All News articles – Page 204
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DB Schenker launches London Eurohub
DB Schenker Rail UK has launched a rail hub near London that can handle the unloading, storage, preparation and distribution of 150,000+ finished vehicles per year. The London Eurohub, situated in Barking, is the only rail-linked facility of its type, according to DB Schenker. It is connected to the HS1 ...
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US car carrier rolls out CNG fleet for Honda shuttle service
North American finished vehicle carrier, Virginia Transportation Corporation, has introduced a fleet of 30 compressed-natural gas (CNG)-fuelled transporters for the movement of Honda finished vehicles from the carmaker’s plant in Lincoln, Alabama.The transport provider has also worked with CNG Suppliers and Alabama Natural Gas on a CNG fuelling station in ...
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Guenter Butschek named as new CEO of Tata Motors
Guenter Butschek, a former Daimler executive who has held a number of roles in logistics, has been appointed as chief executive officer and managing director at India’s Tata Motors.Butschek will lead all Tata Motors operations in India, and in international markets including South Korea, Thailand, Indonesia and South Africa.Butschek is ...
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Jérôme Lorrain to lead Ceva’s new Ground Transportation division
Ceva Logistics has added a fourth business division to its operations that will focus on ground transport services and run alongside its existing air, ocean and contract logistics units. The new division will be headed by Jérôme Lorrain, who is taking up the position of chief operating officer (COO).The services ...
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ECG column: A call to action
Only a united and inclusive association, with a multitude of active participants, can resolve the concerns of its members, writes ECG president Costantino Baldissara (far right, with vice-president Wolfgang Göbel)Every industry association is fuelled, not only by the energy of its secretariat, but by the will and dynamism of its ...
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UTi shareholders approve DSV acquisition
Shareholders at UTi Worldwide have voted overwhelmingly to agree to the merger agreement between DSV and UTi Worldwide.The transaction is still subject to regulatory approval by competition authorities in South Africa, but this is not expected to present a problem.DSV has said that the company still expects to close in ...
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BMW’s Mathias Wellbrock to take in-plant role in Mexico; Peter Hoerndlein to take global outbound position
Mathias Wellbrock (pictured), currently general manager for plant dispatch and vehicle distribution at the BMW Group, will take on a new role from March 1st in plant logistics for the carmaker’s upcoming new plant in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Wellbrock’s replacement in vehicle distribution will be Peter Hoerndlein, who currently ...
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Markus Lange takes over Volkswagen Group’s outbound logistics; Andrea Eck leads Logistics Campus
Volkswagen Group has a new head of global vehicle logistics, as Markus Lange has taken over the role from Andrea Eck (pictured), who is now responsible for the Logistics Campus at the Volkswagen Academy, a training and innovation centre.Markus Lange is now the head of outbound for Volkswagen Konzernlogistik (group ...
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FeatureBLG takes over inbound parts management for BMW at Leipzig
German transport and logistics provider, BLG Logistics, has taken over inbound parts logistics for BMW at its plant in Leipzig.Operations at a 200,000 sq.m facility at the Leipzig plant, started at the beginning of January and BLG’s Industrial Logistics unit is providing services including receiving and warehouse management, sequencing and ...
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俄罗斯将向出口物流注资几十亿
俄罗斯政府已经宣布，要拿出50亿卢布（约合6,260万美元），支持该国装配厂出口汽车。俄罗斯工贸部长Denis Manturov说，这笔钱将用于原始设备制造商在境外经销之前，在境内运输汽车产生的费用。基金的分配以及项目的实行，可能有俄罗斯出口中心（REC）负责。REC一位发言人证实，该中心将负责分析原始设备制造商的物理计划。国家财政预算可能不会包括过度昂贵的计划，而且钱的额数可能在未来数周内有所变化。Manturov说，“50亿卢布是工贸部的建议，是为了2016年出口车辆的运输提供补偿。但是，我们已经指示政府部门敲定额数，以便我们能决定分配基金。大体上，我们是同意这个想法，但额数抬高，这将接近50亿。”这个计划已经得到市场分析师和原始设备制造商的支持。工业部建议，这个策略将会使俄罗斯的汽车厂保持去年的生产率：大约130万辆。VTB Capital公司分析师Vladimir Bespalov说，“卢布贬值使出口从经济上更有吸引力，但是由于物流成本过高，加大海外出口变得很困难。据工贸部数据，目前俄罗斯汽车厂的平均负载率只有40%。鉴于俄罗斯市场的状态，这种情况很难改善。”GAZ公司副总裁Elena Matveeva也认为这个计划会有积极后果。她说，“这是个非常重要的措施。GAZ集团的出口量不断增长，但是运输物流成本限制着我们的发展。“我们还希望运输补贴不仅包括俄罗斯境内的运输，还包括海外的运输。比如，从俄罗斯边境到古巴的运输，是国内运输成本的10倍。而且更重要的是，这种支持应该在扩展到各种运输，包括铁路和公路。”现代、起亚和大众的代表也表达了对这个计划的支持。然而，很多原始设备制造商们称，虽然补贴的力度很大，但是不会根本上改变出口数量。一家外国原始设备制造商在俄分公司的一位匿名代表称，“社会物流的成本在下降，尤其是海洋运输部门。工贸部讨论过更广泛的出口支持，但是如果为所有物流都进行财政支持花费太高，工贸部就拒绝了这个议案，因为没有太多的资金。”物流补贴似乎比开始预期要少。2015年11月，工贸部副部长Alexandr Morozov称，出口补贴可能最高达到210亿卢布（约合3.5亿美元，这是基于11月份兑换利率）。
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Russia moots switch of auto parts from Turkey to Serbia
Russia's deputy prime minister, Dmitry Rogozin, has revealed that the government in Moscow is seeking to move the manufacture of automotive spare parts for major domestic vehicle producers from Turkey to Serbia.“Until now, these car components were manufactured in Turkey,” Rogozin told the Sputnik news agency. “We believe that the ...
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FeatureGM adds second China import to the US
Following the announcement that it will be importing the Buick Envision from China to the US this year, GM now also plans to import the plug-in hybrid version of its Cadillac CT6 luxury sedan. The plug-in CT6 model, which will launch in the US in the last quarter of this ...
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FeatureBrazeau expands role at FCA to include Mexico; Steunkel takes on inbound
Marc Brazeau (left) has added a number of new responsibilities to his previous role as head of vehicle transportation at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA). Since the beginning of January he has become head of vehicle and Mexico logistics, MOPAR/International Procurement. At the same time, Wendi Gentry Steunkel, who is director ...
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Myanmar concede a Kerry Logistics la gestión de sus puertos internos
Kerry Logistics ha anunciado que su filial, KLN (Singapur) ha obtenido la concesión para operar los puertos internos en Yangon y Mándala, se trata de los principales puertos comerciales de Myanmar, en el sudeste asiático. Anteriormente el propio gobierno gestionaba los puertos. Según Kerry Logistics, el gobierno de Myanmar estaría ...
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UPS strengthens US-Mexico cross border services
UPS has announced that it has strengthened its cross-border services to help US exporters find new opportunities in Mexico, and Mexican exporters to increase trade with the US.The US is Mexico’s largest trading partner, and Mexico is the United States’ second-largest export market – after Canada – and its third-largest ...
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BMW NA chooses Neovia Logistics for PDC labour services
Neovia Logistics, a US-based 3PL and supply chain management company, has announced that it has entered into a five-year agreement with BMW of North America.The agreement will see Neovia providing labour services for the OEM’s US regional parts distribution centres in Stockton, California, and Minooka, Illinois. Neovia began working with ...
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Honda moving CR-V production from Mexico to US
Honda has announced that it plans to move production of the CR-V from Guadalajara in Mexico, to the company’s Indiana plant in the US. Production of the new HR-V, meanwhile, which is already built at the carmaker's plant in Celaya, Mexico, will also be added to Guadalajara. Both moves are ...
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FeatureSuzuki looking to export cars from India to Russia
Suzuki is currently considering exporting cars from its Indian division, Maruti Suzuki, to Russia.“Our promising Russian model lineup includes cars that are currently assembled in India. Therefore, we are working on this issue in terms of logistics, delivery time and price,” said Irina Zelentsova, sales and marketing director, Suzuki Motor ...
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China’s CMG to merge with Sinotrans CSC
China’s government has approved the multi-billion dollar merger of its state-owned shipping and logistics giant CMG with rival Sinotrans & CSC Holdings, also a state-owned firm.According to Reuters the merger places brings together CMG’s assets worth an estimated 624 billion yuan ($96 billion) with those owned by Sinotrans & CSC ...
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ThyssenKrupp makes further investment in Mexico for regional supply
Vehicle components supplier, ThyssenKrupp, is deepening its footprint in Mexico with the announcement of a €70m ($75.6m) steering systems plant in Puebla that is expected to open early next year. The plant will produce around 1.4m electric power-assisted steering systems per year by 2018 for supply to OEMs in North ...