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News – Page 209
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FeatureAnji-Ceva chooses JDA software to improve customer service in China
Third party logistics provider, Anji-Ceva, is implementing a transport management system supplied by JDA Software to improve services for its automotive customers in China.Anji-Ceva provides transport and logistics services for finished vehicles, as well as inbound and aftermarket parts, to a number of carmakers and tier one suppliers in China. ...
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FeatureCharleston port’s harbour plans get final approval
The US port of Charleston has received the final approval necessary to proceed with a $300m harbour-deepening project, a move that will allow larger Post-Panamax vessels access on a 24-hour basis.Approval on the project, which will deepen the harbour by an additional 7ft to 52ft (15.8-metres) – and 54ft in ...
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C4 Logistics providing Bolloré with inbound tracking
C4 Logistics, which handles expedited and specialist automotive shipments, is providing electric vehicle (EV) maker Bolloré with track and trace technology on the inbound delivery of parts to its Bluecar assembly facilities in France and Italy. The logistics provider is also managing the delivery of the parts inbound to Bollore’s ...
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Kia UK reveals further details of vehicle handling contract with Paragon
Following Kia Motors’ announcement that is has signed a £115m ($176.5m), 10-year deal with Paragon for vehicle processing in the UK, the companies have revealed more details about the investment being made at Paragon’s new Stallingborough site near Immingham in the Humber region of England.To support the new contract Paragon ...
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Hödlmayr to roll out Wabco fleet management technology
European finished vehicle carrier Hödlmayr has signed a deal with safety technology supplier Wabco for the supply of a fleet management system across all of its car carriers.Wabco’s fleet management division, Transics International, will equip around 610 vehicle carriers with its TX-SKY onboard computers, along with mobile and document management ...
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FeatureGaz begins supply of parts for Sprinter van assembly in Russia
Russian automotive manufacturer Gaz has started supplying stamped body parts and structural components for Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vans, which are being assembled at Gaz’s plant in Nizhny Novgorod. The move marks a shift from the supply of parts from Mercedes-Benz plant in Düsseldorf, Germany, which have been shipped to Nizhny Novgorod ...
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FeatureWWL announces top executive changes
There have been a number of top executive moves at Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics over the past few months.Mike Hynekamp (left) has been appointed as chief operating officer for Ocean, replacing Fridtjof Naess, who has moved to a role as senior advisor at the company. Hynekamp was most recently deputy head ...
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Iran Khodro begins exports to Algeria; production to follow
Iranian carmaker Iran Khodro (IKCO) has announced it has begun vehicle exports to Algeria, in north Africa, as part of an agreement that will see 15,000 vehicles exported there per year. The company has also said it is looking to establish a production line in the country, with double that ...
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Feature‘Building Cars Live’: Automotive logistics makes it to UK prime time television
Automotive logistics has finally made it to prime time television. ‘Building Cars Live’, a three-hour special broadcast over the past two evenings on the UK’s BBC channel, showcased Mini production at BMW’s plant in Oxford.Fronted by James May, Kate Humble and Ant Anstead, the show mixed live coverage with pre-recorded ...
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FeatureDHL supports major multimodal project for Formula E in China
DHL has shipped 41 electric race cars, spare parts, and 45 lithium-ion batteries to China for the opening of the second season of the FIA Formula E championship.The vehicles and equipment have been moved more than 12,000km from Donington Park in the UK, to Beijing, China, via Belgium, Germany, Belarus ...
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FeatureEU regulators will not stop FedEx takeover of TNT Express
Following the news in April this year that FedEx had made a €4.4 billion ($5 billion) bid for TNT Express, the companies have confirmed that European Commission antitrust regulators will not oppose the takeover.In a joint statement, FedEx and TNT Express said the internal deadline for issuing a Statement of ...
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Did you know that there are many regional and bi-lateral free trade agreements (FTA's) that provide the opportunity for significant savings in customs duties? MIC's origin calculation system (OCS) supports you in calculating the origin of your products, maintaining a compliant, reliable and efficient FTA process which translates into cost ...
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FeatureECG Conference: From the connected car to the connected train
A lot of attention has been given to OEMs’ plans for autonomous vehicles and connected cars recently but OEMs aren’t the only ones innovating in this direction. At the recent 2015 annual conference of the Association of European Finished Vehicle Logistics (ECG), Malte Keller, head of equipment and Germany transport ...
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FeatureGeorgia Ports Authority to triple investment at Brunswick
Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) has said it will invest $152m in improving facilities at the US port of Brunswick over the next ten years to keep pace with demand. The expenditure is almost three times that invested during the past decade and includes a fourth berth for ro-ro cargo at ...
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ECG president Baldissara to step down in 2016
Costantino Baldissara, commercial and logistics director of the Grimaldi Group, will step down from his position as president of the European Finished Vehicle Logistics Association (ECG) next spring.Wolfgang Göbel, managing director of Mosolf Automotive Railway, and head of marketing and logistics for the Horst Mosolf Group, will be nominated by ...
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FeatureColombia and Brazil sign automotive agreement
Antonio Sérgio Martins Mello, vice president of the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers (Anfavea), believes that the recent deal signed by Brazil and Colombia in respect of finished vehicles sales will have a positive influence on the Brazilian motor industry. “The automotive agreement with Colombia is of ...
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Volvo outsources IT business to HCL Technologies
Volvo Group is divesting its external IT business and outsourcing its IT infrastructure operations to global IT services provider, HCL Technologies. The deal is expected to close in the second quarter of next year. Volvo Group said the move would provide cost savings and capital gain, with operating income and ...
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FeatureGrimaldi invests further in Finnlines
Grimaldi Euromed, a company owned by the Grimaldi Group, has purchased more shares in Finnish subsidiary, Finnlines, increasing its investment in the sister company.Finnlines is a European short sea operator, and the leading company in the ro-ro and passenger transport in the Baltic and North Sea, with one of the ...
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FeatureToyota Logistics Services provides vehicles for car hauler training
Toyota Logistics Services (TLS) – a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Sales that manages Toyota, Lexus and Scion vehicle logistics operations – has delivered nine Toyota and Lexus vehicles to the Auto Haulers Training Institute in Orange Park, Florida.The vehicles will be used in programmes geared towards providing truck drivers with ...
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