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News – Page 342
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FeatureCarbon reduction scheme gets government backing
The UK’s Freight Transport Association has received backing for its Logistics Carbon Reduction Scheme from the country’s Department for Transport (DfT) following an announcement this week by Lord Adonis, the Secretary of State for Transport (pictured). In a letter to the FTA confirming the DfT’s support for the scheme, Adonis ...
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FeatureMazda signs up Ceva for aftermarket supply in Italy
Ceva has signed a three-year agreement with Mazda for the distribution of spare parts throughout Italy to 140 of the carmaker’s dealerships and authorised repair outlets. The new contract involves Ceva collecting spare parts on a daily basis from Mazda’s warehouse in Klagenfurt, Austria for transport to Ceva’s distribution centre ...
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FeatureIveco extends RFID solution to Madrid
Following Iveco’s renewal of its contract with Kuehne + Nagel for European aftermarket supply (read more here), the commercial truck and bus maker is expanding the RFID system it uses at its Italian distribution centre in Turin to its Madrid facility in Spain. The system, which has been developed in ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move
Frank Erhardt is Ceva’s new director of contract logistics in Central Europe, replacing Andreas Wagner who is stepping down after eight years at the company. Erhardt was most recently responsible for the automotive/tyres sector within Ceva in Central Europe. He will now oversee the contract logistics business for the ...
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FeatureFiat-Sollers JV faces logistics challenges
Russian carmaker Sollers has signed a €2.4 billion ($3.3 billion) joint venture with Fiat to make up to 500,000 vehicles a year in the country by 2016. The agreement, which may be backed by a 15-year loan of €2.1 billion currently being considered by the Russian government, was signed last ...
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FeatureRenault revives ambition in India
Renault has announced plans to set up an independent distribution network in India within the next 30 months to support the movement of several new vehicles from its global portfolio. The move suggests a revival of its plans with Nissan to enter the Indian market more forcefully, as well as ...
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FeatureNDL brings Bridgestone to TyreFort
Bridgestone has joined Goodyear Dunlop UK and Continental as the third tyremaker to use the shared-user facility operated by logistics provider Norbert Dentressangle Logistics (NDL) at the TyreFort facility in Birmingham, UK. While Bridgestone will not use the facility for storage, as Goodyear Dunlop and Continental do, NDL will be ...
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FeatureLocal logistics for Ford Figo in Chennai
Ford has invested $500m in its engine-making plant near Chennai, India to add flexible production of the Duratec 1.2-litre engine dedicated to the Indian Figo. The first production version of the car was driven off the adjacent assembly line last Friday, when engine production began as well. Ford is using ...
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SMMT study shows UK demand for local supply
According to independent research commissioned by the UK’s Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), the majority of volume carmakers in the country are showing a strong interest in sourcing more locally-built components, with one of the principal reasons being the reduction of costs and logistics strain arising from parts ...
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FeatureLogwin extends aftermarket service for BMW
Logwin has extended its aftermarket parts distribution service for BMW from the carmaker’s Dealer Metro Distribution Centre (DMDC) in Nuremburg, Germany, adding 30 dealers in the states of Thuringia and Saxony previously served from Berlin. Logwin started handling deliveries of BMW parts to dealerships in Nuremburg and the surrounding area ...
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FeatureCN plans compound to Calgary Logistics Park
Following the opening of its new C$14m ($13.4m) automotive compound in Toronto last September, Canada National Railway (CN) has announced plans to build a C$100m logistics park near Calgary, in Alberta province, that will include an automotive compound. The company expects to open the facility – CN Calgary Logistics Park ...
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FeatureToyota recall reveals need for visibility
Toyota’s recall of millions of vehicles in North America, Europe and China because of accelerator pedals that may stick is a complex and expensive logistics operation, with expedited replacements and repair parts shipped to factories and dealers. But logistics might be the least of Toyota’s supply chain management problems, as ...
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FeatureGovernment supports green supply chain...
Support funds from the European Union and national governments such as the UK do appear to be reaching the automotive supply chain, including logistics, provided the projects are targeting low-carbon vehicles and transport, revealed speakers at a conference in Birmingham last week organised by the European Automotive Strategy Network (EASN). ...
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FeatureSTVA becomes majority shareholder in Egerland
French finished vehicle carrier STVA has upped its stake in Werner Egerland Automobillogistik from 20% to 74% this week following the retirement of the German logistics company’s managing director, Felicitas Egerland. “Up to now Mrs Egerland has had up to 80% of the shares but, at the age of 80 ...
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FeatureJLR renews UK export contract with WWL
Jaguar Land Rover has renewed its contract with Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics for the export of vehicles from the UK to North America, Australia and New Zealand. The new contract, which is already underway, will see the shipment of around 45,000 Jaguar and Land Rover (JLR) vehicles in 2010 from the ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move
Panalpina’s former vice president of key account management, Alan Votaw, has taken up a new position at the head of the company’s automotive division – Panalpina IV Automotive. Votaw, who has been with Panalpina since January 2002, took up his new role as senior vice president, global head of industry ...
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FeatureGefco secures BIFA award and signals business in Russia
Gefco UK has been recognised as ‘Best in Industry’ in the European Logistics category at this year’s British International Freight Association (BIFA) awards for enhancements to its 2Wheeler Development Project. The awards, which were recently held in London, recognised Gefco’s expansion of the project beyond the UK into a number ...
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FeatureAntwerp closure raises logistics questions
As well as the devastating impact on the local community with the loss of 2,300 jobs, GM’s announced intention to close its Opel plant in Antwerp, Belgium by the middle of the year has left questions hanging over material and finished vehicle flows across the carmaker’s other European plants. The ...
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FeatureSTVA's Charles to head SNCF Fret
Sylvie Charles, chairman of the executive board of STVA, the vehicle transport subsidiary of French state-owned rail provider SNCF, has been named as director of the freight division – SNCF Fret – following the departure of Luc Nadal. She will take up her new role at the beginning of February. ...
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FeatureGM shifts electric motors inhouse
GM is bringing the design and manufacture of its electric motors for hybrid and electric vehicles inhouse with an investment of $246m in manufacturing facilities, part of a wider $700m the company is putting into eight Michigan facilities for production of the Volt. The move could have positive implications for ...