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Marcus Williams

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Senior Content Producer at Automotive Logistics

Senior Content Producer, Automotive Logistics Group

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  • 3 weeks ago | automotivelogistics.media | Marcus Williams

    Maruti Suzuki has once again increased the annual volume of vehicles distributed by rail across India, equal to almost 25% of its total outbound volume across the financial year. Indian carmaker Maruti Suzuki has reported moving more than 500,000 vehicles by rail in the last financial year (2024-2025), roughly a quarter of its total distribution across the period (see chart). The carmaker said that in doing so it saved 180,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions and 630m litres of fuel.

  • 3 weeks ago | automotivelogistics.media | Marcus Williams

    A car carrier chartered by SAIC Anji Logistics has caught fire in the Pacific Ocean en route to the Mexican port of Lázaro Cárdenas. Smoke was first reported coming from the vessel deck containing electric and hybrid vehicles on June 3  A fire aboard a pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) carrying more than 3,000 vehicles, including 800 battery electric and hybrid units, has been abandoned in the mid-Pacific following a fire that its crew was unable to control.

  • 3 weeks ago | automotivelogistics.media | Marcus Williams

    UECC has added another dual-fuel LNG vessel to its network connecting northern Europe and the Mediterranean, as well as adding a third Turkish port in answer to demand for more sustainable finished vehicle services. United European Car Carriers (UECC) has added a dual-fuel LNG pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) to its north-south Europe trading network along with an additional port call in Turkey at Yarímca. UECC vessels already calls at the Turkish ports of Efesan and Autoport.

  • 3 weeks ago | automotivelogistics.media | Marcus Williams

    US vehicle import tariffs and vessel fees are causing uncertainty across North American ports but upgrades to infrastructure through 2024 have given some of the top volume processors room for manoeuvre.

  • 3 weeks ago | automotivelogistics.media | Marcus Williams

    US vehicle import tariffs and vessel fees are causing uncertainty across North American ports but upgrades to infrastructure through 2024 have given some of the top volume processors room for manoeuvre. VW Group of America has opened a terminal at Port Freeport in Texas that has capacity to import and process up to 140,000 vehicles annually The main vehicle processing ports and terminal operators in the US and Canada are dealing with a lot of uncertainty in the first two quarters of 2025.

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Marcus Williams
Marcus Williams @Marcus_AutoLog
15 May 24

DP World heads off ro-ro and multilevel capacity shortage with cross-border containerised vehicle delivery service from Mexico to US and Canada https://t.co/1CGQaRKZ6n https://t.co/jA0UPRXGJj

Marcus Williams
Marcus Williams @Marcus_AutoLog
2 Jun 23

RT @Auto_Logistics: Lisa Kline has replaced Matt Ritter as vice-president of vehicle planning and logistics at Subaru of America. Ritter ha…

Marcus Williams
Marcus Williams @Marcus_AutoLog
2 Jun 23

RT @Auto_Logistics: .@renaultgroup has appointed Denis Le Vot (pictured) chief supply chain officer, a new role that combines supply chain…