DHL launches five new ocean freight links to Middle East
DHL Global Forwarding has established five new direct ocean freight links to the Middle East to increase the speed of shipments to the region. By shipping from Bremen to Doha and Damman, and from Bremen to Quaboos, Bahrain and Kuwait, the delivery period of LCL (Less Than Container Load) transports has been shortened from 29 to 26 and from 28 to 25 days respectively, the company confirmed.
The move will allow exports to be delivered to the Arabian Peninsula faster than before.
Before the launch of the new services, the cargo was shipped to Dubai where it was loaded onto trucks for delivery to the various destinations.
Friedhelm Uhlhorn, vice president ocean freight Germany, said: “We are registering increased demand from our customers for transports to these fast-growing regions.
“They are looking for alternatives to air and ground transports, but they rarely have complete shiploads. Our new direct LCL transports, servicing further economic hubs in the Middle East, bridge this gap.”
DHL Global Forwarding said the likely beneficiaries of the new service will include “SMEs from the consumer and investment goods industry, as well as the mechanical engineering and chemical sectors”.
With this move DHL is adding further important destinations in this region to its already existing direct freight link LCL network from Bremen to Dubai, Jeddah and Jordan.
DHL Global Forwarding said it is constantly expanding its LCL network, which currently comprises 45,000 international line operations and more than 2,000,000 cubic meters of consolidated partial loads.
“In the function of a “Non Vessel Operating Common Carrier” (NVOCC) – that is a logistics company operating as an ocean carrier without possessing its own fleet – DHL provides the world’s largest transport network for ocean freight LCL with fixed departure and delivery time-tables.
“As a result, customers are guaranteed full and uninterrupted supply chain management, covering pickup services at source, consolidation and deconsolidation, delivery to the destination, monitoring as well as customs procedures,” a DHL statement said.
