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A ship loaded with the first Ford vehicles to be exported through the Port of Portland is now making its way across the Pacific Ocean, bound for South Korea.
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The 500,000th vehicle rolled off the production line today at the Ford Sollers plant in Vsevolozhsk, near St. Petersburg, Russia. It marked a double celebration as the milestone car was a Ford Focus Wagon – the very first all-new Focus Wagon to be built at the plant.
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Søren Skou has been appointed new CEO of Maersk Line with effect from 16 January 2012.
Søren Skou was previously CEO of Maersk Tankers and replaces Eivind Kolding who is leaving Maersk Line to become Chairman of the Executive Board of Danske Bank.
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German car manufacturer exports continue to boom, and the industry’s forecasts do not indicate a collapse any time soon. This is the feeling in BLG’s automotive logistics division.
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How many people can honestly say that they have not had a day off sick in the last year?
Well, how about 5 years or even more remarkably 10 years without a day’s sickness?
That is exactly what staff at the GBA Group of Companies have recently been rewarded for.
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A milestone was reached at UECC’s premier port of Pasajes in northern Spain last week, when, together with the Port Authority, UECC celebrated the 6 millionth unit through their state-of the-art terminal facility.
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November 1 and 2 saw a select gathering of industry professionals at the Ambassador Hotel in St Petersburg Russia for the annual SeaNews Freight 2011 Conference.
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On the 11th November 2011 the Russian and WTO working parties agreed terms that will pave the way for Russia’s acceptance to the World Trade Organisation. Russian lawmakers are expected to approve membership early next year following the December parliamentary elections. Russia will then formally join the group 30 days after Duma ratification.
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The philosophy of Just-In-Time (JIT) is simple: inventory is waste. JIT inventory systems expose the hidden cost of keeping stocks and the JIT inventory philosophy defines how it is viewed and how it relates to management. Until now, that is...
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For years now the automotive industry has been talking about collaboration. At conference after conference, seminar after seminar, whole sessions have been devoted to the discussion of this most elusive of concepts. What is collaboration? Who needs to espouse it? On what levels should it function? Are we any nearer to achieving it than we ever were?
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