DHL offers clients discounts on bulk cargo
Kenyans making heavyweight shipments will in the next five months benefit from discounted pricing from DHL Express Kenya.
Under the new pricing regime, any shipments weighing more than 51 kilogrammes will enjoy a tariff discount of between 35 and 45 per cent if they are headed to some select 27 destinations.
Consignments from the destinations are also covered by the promotion, which runs until December.
Lawrence Yumbya, the national sales manager at DHL said the offer was meant to drive up shipment volumes while easing the burden on customers at this time when the global economy is feeling the heat from high oil prices and turbulence from America’s sub-prime mortgage crisis.
The promotion covers Botswana, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, and the Sudan. Others are Tanzania, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland. The United Kingdom, USA, Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan and United Arab Emirates are also on the list.
The logistics firm said the drive is also aimed at a repositioning to enable the company to take advantage of the expected rise in international trade volumes in the second part of the year.
The good news comes three months after DHL unveiled a USD 474 million shipment hub in Europe to improve on its deliveries.
The facility, which is located at the Leipzig-Halle airport in Germany, is expected to reduce DHL’s shipment running time to half, translating into faster deliveries across the globe.
It has the capacity to handle about 60 aircraft per day and to process about 1,500 tonnes of freight.
DHL says plans are under way to increase the cargo load to 2,000 tonnes by 2012. The Leipzig-Halle hub boasts of automation that can sort 60,000 parcels and 36,000 documents per hour.
Night flight
Previously the company relied on a similar facility in Brussels but was forced to relocate to Leipzig-Halle because authorities could not allow cargo planes to fly in the night.
The relocation allowed DHL more room to process and transfer shipments round-the-clock.
