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FeatureHyundai to start assembling LCVs in South Africa
South Korean car manufacturer Hyundai is investing R110m ($146m) in a new factory in Gauteng, South Africa to assemble light commercial vehicles; the branch will be fully operational after its launch at the beginning of September next year.The facility will build 500 to 600 delivery vans each month, initially from ...
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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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FeatureRussia threatens retaliatory ban on vehicle imports
Russia has said it will tighten retaliatory sanctions on products from Western nations to include a ban on vehicles if more sanctions are imposed on the export of Russian products.The announcement follows the recent imposition of sanctions on food products from the European Union, United States, Australia, Canada and Norway. ...
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FeatureCETM welcomes revival in Spanish haulage but calls for change
The head of Spain’s vehicle haulage association has welcomed positive signs in the market and called for a working party to represent the interests of the sector.Daniel Tarragona, managing director of the SETRAM group (pictured), has had his position as president of the vehicle haulage association – CETM Portavehículos y ...
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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, ...
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FeatureKCS announces top management appointments
Kansas City Southern (KCS) has appointed Erik Hansen as vice-president of intermodal, responsible for automotive operations, as well as sales and marketing. He is based in Kansas City and reports to executive vice president of sales and marketing, Patrick Ottensmeyer."We are delighted that Erik has joined the KCS management team," ...
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FeatureDHL handles machinery move to Ghana
DHL Global Forwarding (DGF) is organising the ocean delivery of construction machinery from German firm GT Günter Papenburg to the Ghanaian Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development in Africa. The transport is being handled by DGF’s special projects team – DHL Industrial Projects.The company is overseeing port handling at ...
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FeatureGroupe CAT secures parts distribution contracts in Europe
Transport and logistics provider Groupe CAT is now managing the spare parts distribution for Toyota in the south of France, meaning it now moves 100% of the carmaker’s spare parts throughout the country. It began distributing parts to the north of the country in January 2012.The latest multi-million-euro contract started ...
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FeatureEuro Car Parts picks up 27 Unipart Automotive outlets
Following the news that aftermarket car parts supplier Unipart Automotive has gone out of business, rival parts supplier, Euro Car Parts, has bought 27 locations previously owned by Unipart.“We are delighted to have acquired these 27 branches and may yet acquire more,” said Martin Gray, CEO of Euro Car Parts. ...
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FeatureRussia to hit Ukrainian auto industry with import duties
The Russian government has announced the implementation of customs duties on vehicles made in Ukraine, which, according to local analysts, could bring the two largest manufacturers in the country – ZAZ and Bogdan – to the brink of bankruptcy. Russia authorities have said that to protect its own carmakers it ...