Ohio urges DHL to reconsider UPS move
Ohio is asking the German owner of package delivery company DHL to reconsider a proposal that could mean the loss of at least 6,000 jobs at the DHL hub in southwest Ohio.
DHL wants to drop ABX Air and ASTAR as its air cargo handlers at the hub in Wilmington and replace them with Atlanta-based United Parcel Service. UPS would handle DHL packages at UPS’ existing hubs.
Ohio Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher says Frank Appel, chief executive of Deutsche Post World Net, told him Monday that he would be willing to explore other options, but made it clear that DHL intends to move forward with the UPS transaction.
Ohio is asking the German owner of package delivery company DHL to reconsider a proposal that could mean the loss of at least 6,000 jobs at the DHL hub in southwest Ohio.
DHL wants to drop ABX Air and ASTAR as its air cargo handlers at the hub in Wilmington and replace them with Atlanta-based United Parcel Service. UPS would handle DHL packages at UPS’ existing hubs.
Ohio Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher says Frank Appel, chief executive of Deutsche Post World Net, told him Monday that he would be willing to explore other options, but made it clear that DHL intends to move forward with the UPS transaction.
