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This innovative service is designed to meet the new changes in the market place and keep car stocks at dealerships to a minimum. The D2D (Dealer to Dealer) service will mean that dealerships will be able to work together so that car models can be dispatched to areas of increased demand.

"The market’s changing and it’s up to us to adapt to these changes so that we can continue to keep our customers happy. By ensuring the best possible delivery times, this service offers real added value, not only for carmakers, but also for dealerships and end users", points out Fabrizio Cosentino, FVL (Finished Vehicles Logistics) operations and purchasing manager for GEFCO Italy.

GEFCO Spain unveils a new dedicated automotive logistics rail transport service

In Spain, GEFCO has launched a new FVL (Finished Vehicles Logistics) rail transport service, thus consolidating its position as a major player in multimodal transport in the countries of the Iberian Peninsula.

Initially, there will be two trains a week with a facility for tracking goods in real time available via a dedicated Internet portal. The system was first introduced for PSA Peugeot Citroën, in conjunction with the transport services operating from Vigo and Barcelona to the south of France. Over the coming weeks, GEFCO Spain will be extending this service to its other customers to run alongside its road service in the region.

"With the launch of this new service, not only has GEFCO Spain demonstrated that it is a first class logistics provider for the automotive industry, offering the best possible geographical coverage, it has also shown that it is a service provider which is dedicated to helping its customers achieve their environmental goals by reducing CO2 emissions through the use of multimodal transport“, insists Lourdes Soto, FVL (Finished Vehicles Logistics) Manager at GEFCO Spain.

GEFCO France completes the transport of vehicles and customs formalities for the Geneva motor show in record time

The Roissy customs centre and the special transports division of GEFCO France transported thirty-four vehicles worth a total of more than 55 million euros, from England and France to the Geneva motor show (from 11 to 16 March 2014). GEFCO France also carried out the positioning of the vehicles on their stands and the return transport. The transport, logistics and customs operations were completed in less than a week.

"It was very satisfying to have our customers from outside the Group place their trust in us for the Geneva motor show. This event was the opportunity for us to demonstrate once again our expertise in tailor made transport solutions which we’ve built up over more than twenty-five years", explains Ali Msa, Customs manager for the Ile de France Region.

GEFCO Turkey offers made-to-measure training to young future graduates

GEFCO Turkey has introduced its new “Trainee Rotation" programme, designed for students in their final year of studies or who are soon to graduate. Each candidate follows a personalised training course in the different departments at GEFCO Turkey, which can lead to a position within GEFCO. The programme is also run in GEFCO’s Russian, as well as Eastern and Northern European subsidiaries.

"We embarked upon the project in 2011 and we’re happy with the way it’s turned out today. Its success speaks for itself because the talented young graduates who joined GEFCO Turkey through the programme are still with us today, notes Yasemin Uygun, GEFCO Turkey’s Human Resources Manager.