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Mexico conference: Uncertainty well-balanced with optimism

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While a degree of uncertainty over the future of free trade between Mexico and its Nafta neighbours to the north once again hung over discussions at this year’s Automotive Logistics Mexico conference, it was more than matched by confidence in the future of the automotive sector. Outbound visibility.

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Innovation and smart technology: Why BMW is driving both

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Within the carmaker’s production halls, tugger trains or smart transport robots (STR) are increasingly used to transport parts, with 30 STRs set to be in operation this year. We also had a proof of technology for high-voltage batteries, where we had to give an example of how to move them around corners,” added Maidl. “We

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Gefco: Full of get up and go

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On the outbound side of the business, Gefco has seen double-digit growth on an organic footing over the last three years. At the press conference in Paris in January, Nadal said the company was opening up to new industrial sectors including aviation, manufacturing, energy, life sciences and healthcare, among others.

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Navigating an uncertain future

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The finished vehicle logistics sector needs to find better ways to communicate and collaborate to meet the challenges of an uncertain future, delegates at this year’s Finished Vehicle Logistics North America conference in California were told in March. That meant volatility for a tightly managed outbound supply chain, she suggested.

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Navigating an uncertain future

Automotive Logistics

The finished vehicle logistics sector needs to find better ways to communicate and collaborate to meet the challenges of an uncertain future, delegates at this year’s Finished Vehicle Logistics North America conference in California were told in March. That meant volatility for a tightly managed outbound supply chain, she suggested.

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Intermodal providers tout reliability for shippers | Full Stories – Caption as the Content | Full

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There is an unreliability based on shipping patterns that intermodal does not have.” “Intermodal does not have to rely on a certain amount of freight landing in a certain area in order to provide reliability on an outbound basis.” Achten was one of the speakers this week in Long Beach, Calif.,

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Settling into steady growth

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of them driving around it, making it the second largest in China for vehicle numbers behind Beijing – and it was to Chengdu that delegates headed last week for this year’s Automotive Logistics China conference. The city of Chengdu has 4.5m That is no easy task given that the previous modal split was 80% road, 12% rail and 8% waterway.