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May was a record month for container volumes at JAXPORT, the Florida port serving the greater Jacksonville area and beyond.
Total container movements rose by 37% year-over-year in May to more than 128,900 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), beating a previous record of 123,700 TEUs set in October 2019.
For its 2021 fiscal year, which runs from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30, container volumes are up by 15% year-to-date to nearly 950,000 TEUs.
Of that, JAXPORT’s two largest trade lanes for containers...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/floridas-jaxport-boasts-record-container-volumes-in-may
Autoworkers at Volkswagen’s (OTCMKTS: VWAGY) plant in Puebla, Mexico, recently voted to go on strike if wage negotiations can’t be settled by Aug. 18.
More than 3,100 members of the Independent Union of Workers of the Volkswagen Automotive Industry (SITIAVW) approved union representatives to negotiate a salary increase and that the review be carried under the terms of the workers’ collective bargaining agreement.
Volkswagen’s plant in the central Mexican city makes the Taos, Tiguan, Jetta and...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/volkswagen-workers-in-mexico-approve-strike-amid-pay-review
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Transmission is sponsored by AIT. Most automakers rely on “just-in-time” manufacturing to optimize production. That model requires precise coordination throughout every link in the global supply chain. And that’s where AIT Worldwide Logistics comes in. AIT’s automotive logistics professionals are the experts at developing resilient, scalable solutions for OEM and Tier 1 supply chains across Asia, Europe, and North America. AIT has the expertise, technology, and carrier connections to achieve...
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A Mexican auto parts supplier became the first company to receive a labor violation complaint under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) on Monday.
The complaint against the Tridonex auto parts factory in Matamoros, Mexico, just across the border from Brownsville, Texas, alleges workers were denied independent union representation in violation of the trade pact, which replaced the North American Free Trade Agreement in July 2020.
The AFL-CIO, the largest U.S. labor federation, filed...
https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/labor-complaint-filed-against-mexican-auto-parts-supplier
Ford Motor Co. expects to lose about 50% of its planned second-quarter production, about $2.5 billion in earnings, due to the global semiconductor chip shortage affecting the industry.
“The semiconductor shortage and the impact to production will get worse before it gets better. In fact, we believe our second quarter will be the trough for this year,” CEO Jim Farley said during the company’s earnings call Wednesday.
Matt Silver, CEO of cross-border logistics technology platform Forager, said...
https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/auto-industry-faces-more-work-stoppages-due-to-chip-shortage
Transmission is sponsored by AIT. Most automakers rely on “just-in-time” manufacturing to optimize production. That model requires precise coordination throughout every link in the global supply chain. And that’s where AIT Worldwide Logistics comes in. AIT’s automotive logistics professionals are the experts at developing resilient, scalable solutions for OEM and Tier 1 supply chains across Asia, Europe, and North America. AIT has the expertise, technology, and carrier connections to achieve...
Hello, Transmission members!
You know that your corner of the automotive industry isn’t exactly niche anymore when mainstream media outlets start encroaching on the topic. That’s the case today, as exemplified by an NPR segment Thursday morning discussing electric vehicle battery components.
That’s as good a place as any to start the newsletter, since the sourcing of advanced vehicle components is only going to get more and more important — in other words, more and more newsworthy — as the...
Dennis Manns is the executive vice president of North Motors Group, which advises automotive OEMs and logistics supplier groups. The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.
By Dennis Manns
It is an important time for rail customers to think critically and play the long game. Recently, Canadian Pacific (NYSE: CP) announced that it would acquire Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU) [KCS], triggering review by the
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