Industry News

‘Cognitive Distraction’ Means Hands-Free Cell Phones Aren’t Any Safer

Fleet managers walked out of Wednesday Fleet Safety Conference keynote speech vowing to change the use of cell phones while driving in both their fleets and their personal lives, following a powerful presentation on distracted driving.

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Improving Fleet Safety with Integrated Driver Safety Training

Anything that reduces traffic accidents for everyone that uses the road is a good thing. That’s the main goal of the new safe driving features being offered by Fleetistics, a Florida-based fleet management company utilizing GPS tracking.

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GLOBAL ROUND UP

DB Schenker Rail will start a new service between Germany and Turkey in September this year that will eventually offer five pairs of trains per week to enhance its existing service between Western Europe and Turkey. The service supports both finished vehicle and automotive parts deliveries.

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MERC DEVELOPS SALES AND DEALER NETWORK IN CHINA

Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz division has set up a sales management unit for China in Stuttgart, Germany and announced the expansion of its dealer network in China, as well as a new aftersales initiative.  

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CLEAR ADVANTAGES FOR LOCALISATION IN RUSSIA

Localisation of the automotive supply chain in Russia is critical to being a major player in the market according to speakers at this week’s Automotive Logistics Russia conference in Moscow. Speakers from General Motors and Russia’s Gaz Group  

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OEMS COUNT THE COST OF MOL COMFORT BREAK UP

Automotive OEMs and tier one suppliers are trying to assess what losses they may have made following the break up of the Mitsui OSK container vessel – MOL Comfort– off the coast of Yemen, which was carrying almost 4,400 containers.  

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How Safety Audits Apply to New Owner-Operators

If you decide to get your own DOT number and strike out on your own, one regulatory requirement you will need to be aware of is the “new-entrant safety audit.†This is an in-depth audit conducted by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. It involves examining six areas of the new carrier’s safety compliance and […]

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GM’s Batey gets global Chevy job, keeps U.S. sales role

General Motors named U.S. sales chief Alan Batey as senior vice president of Chevrolet worldwide, a newly created post charged with growing GM’s largest brand into a global powerhouse.

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Supplier mission to Mexico

The United States Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration’s, US and Foreign Commercial Service (CS) is organising an auto supply chain trade mission to Mexico City and Monterrey, Mexico in September.

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