All articles by Marcus Williams – Page 21
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NewsCoverage from this year’s ECG conference in Austria
The driver shorage and related capacity problems were under discussion at last week’s ECG conference in Vienna, as well as the need to tackle the problem with closer OEM-LSP collaboration
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NewsEvolution Time Critical opens control centre in Portugal
Evolution Time Critical has opened a logistics control centre in Porto, Portugal to serve a growing automotive market with emergency logistics services
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NewsNissan to benefit from investment in services at Brunswick port
Nissan North America has chosen the US port of Brunswick to move import volumes to its dealers in the south-east US and stands to benefit from a raft of infrastructure investment at the port
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NewsVW to start vehicle imports through Port Freeport
Volkswagen Group of America is moving vehilce imports to the US Gulf Coast to Port Freeport from 2024. Vehicles are being delivered from Mexico and Europe to the port
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NewsMartina Graser replaces Dirk Willmann at Ford Europe
Martina Graser is replacing Dirk Willmann as Ford’s director of material planning and logistics (MP&L) in Europe. Willmann is retiring after a career with the carmaker covering 30+ years
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NewsTesla reports shortage of outbound transport capacity
Tesla is struggling to find adequate car carrier capacity to deliver its EVs in North America as production recovers from the semiconductor shortage
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NewsValidating supply chain data to improve decision making
Carmakers and their supplier and logistics partners need to work together on gathering supply chain data, analysing it properly and sharing the information to quicly respond to potential disruption
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NewsA hire purpose for US automotive logistics
Speakers from Stellantis, Adient, Carter Logistics and Maersk addressed the pressing problem of driver recruitment at this year’s ALSC Global conference in Detroit
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NewsGM tackles costly supply chain disruption
Global supply chain and logistics experts from GM used last week’s ALSC Global conference in Detroit to outline the contingencies they were taking to tackle disruption to the inbound supply of parts
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NewsUS invests heavily to clean up transport sector
At this week’s ALSC Global conference in Detroit the US DoE’s Dr Jacob Ward outlined the opportunities new legislation has created for OEMs and suppliers.
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NewsHellmann expands contract logistics services for Claas
Agricultural machinery maker Claas has signed a deal with Hellmann Worldwide Logistics for the management of its new inbound parts centre in Germany
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NewsBMW targets a more sustainable sourcing of key components
BMW is increasing the amount of recycled materials its uses in parts production while at the same time reducing the carbon emissions from the production process of those materials
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NewsUS rail freight companies avert strike with union deal
Fears of strike action across the rail freight network in the US have been allayed following union agreement to a deal proposed by the Class 1 railroads on pay and conditions
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NewsVolvo Cars strengthens global logistics and packaging with senior talent
Volvo Cars has appointed Anders Zobbe as s global head of inbound logistics engineering while Richard Campbell moves to the newly created role of global head of packaging
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NewsJoe Hinrichs takes over as head of CSX
Ford veteran Joe Hinrichs will take over as president and CEO of North American Class 1 rail provider CSX later this month, replacing James Foote who is retiring
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NewsCotra Autotransport chooses Inform software for vehicle logistics
Swiss vehicle hauler Cotra Autotransport is adopting Inform’s SyncroTess logistics and yard management technology for operations at its vehicle logistics centre in Studen
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NewsUS climate act disqualifies most of current EV line-up, say industry groups
The US Inflation Reduction Act includes a range of incentives for localised EV and battery production but carmakers say stringent rules for eligibility are misaligned with current capacity
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NewsKia teams up with DB’s Encore on battery storage
Kia is working with Deutsche Bahn’s energy storage start-up Encore on the resue of EV batteries previously used in electric vehicles for new energy storage systems, with transport provided by DB’s logistics divisions
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NewsGeorge Grahovac leaves Honda for global consulting role
George Grahovac has left Honda after a 30+ year tenure in supply chain and logistics to take up a role as senior consultant at Ernst and Young Global Consulting
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FeatureA cautious outlook for the global finished vehicle sector
Volume volatility, labour shortages and capacity constraints are three main concerns for companies canvassed in the latest finished vehicle logistics survey from RPM and Automotive Logistics