DHL awarded at 2007 Asian Freight & Supply Chain Awards
DHL announced that it has won six top awards – Best Express Operator, Best Lead Logistics Provider, Best 3PL, Best Air Freight Forwarder, Best Project Cargo Forwarder and Best Sea Freight Forwarder – at the prestigious 2007 Asian Freight & Supply Chain Awards (AFSCAs). Receiving a total of six awards at the ceremony in Macau on 25 April reflects the company’s dominance as the only logistics provider that is able to offer integrated supply chain solutions across the entire express and logistics industry range from a single contact point.
The win in the highly coveted Best Express Operator Award category, for a record 21st consecutive year, is highly significant as DHL is the only company to have won this award since its introduction in 1987 at the Asian Freight Industry Awards – the predecessor of the AFSCAs. Receiving these six awards is a further affirmation of DHL’s market leadership and service excellence in air express and logistics offerings in Asia Pacific. The awards acknowledge DHL for its best-in-class expertise in each of its integrated service areas, covering express, air and ocean freight forwarding, as well as contract logistics.
“Being the only logistics company to have won the Best Express Operator Award is a huge accomplishment for us at DHL,” said Scott Price, Chief Executive Officer, DHL Express – Asia Pacific. “We are very encouraged by this win; it is another excellent showcase for DHL’s best-in-class logistics capabilities, which have been designed to meet our customers’ evolving logistics needs.”
Peter Landsiedel, Chief Executive Officer, DHL Global Forwarding – Asia Pacific, added: “We are delighted at winning the triple of Best Air and Sea Freight Forwarder Awards as well as being awarded Best Project Cargo Forwarder. We will continue to deliver on our promise of working closely with our customers to enhance the efficiency of their supply chains. It is our objective to boost their company’s competitive edge in the global marketplace through industry-specific services and customized logistics solutions.”
Humberto Florez, Chief Executive Offer, DHL Exel Supply Chain – Asia Pacific, noted, “Winning Best 3PL and Best Lead Logistics Provider again after last year further affirms our market-leading position in the supply chain industry, especially as we have strategically enhanced our capabilities. As an example of further delivering innovative and effective solutions, we have implemented new distribution facilities for fast moving consumer goods in China, Malaysia, Philippines, India and Pakistan – or our fashion distribution capabilities in Hong Kong and Japan.”
The awards follow a series of recent DHL initiatives to strengthen and enhance service offerings in Asia Pacific to tap growth opportunities in the region. These include a US$35 million investment in Hong Kong for the opening of a new facility in South Kowloon; US$14 million in Vietnam for network and infrastructure upgrades and US$22 million for a new DHL Express Bangkok Hub. DHL’s investments in Asia Pacific sum up to an impressive over US$1.7 billion.
In China, DHL was also recently awarded the CATA (China Air Transport Association) domestic airfreight license – an industry first in China – allowing it to launch the DHL Domestic Airfreight service within 17 Chinese cities.
The AFSCAs are organized by Cargonews Asia, a leading freight industry newspaper in the region, and are widely acknowledged as the industry’s most celebrated accolades that seek to recognize and honor outstanding shippers, logistics providers and cargo transport companies. More than 12,500 Cargonews Asia readers were polled – the only Asian freight awards to rely solely on customer satisfaction to select companies that are the best service providers in 41 industry-specific categories of this year’s AFSCAs.
