Why Carmakers Are Shifting to Rail: 3 Hard Pressures
Carmakers aren't shifting to rail logistics for green PR. Driver shortages, toll hikes, and compound dwell costs are making rail a strategic default for OEM distribution planners.
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Open vs Enclosed Car Transport: What Dealers Actually Decide
Open vs enclosed car transport for new vehicles isn't a prestige call — it's a liability, insurance, and contract decision. Here's the real dealer framework.
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Ro-Ro vs Container Car Shipping: Which Is Cheaper in 2026?
Ro-Ro wins on unit cost—usually. But for EVs, thin routes, and US-bound flows, container shipping is now the smarter call. Here's the exact decision framework.
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Cheapest Way to Ship a Car from China to Europe
Ro-Ro, FCL container, or LCL consolidation? A cost-ranked breakdown for dealers importing Chinese cars to Europe, with real landed-cost gaps included.
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5 Levers to Cut Finished Vehicle Logistics Costs Now
Dwell time, load factor, route optimisation, damage rates, compound fees — here's where dealers should attack the logistics P&L first, and how to do it.
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End-of-Lease Remarketing Logistics: Where RV Goes to Die
European leasing operators lose residual value before the car reaches auction — not at the hammer. Here's the step-by-step breakdown of where logistics quietly destroys it.
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Yard Management Systems for Car Compounds: What They Do
A yard management system gives compound operators real-time slot, gate, and dwell-time control. Without one, throughput and billing accuracy bleed silently.
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ADR Rules for EV Batteries in Europe: Where OEMs Get It Wrong
ADR 2025 and the 2026 UN code switch have rewritten the rulebook for shipping EV batteries in Europe. Here's the practitioner breakdown OEM logistics teams need.
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EU CBAM Impact on Vehicle Imports: Where OEMs Stand in 2026
CBAM's definitive phase is live. Finished cars are still out of scope — but OEM component flows, cost models, and Scope 3 data are already inside the blast radius.
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Vehicle Compound Management Best Practices: The OEM Playbook
European OEM compounds bleed time and money through four avoidable friction points. Here's the operational playbook to fix slot discipline, dwell time, damage, and EV chaos.
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Automotive Rail Wagon Capacity: What Every OEM Must Know
Laaps, Laaeks, 560.4 — European rail wagon capacity isn't a fixed number. Here's how OEM logistics planners should read the codes and protect slot economics.
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Car Transporter Cost per km in Europe: 3 Real Levers
OEM logistics buyers: here's what actually drives car transporter cost per km in Europe — load factor, lane direction, and fuel surcharges — and which levers move the needle.
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