Premium electric carmaker Tesla Motors has announced it will begin distribution of its Model S sedan from its new 6,000-square-metre European distribution centre at Tilburg in The Netherlands. It is the first time the vehicle has been distributed outside of the US since it was introduced last
Automotive Logistics - Following the departure of Bob Socia as vice president, Global Purchasing and Supply Chain (read more here), General Motors has named Grace Lieblein(pictured) as his successor, responsible for its purchasing activities and supply chain and logistics operations worldwide.
Automotive Logistics РHonda has exported its one millionth car from the United States, 25 years after exports from the country began. The milestone vehicle was a silver Accord EX-L Sedan and was loaded on a H̦egh car carrier at port Hueneme in California bound for Seoul in South Korea.
Volkswagen is building a new €250m ($332m) engine plant in Kaluga to supply its vehicle assembly plant there as well as for supply to contract production of VW vehicles at the GAZ plant in Nizhny Novgorod. The carmaker has also signed a letter of intent for a new logistics centre in Moscow for aftermarket parts […]
US East Coast and Gulf ports are facing the renewed threat of widespread strikes at the end of December with the extension to the current bargaining process between the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) and the International Longshoreman’s Association (ILA) due to expire on the 29th December. If the strike goes ahead it will
Trucking info – The annualized linehaul driver turnover rate at large truckload fleets remained over 100% for the second straight month, and the churn at smaller truckload carriers rose to a five-year high, according to American Trucking Associations Trucking Activity Report.
Fleet Owner – With President Barack Obama in attendance, Daimler Trucks announced it will become the first commercial vehicle manufacturer in the NAFTA region to offer a fully integrated powertrain from its own production following an expansion at its Redford, MI, plant.
Transport Topics – Talks between the International Longshoremen Association and East and Gulf Coast port operators stalled this week, with a contract deadline looming Dec. 29 after which the union could strike, the Associated Press reported Thursday.
CCJ – The U.S. Department of Energy projects that the use of natural gas in heavy-duty vehicles will offset growth in diesel consumption during the next few decades, eventually displacing a predicted 700,000 barrels of oil per day by 2040, according to the 2013 edition of the Annual Energy Outlook released this week by the […]
