All articles by Marcus Williams – Page 138
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FeatureExecutive changes at DHL Supply Chain
[sam_ad id=6 codes='true']Oscar de Bok (left) has replaced Paul Graham as CEO of DHL Supply Chain’s Asia Pacific region. He moves from his role as CEO for DHL Supply Chain's South and South East Asia region. Graham (pictured below), who was in the previous role for six years, is taking ...
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FeatureYusen develops US-Mexico cross-border services
Global third party logistics provider, Yusen Logistics, has announced an expansion of its multimodal cross-border services between the US and Mexico.As part of its Mexico Border Cargo Management offering, the company will now offer four main options for customers: a road service between points of origin in the US or ...
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FeatureLogistics providers awarded at WWL VSA Carrier Conference
WWL Vehicle Services Americas, which provides vehicle processing and logistics services to the North American market, has awarded top performing suppliers at its annual Carrier Conference, held in Tennessee. The awards were held on behalf of Nissan North America.As well as representatives from WWL and Nissan North America’s logistics and ...
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FeatureFirst post-Panamax car carrier delivered to NYK
NYK has taken delivery of it first post-Panamax car carrier – Aries Leader – which has capacity for 7,000 units and a gross tonnage of almost 70,000 tons. The vessel was built by Shin Kurushima Dockyard at its Onishi Shipyard in Ehime prefecture and is the very first post-Panamax car ...
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FeatureFord recognises LSPS in World Excellence Awards
Ford has announced the winners of its annual World Excellence awards, which recognises top global suppliers for outstanding performance, and amongst the 51 global suppliers that were recognised for services in 2013 were three logistics companies: finished vehicle carrier Jack Cooper Transport and lead logistics provider Penske Logistics took silver ...
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FeatureHorizon introduces LCL groupage service from US to UK
Automotive freight forwarder and logistics provider, Horizon International Cargo, has announced it will be running and managing its own less-than-container load (LCL) groupage services on a weekly basis to the UK from Chicago and its recently opened New York office.It means the handling of both air and ocean consignments at ...
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FeatureSalvage operation to begin on Baltic Ace
Almost a year and half since the sinking of the car carrier Baltic Ace, Dutch salvage operators Boskalis and Mammoet Salvage have started an operation to raise the vessel.The Baltic Ace, managed by Stamco Ship Management and chartered by UECC, was on route between the port of Zeebrugge in Belgium ...
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FeatureAutoliv uses Datalogic computers for shipping accuracy
Swedish automotive safety systems manufacturer Autoliv has employed more than 600 mobile computers from Datalogic for use in its production line and warehouse operations. Datalogic specialises in the provision of barcode readers, mobile computers, sensors, vision systems and laser marking systems.The Datalogic mobile computers are being used at the end ...
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FeatureCovisint faces class action over fraud allegation
Covisint, the IT company that was originally set up in 2000 as a parts exchange platform by a consortium of carmakers, has had a federal securities fraud class action filed against it for an alleged violation of the Securities Exchange Act (1993).Today Covisint provides a cloud platform designed to connect ...
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FeaturePeel invests £10m in Liverpool as ACL commits G4 con-ro trade
Peel Ports Group is making in £10m ($16.7m) investment at the port of Liverpool in the UK to create a dedicated vehicle storage area with a capacity to handle 70,000 vehicles a year, as well as widening the passage which gives access to the port’s Seaforth Dock for larger vessels.The ...
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FeatureRail providers boost services for automotive between US and Mexico
Following the severe disruption to North American rail capacity this year, as discussed in detail at the recent FVL North America conference, two recent announcements by three of the region’s leading providers offer positive signs for OEMs that those capacity issues are being addressed.In the first, BNSF Railway and Ferromex ...
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FeatureTom Jones returns to logistics with role at Palogix SCS
Tom Jones has come out of retirement from the logistics industry to take up a new role at Palogix Supply Chain Services as vice-president of sales national accounts.Jones was previously with Ryder Supply Chain Solutions as senior vice-president and general manager, but left suddenly at the end of January 2013, ...
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FeatureSchenker announces moves for Land Transport and Contract Logistics
German transport and logistics provider Schenker has announced new board members for Land Transport and Contract Logistics at the company. [sam_ad id=6 codes='true']Ewald Kaiser (left) is replacing Karl Nutzinger as board member for the business unit Land Transport. He will take over the role at the beginning of September this ...
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FeatureShip operators meet to discuss Trident Alliance
Maersk Maritime Technology and Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) have hosted a meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark, which saw representatives from 12 shipping companies convene to discuss the enforcement of the forthcoming maritime sulphur regulations in Europe and North America.The exploratory discussions were held to work toward the establishment of the Trident ...
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FeatureUnion Pacific opens intermodal facility in New Mexico
North American rail provider Union Pacific has officially opened its $400m intermodal facility at Santa Teresa, New Mexico. The 900,000-hectacre facility is on the Mexican border.The project, which was first proposed in 2006, began construction in 2011 and was completed this year, one year ahead of schedule. It features fuelling ...
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FeaturePanopa opens PCC to support smart production in France
Supply chain service provider Panopa has opened a plant consolidation centre (PCC) in Hambach next to smart’s French plant. Panopa Logistique France SARL will provide logistics services in connection with production of the new smart fortwo model series for the Daimler division, on an area of 17,000 sq.m. The Hambach ...
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FeatureCaterpillar hangs onto Gartner ranking; Ford drops out
Ford has dropped out of this year’s annual list of the top 25 supply chain companies compiled by research and advisory firm Gartner. Last year it was ranked at 22, the first time it had made it into the top 25, and was the only passenger car manufacturer to be ...
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FeatureFret SNCF division to handle Fiat volumes between Italy and France
French rail provider Fret SNCF is supporting Trenitalia Cargo with finished vehicle transport of Fiat vans between the carmaker’s Fossacesia plant on the east coast of Italy to the Saint-Priest hub near Lyon, France.As part of a two-year contract the company’s DF Autochem division is running five trains a week ...
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FeatureHonda ordering system to benefit dealers
Honda has launched a new inventory ordering system that it says will give dealers greater flexibility in the selection of vehicles for sale and better meet customer demand.Called APEX – for Allocation Preferencing and Exchange – the system replaces Honda’s previous system called MOVE (Market Oriented Vehicle Environment). As reported ...
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FeatureHammond moves to Global Sales role at UTi
UTi Worldwide has announced the appointment of Jeff Hammond as its senior vice president of Global Sales. He has been with the company since 2010 when he took up the newly created position of global vice president, Customs Brokerage and Compliance.In his new role Hammond will direct the regional sales ...