All News articles – Page 361
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FeatureWashington port turns from logs to logistics
In the face of finished vehicle congestion at the Port of Tacoma, logistics provider The Pasha Group has used the Port of Grays Harbor in Washington to unload 3,200 new Kia vehicles, marking the first ever shipment of vehicles to a port more used to exporting logs. The M/V Morning ...
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FeatureSeat goes the extra mile in Spain
Spanish carmaker Seat, which saw its rail provider Autometro deliver 63,305 vehicles from the Martorell plant to the nearby Port of Barcelona last year, is now planning to extend the link to the Moll Costa wharf, currently being enlarged to accommodate a short-sea shipping terminal. Autometro is a joint-venture ...
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FeatureToyota takes emergency measures at Malmo
Toyota has reached maximum capacity at its Malmö vehicle logistics centre in Sweden following a regional sales slump and has been forced to charter a PCTC vessel for temporary storage from Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics. The Morning Glory will be used to store a maximum of 2,500 vehicles of various models ...
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FeatureDSV takes a stake in DFDS
In a joint venture formed with DFDS’s majority shareholder JL-Fondet, Danish logistics and freight-forwarding company DSV has bought a 25 per cent stake in the ro-ro and container giant. The deal between DSV and JL-Fondet means the two companies will jointly own Vesterhavet-DSV, a newly formed joint holding company that ...
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FeatureFiat and Chrysler to share distribution
Fiat will provide Chrysler with new distribution networks, including those outside of North America, as part of the global strategic alliance announced yesterday. The new alliance, which is designed to contribute to Chrysler’s restructuring plan, will allow the carmakers to access each others markets via existing distribution routes and optimise ...
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Volvo Truck makes it big in Russia
Volvo Truck has started production at a new €100m plant in Kaluga, Russia and will feed assembly with parts from its Swedish component factories in Umeå (truck cabs), Skovde (engines) and Koping (transmissions). Volvo Logistics is handling all inbound deliveries and outbound movements to the Russian market and ...
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Key executives on the move
Patrik Puskala has been appointed Managing Director of Avelon Group Oy succeeding Jan Lönnblad who will continue as Advisor to the Board of Directors.Mr Puskala has worked at the Baltic-based automotive LSP since May 2006 when he joined as Development Director focusing on M&A activities and Russian expansion. In July ...
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FeatureDHL rolls out shared-user system to suppliers in the UK
DHL Exel Supply Chain has launched a shared-user warehousing and logistics solution for inbound automotive component suppliers in the UK. It enables Tier One and Two suppliers to cut costs by sharing facilities and IT systems, as well as providing transactional-based pricing models which lessen commercial risk as volume or ...
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FeatureGas dispute stops delivery for Hyundai-Kia
Slovakian plants in Trnava for PSA, and in Zilinia for Kia, have been forced to stop production of cars and engines from Thursday last week because the gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine has cut off gas supply to the country. Hyundai’s new Czech plant in Nosovice, 90 kms away ...
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FeatureMorocco launches Tangier-Med business park
Construction was officially launched by King Mohammed VI last week on the Tangier-Med Industrial Park in Morocco, which will feature a vehicle industrial complex to support Africa’s biggest car factory, currently being built by the Renault-Nissan Alliance. The €600m Greenfield plant, due for completion at the end of 2010/beginning 2011, ...
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FeatureCeva supports John Deere in Brazil
Ceva Logistics is opening a new distribution centre in Brazil for agricultural manufacturer John Deere at its 35,000 m2 facility in Campinas in the state of Sao Paulo. It will consolidate activity currently handled by the Catalão and Horizontina distribution centres it runs in the mid-west and south of ...
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FeatureIndia's truck strike hits auto sector
The recent announcement that Indian carmakers are seeking to bolster their stagnating domestic sales with increased exports of finished vehicles faced an immediate problem last week as a nationwide trucker strike escalated to include port operatives and oil workers. The action, which lasted eight days, hit both the public and ...
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FeatureKey executive news
Captain Sam Judah, Managing Director of the UK’s terminal operator GBA Group (pictured), has been awarded an MBE for “Services to Business and to the Community in the East Riding of Yorkshire”.Following his 17-year career at sea, Captain Judah has spent 22 years working within the ports and terminals industry, ...
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FeatureGrimaldi expands despite downturn
Grimaldi Lines has launched its new fortnightly Euro-Aegean ro-ro service with the departure of the Grande Sicilia from Hamburg’s Unikai Terminal bound for Alexandria, Egypt. The Grande Sicilia will be joined by sister ship the Grande Italia and both are equipped to load a range of ro-ro units including automobiles, ...
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FeatureRolf Group opens first dealer in Tajikistan for Mitsubishi
Rolf Group subsidiary Rycom has opened the first official car dealership in Tajikistan for Mitsubishi and is supporting it with a new distribution business in the country. Rycom, which is also the official distributor of Mitsubishi vehicles in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, is feeding the new Tajik business along its New ...
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FeatureCeva braves the Thai market to support Isuzu
Ceva Logistics has chosen a difficult time to sign a new contract with Isuzu Motors for warehousing and shipping services in Thailand as the economic downturn reaches the country. The agreement covers outbound logistics for Isuzu’s knockdown assembly at the company’s facility near the Eastern Seaboard Industrial Estate, 120km south-east ...
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FeatureRyder slashes automotive business
By the end of 2009 Ryder will have pulled out of nearly half its automotive operations in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Europe and severely cut automotive-related activity in North America, putting more than 3,000 jobs on the line. The logistics and supply chain leader has announced a number of “strategic ...
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FeatureUnited Road boosts customer offering with Autolog purchase
Finished vehicle transporter United Road has bought fellow US carrier Autolog Auto Transport and expanded its national network with the addition of more than 100 pick-up and delivery locations. Autolog is credited as the company that introduced the transport of privately-owned vehicles and the acquisition will give its customers an ...
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NewsPorsche upgrades Zuffenhausen plant with logistics automation
[Update Nov 23] Porsche is investing €250m ($272m) to upgrade its main plant in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, increasing capacity and flexibility in the production of combustion-engine and electric sports cars. The upgrade includes the latest automated guided vehicles (AGVs), additional logistics areas and a new high-bay rack.