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FeatureFord appoints McKelvey director of parts supply and logistics
Ford has appointed Steve McKelvey as its new director of parts supply and logistics at the group’s headquarters in Cologne. Raymond Damerow, who formerly held the position, has moved over to a sales position in Europe. Educated at Michigan State University, McKelvey has been active in the role since September, ...
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FeatureDB Schenker to combine north and eastern European logistics operations
Logistics provider DB Schenker has reorganised its European management structure and merged its northern and eastern European regions. The new merged region extends to the UK, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Ukraine, and Belarus. It means the European region is now the second-largest in ...
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FeatureGeodis appoints Metzger as MD of Geodis Northern Europe
Geodis Logistics has appointed Andrea Metzger as managing director of its northern European operations. Metzger will assume responsibility for the logistics services within Belgium, Germany, Ireland, and the Netherlands. She will consolidate Geodis’s growth across Northern Europe, a region with a prevalence of large ports.Metzger graduated from the European Business ...
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FeatureLessons in the supply chain: Wayne State and AIAG partnership
Wayne State University in Michigan has set up a non-degree certificate programme in partnership with the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG). The course is designed to provide students with an understanding of current supply chain topics, with a specific focus on the automotive industry.Participants will cover a wide range of ...
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FeatureYusen to manage Yamaha PDC
Yusen Logistics division in the Benelux region has signed a contract with motorcycle and recreational vehicle maker, Yamaha Motor Europe, to run its parts distribution centre at Schiphol-Rijk, in the Netherlands. From January 1, 2014 the logistics provider will manage the 30,000-square metre facility, which has a storage capacity of ...
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FeaturePoor vehicle sales hit India’s carrier market
Poor vehicle sales have contributed to a bleak economic situation for India’s trucking market, as many carriers – including vehicle hauliers – are being forced to sell off portions of their fleet as many switch into “survival mode” during an industry downturn. Truck carriers have been hit with something of ...
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FeatureAIAG to launch tracking database for automotive
With support from GM, Chrysler and Toyota, North America’s Automotive Industry Action Group is creating the first ever communal web-based industry database for identifying the movement of vehicles, parts and materials through the supply chain.The first generation of the AIAG platform, called Supply Safe-Supplier Security Assessment, is planned for launch ...
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FeatureUnited Road buys Waggoners’ auto transport division
North American vehicle carrier and logistics provider United Road Services has bought the auto transport division of rival firm Waggoners Trucking, making it the continent's second largest car haulier behind Jack Cooper Transport. The deal was carried out by United Road and its private equity owners, Charlesbank Capital Parnters, for ...
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FeatureEditor's note: supply chain design and development
"I love the expression: supply chain design,” a prominent logistics executive in China told me recently. This enthusiasm reflects a trend in the country’s latest wave of factory expansion. Rising production costs and historically inefficient logistics have prompted carmakers to pay closer attention to the shape of supply chains when ...
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FeatureEditor's note: Medicine for the convalescents in finished vehicle logistics
While global markets were topsy-turvy by the end of 2013, vehicle sales in several of the most important regions were in good if not rude health. The two biggest, China and the US, have grown at their fastest pace in years. Others, like India, remain in a funk, but should ...
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FeatureECG: taking lobbying to new lengths
Efforts by the European Commission to enforce border restrictions on loaded truck lengths could hurt efficiency if the sector does not act.One of the roles that we set ourselves at ECG is ‘lobbying and representation’. This is one of the five core objectives that collectively make up our mission statement. ...
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FeatureGovernment is biggest stumbling block for India’s automotive future
More than half the delegates canvassed at last week’s Automotive Logistics India conference, held in Pune, thought that government inaction was one of the main problems facing the progress of the automotive logistics industry in the country and would be until elections in India were completed in 2014. Speakers and ...
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FeatureGM’s Holden to end manufacturing in Australia in 2017
GM has announced it will discontinue vehicle and engine manufacturing in Australia by the end of 2017, as well as significantly reduce its engineering operations. GM operates under the Holden division in the country, with headquarters in Port Melbourne.“The decision to end manufacturing in Australia reflects the perfect storm of ...
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FeatureSpanish production and exports on the rise
In October Spain's 17 car factories produced almost 211,000 vehicles, including passenger cars and commercial vehicles, an increase of 17% compared to October 2012, according to figures released by the Spanish association of car and truck manufacturers (ANFAC). In the first ten months, total production rose 9.32% to 1.83m units.ANFAC ...
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FeatureVandalism behind BNSF derailment
A BNSF Freight train carrying finished vehicles was derailed north of Tulsa, Oklahoma, last Friday (December 13th) in an incident that is being investigated as an act of vandalism.The train was on route from Tulsa to San Bernardino, California and was hauling vehicles when its rail wagons were decoupled and ...
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FeatureAPL expands in southern US
APL Logistics has announced the opening of its first customs brokerage office, the latest in the company’s efforts to expand its US network. The centre will operate through its recently-acquired subsidiary Carmichael International Service, with which it formed an alliance in 2012. APL aims to ease business operations for customers ...
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FeatureDHL to develop Chicago container facility
DHL Global Forwarding has announced an investment of $35m for a warehouse space in Chicago, Illinois. Around 40,000 square metres is available for container-loading and package preparation, ready to forward on to a variety of industry suppliers likely to include automotive. The facility will be strategically located at the Chicago ...
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FeatureRZD Logistics opens control centre for Ford Sollers
Russian Railways Logistics (RZD Logistics) has launched a dispatch control centre for Ford Sollers at the Alabuga special economic zone (SEZ) in the central Russian region of Tartarstan. Ford Sollers is RZD Logistics’ first client in the zone and the services supplied by the centre are designed to enhance inbound ...
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FeatureJAC expands in Russia and Ukraine with CKD production
Chinese carmaker Anhui Jianghuai Automobile (JAC) has launched CKD assembly of the J5 sedan in Ukraine and has plans to launch similar assembly of the S5 crossover in Russia in a bid to expand its presence in the region.The J5 facility is located at Bogdan Corporation’s car plant in the ...
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FeatureWandrie back in top role at Benteler
Faith Wandrie has moved from her role as director of Production Control and Logistics at tier one supplier Faurecia to take up the position of supply chain director ñ NAO at body structure and chassis provider Benteler Automotive.Wandrie said the main scope of her new role includes planning, release procurement, ...