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FeatureWWL lands contract with VW in the US
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) has secured a contract with Volkswagen Group of America for vehicle processing services and outbound yard management at the carmaker’s new $1 billion plant currently being built in Chattanooga, Tennessee. WWL will provide technical services and value-added accessory installation, vehicle releasing, distribution and rail loading. Production ...
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FeatureLivorno bucks the downward trend
Figures for finished vehicle movements through the European ports for 2009 do not make happy reading on the whole. For the second year in a row there was a decline across leading ports with many down in double figures. Bremerhaven saw a combined drop in exports and imports of nearly ...
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FeatureMercedes opens Brunswick VPC
Monday saw the arrival of 16,000 Mercedes-Benz vehicles at the US Port of Brunswick, marking the first delivery to the carmaker’s new $17.5m vehicle processing centre (VPC) at the Colonel’s Island terminal. The 6,500m2 facility is the second VPC to be established on the south side of terminal, the other ...
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FeatureGrooming the yard
Specialised software on the riseTagging to trackIncreasing productivityThe road aheadIT systems, whether hardware or software, are beginning to be more sophisticated for managing flows in and out of vehicle yards. Jim Romeo reportsWhile the automotive inbound and outbound supply chain has become more complex, the IT systems used to track ...
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FeatureEuropean car ports are waiting on an Asian dream
China’s big paper plansAssessing the European landing pointKia went to a smaller port, and so could othersChina and India have raced ahead in domestic car sales, but logistics providers and port operators in Europe are wondering when, and if, they will arrive on local shores in any substantial way. Malcolm ...
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FeatureMercedes will handle BMW in Baltimore
Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) will process BMW and MINI vehicles through the Port of Baltimore from March 2010 under a new five-year deal between the two companies. MBUSA will provide pre-delivery inspection services including processing and repair at its facility at the port for an annual movement of 50,000 BMW and ...
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FeatureCAT Group to process Kias through Le Havre
From January 2010, CAT Group will process and distribute Kia vehicles to the carmaker’s dealerships in France via the Port of Le Havre, handling 20,000 new and 2,000 used vehicles per year delivered there by Eukor. The move marks a shift of activity from the Port of Antwerp for distribution ...
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FeatureAmerican Honda shifts imports to Richmond
American Honda Motor is shifting 80% of its current vehicle import operations from the Port of San Diego to a new facility in Richmond, California, making it the company’s third West Coast port facility in the US. The move, which will take place from Spring 2010, is designed to more ...
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FeatureMOL and Sical to start Chennai operations
India's Sical Logistics has completed the creation of a joint venture with Japan's Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) to operate an automotive management yard at the Port of Ennore near Chennai, India. Following a MoU signed in August, the deal was finalised this week and operations are now due to commence ...
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FeatureWWL lands distribution deal with Nissan in India
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (India) has been awarded a contract to provide yard management services and domestic distribution of Nissan vehicles to dealers in India. It is the first such contract the company has secured in the country and now means the India division will provide a full range of factory-to-dealer ...
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FeatureMOL and Sical support Nissan Indian exports
Following Nissan’s decision to use MOL Auto Logistics (India) for inland export activity from its new plant near Chennai, in India, the Mitsui OSK subsidiary has announced plans this week to enter a joint venture with Chennai-based Sical Logistics to operate a vehicle management facility at the Port of Ennore. ...
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FeaturePasha deal sees Hyundai-Kias delivered to San Diego
As South Korea seeks free trade agreements around the world, the country’s leading carmaker isn’t waiting for tariffs to fall as it continues to export to foreign markets. Next Monday sees the first delivery of Hyundai-Kia vehicles to the US port of San Diego under a new three-year agreement between ...
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FeatureWWL Cruzes into Bristol
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics has delivered 2,133 Chevrolets to the UK aboard its PCTC M/V Tijuca. The vehicles were offloaded at Portbury, Bristol and included the first customer-ordered Cruze models for the UK market, ready for debut in dealerships this month. The Tijuca began service this year and is the biggest ...
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FeatureCAT prepares for the upturn at Southampton
CAT Group has opened a €1m vehicle processing centre at the Port of Southampton in the UK so that it can become “the undisputed leader in the automotive logistics industry”. It aims to do so by offering a range of bespoke services at the new facility, including delivery chain management, ...
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FeatureFirst Nissan shipment through Vladivostok
A new agreement between Vladivostok Automobile Terminal and logistics provider Russian Transport Lines has seen the first shipment of Nissan cars through the port destined for customers in the far east of the country. “This is a trial shipment of Nissan new cars within an agreement with Russian Transport Lines ...
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FeatureTemPark rolls out parking solution for BLG in Europe
In its first European contract, temporary parking surface specialist TemPark has installed a test site three-quarters of a hectare (1.85 acres) at BLG’s AutoTerminal Kelheim in Saal, near Donau, Germany. The surface provides parking for almost 400 vehicles in a four-block configuration. “BLG picked TemPark because of much lower cost ...
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FeatureNo bids for Mexico but Brazil's worth the berth
The recent tender for a new vehicle terminal at the Mexican port of Lázaro Cárdenas has been declared deserted by the port authority after neither of the two remaining bidders was prepared to commit to a firm timetable for the second phase development of the facility. Of the initial ...
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FeatureBLG benefits from shipping surfeit
In the face of Q1 results that saw business at its Bremerhaven Auto Terminal drop by half, BLG Logistics is benefitting from charters arising from the surfeit in vessels that many shipping companies find themselves with in the current downturn. K Line and Van Uden are just two of the ...
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FeatureUK port still sees scope for automotive
Despite declining volumes at its car terminals in the past six months, the Port of Tyne, near Newcastle in the north of England, is keen to develop recently acquired land for the automotive industry. “We have about 50 acres (20 hectares) to develop, and we want to look at it ...
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FeatureCar carriers welcome Greek tariff freeze
The Port of Piraeus is keeping its car terminal tariffs frozen for the remainder of 2009 and providing a range of incentives including the provision of 50% more free storage time for vehicles. Following consultations between the Piraeus Port Authority and the collective representative body of Greek shipping agents – ...