All articles by Marcus Williams – Page 154
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FeatureLiberty Global launches US-Middle East ro-ro service
US-based multimodal transport and logistics provider, Liberty Global Logistics (LGL), is starting a monthly ro-ro service for used vehicles between the US East Coast and the Middle East, with the first sailing to take place on July 27.The service will run from the port of Providence in Rhode Island, to ...
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FeatureGrowth at GAZ drives logistics improvements
Daimler’s Russian subsidiary, Mercedes-Benz Rus, has started full production of the Sprinter Classic van with GAZ at the Russian vehicle maker’s plant in Nizhny Novgorod. Production is for the domestic market in Russia.The production is in addition to knockdown kit production of Chevrolet and Volkswagen Group vehicles at the GAZ ...
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FeatureGM's Layer moves to US purchasing role
General Motor’s Peter Layer, head of Global Purchasing and Supply Chain Russia/CIS, is moving to a new role for the carmaker in North America as director, Purchasing, Chassis Systems. He will be based in Warren, Michigan.Layer is being replaced by Rowina Fornica who is moving to take up the role ...
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FeatureCargolift to handle inbound for Renault-Nissan
Cargolift is reported to have secured a contract with Renault-Nissan in Brazil to handle the transport of inbound parts from regional suppliers to Nissan’s factory in Resende and to the Renault facility in Pinhais. Operations to the Nissan plant will begin in October this year, and thereafter and at ...
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FeatureBMW Brilliance parts centre will be biggest in China
Work will begin this year on a new parts distribution centre (PDC) for BMW Brilliance Automotive near Shanghai, planned to become the joint venture’s largest such facility in China – at 75,000 square metres – once all phases of development are complete. The centre is being built and developed by ...
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FeatureThai-Tang to replace Brown as Ford’s global purchasing leader
Ford’s Tony Brown, group vice-president of global purchasing, has announced he is retiring after a 36-year career, 11 of which were spent as Ford’s purchasing boss. He will be replaced by Hau Thai-Tang (pictured), who is currently vice-president of engineering. Ford said Thai-Tang’s extensive experience leading the company’s global engineering ...
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FeatureBlank takes up role at Agility in Europe
Thomas Blank has taken up a new role at integrated logistics provider Agility as managing director of Area Central Europe. He replaces Thomas Peikert who has left the company after 23 years.Blank moves from his previous role as vice-president and managing director of Geodis Global Solutions for the Asia Pacific ...
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FeatureTop changes at DB Schenker in the UK
DB Schenker Rail (UK) is appointing Geoff Spencer as its new CEO from the start of September this year. Spencer returns to the UK after three years as head of European Resource Management in the European DB Schenker Rail organisation, based in Mainz, Germany.“I am delighted to welcome Geoff Spencer ...
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FeatureBoth sections of stricken Mitsui vessel now sunk
Both halves of Mitsui OSK Line’s stricken container vessel MOL Comfort have now sunk in the Indian Ocean with a loss of more than 4,000 TEUs. The vessel, which broke in half in heavy seas after sustaining damage on June 17th, was en route to Saudi Arabia from Singapore, having ...
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FeatureJCB to open hub for inbound parts supply
Construction equipment maker JCB is opening a hub in North Staffordshire in the UK to receive inbound components for shipment its manufacturing plants around the world.When fully operational the facility will have throughput in the region of 40m parts per annum or around 500,000 pallets according to JCB's Joannes Van ...
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FeatureGM will make Mokka in Spain in 2014
GM’s Opel/Vauxhall division will start assembling the Mokka at its plant in Zaragoza, Spain in the second half of next year. The company said it was in response to high demand for the small SUV in Europe and will help secure 5,800 jobs at the Spanish plant, which currently makes ...
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FeatureHasenfuss heads procurement at VW Commercial Vehicles
Jörn Hasenfuss is the new head of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles’ Procurement division, replacing Rüdiger Koch who is taking up a new role within the VW Group.Hasenfuss, who is now member of the Management Board for the division, moves over from his role as first vice-president and commercial executive vice president ...
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FeatureRZD Logistics re elects Baskakov as chairman
Russian Railways Logistics has appointed Petr Baskakov as its chairman for a second year. Baskakov is CEO of TransContainer.Since 2003, Baskakov has been the head of TransContainer branch of OJSC Russian Railways and later OJSC TransContainer when it was formed as a joint stock company in 2006. He has more ...
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FeatureBlicher appointed president for UTi Asia-Pacific
Global supply chain services provider UTi Worldwide has appointed Ditlev Blicher as president, Asia-Pacific. Blicher, who will be based in Shanghai, succeeds Brian Dangerfield, APAC president since 2010, who is leaving the company for personal reasons. Blicher moves over from Ceva Logistics where he was vice-president, Group Operations. There he ...
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FeatureBVL appoints Sabine Hucke as MD
Sabine Hucke has been appointed managing director of Germany’s logistics interest group BVL (Bundesvereiningung Logistik). She takes over from Jörn Fontius who is leaving the BVL after eight years to pursue other career opportunities.Hucke was previously head of Central Logistics at car interiors supplier F.S. Fehrer Automotive and brings wide-ranging ...
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FeatureYusen’s Veitch wins warehousing award
Ian Veitch, managing director of Yusen Logistics (UK), has won the chairman’s award at the UK Warehousing Association’s annual awards.The award is presented to an individual or company who has made “a real and lasting contribution to the logistics industry”."I am absoutely delighted to receive this award," said Veitch. "It ...
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FeatureEU files complaint against Russia’s recycling tax
The European Union (EU) has filed a protest with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over Russia’s vehicle recycling fees stating that they discriminate against imports. It is the first case the EU has filed against Russia at the WTO.The tax, or ‘Utilisation Fee’, has drawn complaints from trade representatives from ...
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FeatureJAC closes on 60k exports to Brazil
China Anhui Jianghuai Automobile (JAC) has reported exports of 57,000 vehicles to Brazil since it started moving units there two years ago, making it the number one Chinese brand in the country.The company began exports in March 2011 with the J3 and J3 Turin models and hit 37,800 models by ...
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FeaturePrologis study reveals most desirable logistics locations
Real estate developer Prologis has revealed the results of a recent survey into logistics locations that ranks the top ten most desirable in Europe, with Venlo in the Netherlands topping the list followed by Antwerp/Brussels and Rotterdam.The research was carried out in partnership with business intelligence provider Eyefortransport and surveyed ...
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FeatureSimplytrak launches online freight exchange
Global vehicle tracking provider Simplytrak has launched a free online freight exchange called 'shipntrak' that it said enables shippers and hauliers to match cargo with available space.The company said the auction-style platform will help reduce costs and promote competition amongst hauliers. At the same time it will provide hauliers with ...