All News articles – Page 152
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FeatureJLR chooses Kuehne + Nagel to support aftermarket strategy in Europe
[Updated June 16th] Jaguar Land Rover has contracted logistics provider Kuehne + Nagel to manage three service parts warehouses in France, Spain and Italy serving the European region.Kuehne + Nagel will also be providing transport management from a control tower in the UK and managing customer contact centres for Jaguar ...
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FeatureFord and Deutsche Post team up on larger electric van
Deutsche Post is to use the Ford Transit chassis as the basis for a new all-electric van to be built at the logistics company’s existing StreetScooter manufacturing plant in Aachen, Germany.Last November, Deutsche Post said that due to strong customer demand, it would be increasing production of its StreetScooter brand ...
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FeatureAmazon ‘spending large sums’ on European car sales unit – report
Amazon is said to be ‘spending large sums’ on a European unit to sell cars, according to an Automobilwoche article citing unnamed sources.The UK is said to be the first location where the online shopping giant will begin selling cars directly to customers.David Jinks, head of consumer research at ParcelHero, ...
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FeatureMexico fines seven shipping lines over price-fixing
Mexico’s Federal Economic Competition Commission (Cofece) has issued seven ro-ro carriers with fines totalling 581.6m pesos ($32.4m), saying they acted as a cartel to increase prices.The companies involved are K-Line and K-Line Americas, Mitsui OSK Lines, Mitsui OSK Bulk and NYK Line from Japan, Chile’s CSAV, and Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics ...
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FeatureGefco confirms partial sale being considered by controlling shareholder
Gefco has confirmed its parent company, Russian Railways (RZD), is considering selling a partial stake in the company but plans to remain the majority shareholder.RZD completed an €800m ($900m) acquisition of a 75% stake in the logistics provider from PSA Group in December 2012. PSA remains its biggest customer and ...
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FeatureUECC starts ship-to-ship LNG fuelling
European ro-ro operator UECC has set up a weekly ship-to-ship bunkering service for its Auto Eco and Auto Energy vessels, which can run on liquefied natural gas (LNG) as well as heavy fuel. The vessels were fuelled at the Belgian port of Zeebrugge during loading operations.The move follows the delivery ...
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FeatureDSV expands warehouse footprint in the Netherlands
European logistics provider DSV is to expand its site in Venlo, the Netherlands, with a further 83,000 sq.m warehouse after acquiring a new plot of land adjacent to its existing facilities there.The Danish-headquartered transport and logistics firm said the additional warehouse would be completed on the new 140,000 sq.m site ...
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FeatureYanfeng Automotive Interiors opens new plant in the Czech Republic
Yanfeng Automotive Interiors (YFAI) has opened a new production plant in Planá nad Luznicí, in the Czech Republic, to produce instrument and door panels.The new plant, near Tabor in South Bohemia, currently employs 170 staff but will increase this to 300 by the beginning of next year as production is ...
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FeatureEurope conference: Live poll results
Live polling conducted at the Automotive Logistics Europe conference revealed that a third of delegates see implementing new technology and IT systems as their company's biggest challenge over the coming year and that reliability of service was the most sought after quality in a logistics service provider. Delegates at the ...
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FeatureDilling and Hörndlein take up lead logistics roles at MAN Truck & Bus
As part of a wider change-around of senior executives at MAN Truck & Bus, Dr Ulrich Dilling (pictured) is taking on executive board responsibility for production and logistics at the commercial vehicle manufacturer; while Peter Hörndlein has joined the truckmaker as senior vice-president of brand logistics.Dilling replaces Dr Carsten Intra, ...
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FeatureEurope conference: Carmakers already saving costs with 3D printing
You may not be able to print money with it (at least legally) but there are some significant cost savings to be made by automotive companies in the adoption of 3D printing, otherwise known as additive manufacturing.The automotive industry currently accounts for almost 15% of the total 3D printing market ...
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FeatureEurope conference: Automotive manufacturers could hitch a ride to China
The automotive industry in Europe could benefit considerably from an imbalance of rail flows between the continent and China along the fast-growing China-Europe railway to ship goods to China in currently empty return capacity, according to one major Chinese logistics provider.Vegard Synnes (pictured), head of key accounts for CDC International, ...
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FeatureAnalysis: Hung parliament casts doubt and hope over Brexit
This article is being updated regularly.The UK general election on June 8th, in which the governing Conservative party lost its parliamentary majority, has cast uncertainty over investment and policy in terms of the country’s automotive industry and supply chain – most notably over pending negotiations to leave the European Union.There ...
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FeatureEurope conference: Two-thirds of UK car manufacturing ‘could move to EU within a year’
Up to two-thirds of the UK's automotive manufacturing base could theoretically be relocated to the EU within a year after the country leaves the trading bloc, global lead analyst at Autofacts PwC, Christoph Stürmer, has warned.Speaking on the first day of the Automotive Logistics Europe conference in Bonn today (Wednesday ...
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FeatureWatch the Automotive Logistics Europe Conference Live
The Automotive Logistics Europe conference takes place in Bonn, Germany this week. Two days of sessions begin on Wednesday June 7th and will be streamed Live online.Click here to find out more about the event that will truly help your organisation prepare for the challenges of the market ahead.To view ...
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FeatureSpanish ports hit as stevedores go on strike over liberalisation
Spanish ports have been hit by country-wide strike action by more than 6,000 stevedores protesting about new laws that have technically liberalised dock services and ended the mandatory employment of unionised labour.The action is taking place at 39 cargo ports around the country and affecting parts movements in and out ...
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FeatureUni-Select acquires The Parts Alliance to break into UK aftermarket
North American aftermarket parts distributor, Uni-Select, is making a foray into the UK market by purchasing The Parts Alliance from private equity group HgCapital in a transaction valued at £205m ($263m).According to Uni-Select, the Solihull-headquartered company is the number two distributor in the UK with about 7% of the total ...
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FeatureDaimler agrees to buy share in BAIC's Chinese electric vehicle subsidiary
Daimler has signed a framework agreement with its partner BAIC to work together on the development and manufacture of electric vehicles in China, as part of which the German carmaker will take a minority interest in BAIC's subsidiary, Beijing Electric Vehicle Company (BJEV).The agreement also involves investment in the production ...
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FeatureIcahn Automotive Group to buy Precision Auto Care
Icahn Automotive Group has offered $37m to buy US-based aftermarket service company, Precision Auto Care.Icahn Automotive Group, controlled by billionaire investor Carl Icahn's investment company, will add more than 250 corporate-owned and franchised full service shops in the US via the acquisition.“Coupled with our existing footprint of more than 1,000 ...
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FeatureNissan to combine warehousing in Australia with partner Mitsubishi
Nissan has announced it will establish a joint parts warehousing and logistics operation in Australia with fellow Japanese carmaker Mitsubishi, making it one of the first projects under their recently formed strategic alliance.In completing a $2.3 billion investment in a 34% stake last October, Nissan made Mitsubishi the third full ...