All articles by Marcus Williams – Page 130
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FeatureKia to build Mexico plant and tackle global supply shortage
Kia has become the latest carmaker to set up production in Mexico with the announcement it will start work this month on a $1 billion facility in Monterrey in the northeast of the country. The carmaker stated that it expects the plant to play a major role in alleviating current ...
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FeatureSical announces withdrawal from Ennore port joint venture
Indian logistics provider Sical Logistics is withdrawing from its joint venture in Ennore Automotive Logistics, which manages vehicle exports at Ennore Port near Chennai, including those for Honda, Nissan and Toyota.Sical Logistics holds a 40.92% stake in the venture, which also includes Mitsui OSK Lines and was set up in ...
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FeatureVinSolutions makes top executive changes
VinSolutions, a supplier of dealership software tools in the US and a subsidiary of Cox Automotive, has announced two executive moves following the departure of its vice president and general manager, Brian Skutta, to a new role as CEO of Auto Alert. Lori Wittman (pictured) has been promoted to vice ...
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FeatureKoopman takes over German car carrier Möhlmann
Dutch logistics provider Koopman Logistics has bought German finished vehicle carrier Möhlmann Automobil-Logistik for an undisclosed sum. According to Koopman’s managing director, Jon Kuiper, the companies agreed on the transfer to secure the future of Möhlmann given the absence of a family member to succeed its owner Günter Möhlmann. The ...
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FeatureKuehne + Nagel releases enhanced emissions calculator
Kuehne + Nagel has announced the release of a new carbon calculator for its customers that it said will provide exact data on emissions rather than estimations.The Global Seafreight Carbon Calculator (GSCC) allows calculations of carbon, sulphur and nitrogen dioxide emissions for container and less-than-container (LCL) movements from door-to-door. The ...
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FeatureGebrüder Weiss teams up with Jilin International Transport in China
Austrian transport and logistics provider Gebrüder Weiss has established automotive logistics joint venture in China with Jilin International Transport (JIT). The company, in which each partner owns 50%, is operating under the name Gebrüder Weiss Automotive Logistics. Operations began this month and as well as handling land, air and sea ...
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FeatureNOL rumoured to be selling APL Logistics division
Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) has issued a cautious response to a number of reports in the press that it is looking for a buyer for its APL Logistics division. Those reports indicate NOL is aiming to reap $750m for the business and will launch an official sales process in the ...
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FeatureFord’s Kolkata PDC to enable faster parts distribution in east
Ford’s fourth parts distribution centre in India, which is located in Kolkata, is expected to be fully operational by the fourth quarter of this year.The company also has regional PDCs in Chennai, Mumbai and Delhi.The 3,200 sq.m centre was officially opened at the end of July and Ford said that ...
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FeaturePrivate equity firms buy Turkish forwarder UN Ro-Ro
Private equity firms Esas Holding and Actera Partners have formed a partnership to buy Turkish ocean forwarder UN Ro-Ro for a reported €700m ($936m) from its owner Kohlberg Kravis and Roberts (KKR).UN Ro-Ro operates a fleet of 12 vessels with capacity to move 322,000 vehicles a year. It has four ...
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FeaturePIERS data shows H1 increase in US auto parts imports
Automotive parts imports to the US increased by more than 5% year-on-year in the first half of 2014 based on figures provided by PIERS, the US import-export reporting service. That figure was up by nearly 11% compared to the same period in 2012 and the market has grown 10% over ...
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FeatureNissan inaugurates VDC at Aguascalientes A2 plant
Nissan has officially opened a vehicle distribution centre (VDC) at second plant in Aguascalientes, Mexico following an investment of $31m. The carmaker said the facility would accelerate the export of the Sentra vehicles made at the plant and push the daily number sent to the US to 720. Currently 100% ...
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FeatureKrathwohl takes up management role with Jack Cooper
Christine Krathwohl has taken up a new role at Jack Cooper Holdings as managing director on the company’s Strategic Advisory Board. Krathwohl was previously executive director of logistics and supplier diversity at General Motors, a position she left in May last year amid an executive reshuffle at the carmaker.She joins ...
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FeatureAudi shakes up distribution and sales set up in Malaysia
Audi is taking back a greater part of the responsibility for distributing its vehicles in Malaysia from local firm DRB-Hicom in move designed to strengthen the brand there and expand its portfolio. However, in terms of the sales network DRB will continue to work for the carmaker as an authorised ...
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FeatureBlackstone buys Alliance Automotive from Weinberg
Private equity firm Blackstone has bought Alliance Automotive Group, which distributes automotive service parts in France and the UK, from Weinberg Capital Partners.Alliance Automotive operates under the brands GroupAuto France, GroupAuto UK, Partners, Gef’Auto and Précisium. In all it has a total of 1,410 outlets employing 3,500 workers. Group sales ...
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FeatureRodion Naboyshikov takes up new role at Logistics Operator
Rodion Naboyshikov, who has been senior development manager at MC Logistics CIS for more than a decade, has left to take up a new role as director of the Automotive Logistics department at Russian firm Logistics Operator.MC Logistics CIS is a division of Mitsubishi Corporation covering the Commonwealth of Independent ...
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FeatureAltair Melo moves from BMW to Chery in Brazil
[This story was updated on 15 August] Altair Melo has taken up a new role as aftersales and logistics manager at Chinese carmaker Chery Motors, based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He has moved over from being parts manager with BMW do Brasil, a role he held for more than eight ...
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FeatureJAC signs major order to supply Venezuela with trucks
Chinese vehicle maker Anhui Jianghuai Automobile (JAC) has signed a $274m contract with Venezuela’s Ministry of Transport and national foreign trade company Corpovex S.A. for the supply of more than 10,000 heavy trucks and tractors.More than 5,000 of the trucks will be delivered over the course of the next year, ...
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FeatureProTrans takes Mahle award for border processing services
Transport and supply chain management provider, ProTrans, has been presented with the Mahle 2013 Innovation Award for border processing services at its Laredo service centre in Texas.Mahle supplies engine, filtration and thermal management systems.ProTrans has been building full truckloads of filtration system components at the Laredo centre and transporting them ...
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FeatureDuisport begins vehicle exports to China by rail
Trans Eurasia Logistics (TEL), a joint venture between DB Schenker Rail and Russian Railways (RZD), has started rail shipments of vehicles from the inland port of Duisburg in Germany, to Chongqing in China.German carmakers, including BMW, Mercedes-Benz and VW, are participating in the first trial run on what is being ...
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FeatureRoadrunner on a roll with purchase of Active Aero Group
US transport and logistics provider Roadrunner Transportation Systems is continuing its recent run of acquisitions with the announcement this week that it is buying Active Aero Group, the expedited air and ground cargo provider, for $115m. The transaction is expected to close by the end of Roadrunner’s 2014 third quarter, ...