DHL Express starts up local delivery services

DHL Express, the filial of German giant Deutsche Post World Net, yesterday formally arrived on the Colombian map for local operations in competition with national rivals such as Servientrega, TCC and Coordinadora. Antonio Arranz, the director of DHL Express in Colombia, has revealed that the multinational will invest USD15mil over the next five years on establishing itself locally. The money will go on vehicles, scanners etc.

DHL Express should boast a Colombian workforce in excess of 1,000 for 2011, doubling its current size. The firm’s new Servicio Expreso Nacional will initially be directed at the corporate sector before incorporating private citizens. DHL Express will cover 130 destinations at first for packages of up to 70 kilos. DHL Express already has 2,500 clients locally for imports and 4,000 for exports.