where he will be joined by Ian Dodsworth, who takes on the role of executive director.Meanwhile, Brian Dempsey has become commercial ...
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Euro Car Parts opens 200th branch in UK
UK aftermarket parts distributor, Euro Car Parts (ECP), has opened its 200th branch in Manchester, as part of rapid expansion plans in the country. ECP said the 5,500 sq.m facility, located at Moss Lane, will be one of ECP’s new generation hubs and would provide approximately 180 deliveries per day ...
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Novas inundações atingem montadoras na Índia
Chuvas torrenciais continuaram no estado localizado no litoral sul indiano de Tamil Nadu, levando inundações a várias fábricas da montadora nos arredores de Chennai, pela segunda vez em duas semanas. O porto e aeroporto de Chennai foram fechados por dois dias e a maioria das estradas estão submersas sob vários ...
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Valmet to build Mercedes-Benz GLC in Finland
Mercedes-Benz has revealed that it will contract out supplementary assembly of its GLC model to Finnish contract manufacturer Valmet Automotive at its plant in Uusikaupunki. Annual build is estimated to be around 100,000 when production begins in 2017. Valmet already builds the Mercedes-Benz A-Class at the plant.Valment is restructuring the ...
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Renewed flooding hits carmakers in India
Continued torrential rain in the southern Indian coastal state of Tamil Nadu has led to flooding at a number of carmaker plants around Chennai for the second time in two weeks. Chennai port and airport have been shut for two days and most roads are submerged in several feet of ...
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Gefco appoints Martin Rantle as commercial director
Gefco has appointed Martin Rantle as its new commercial director in the UK.Rantle moves from Palletline where he was executive director of sales and marketing for UK and Europe. Prior to that role, he spent 30 years at TNT, most recently as vice president of sales and marketing for EMEA, ...
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Yogayatan Group to build multipurpose port near Mumbai
India’s Yogayatan Group is holding a foundation stone laying ceremony for the development of a port complex at Mankhurd near Mumbai this week (December 4th). Mankhurd is 10 nautical miles from Jawaharlal Nehru port across the Thane estuary and around 20 km north of the port of Mumbai. It will ...
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ACL to deploy first G4 vessel on transatlantic trade in December
Atlantic Container Line (ACL) will deploy the first of its new G4 fleet in December on a transatlantic service. The Atlantic Star is the first of five con-ro vessels the Grimaldi-owned company has on order from Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding in China and is reported to be the largest con-ro vessel ...
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US carmakers roll out CNG technology for inbound and outbound deliveries
A number of carmakers in the US are working with their logistics providers and equipment makers in an effort to reduce carbon emissions in the inbound delivery of parts and the outbound delivery of vehicles. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), Toyota and Honda have all recently unveiled trials on more environmentally ...
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JLR counts the cost of Tianjin explosion in quarterly report
Jaguar Land Rover’s second quarter financial report to September 2015 revealed that higher retail sales in the UK, Europe and North America were offset by a 32.4% drop in sales revenue from China. The company also sustained considerable losses in China as a consequence of the Tianjin port explosions on ...
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Jaguar Land Rover to double capacity at UK engine plant
[Updated November 27th] Following the opening of its Engine Manufacturing Centre (EMC) in the UK last November, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has this week announced plans to double the size of the facility as part of a £450m ($677.5m) expansion programme. It will see the site increase its operational footprint ...