Tag: Asia

DHL Japan’s nationwide fleet of 750 vehicles supports Urawa Reds

Posted by | Dec 4, 2007 | |

DHL is supporting the Urawa Red Diamonds (Urawa Reds), a J.League soccer club with which it has a top partnership agreement, in its challenge to compete on the global level.
Winners of this year’s Asian Football Confederation Champions’ League (ACL), Urawa Reds this month will compete in the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2007. In a national campaign to support Japan’s first Asian club champion, DHL will display stickers bearing the team slogan, “All Come Together! – Power, Passion, and Pride” on its fleet of 750 vehicles for about 10 days from 3 December. The activities in support of Urawa Reds will be held nationwide in DHL’s 60 locations throughout Japan.

This year, as part of the partnership agreement, Urawa Reds has displayed the DHL logo on the players’ jerseys in competitions such as the Bull’s Cup in Austria; the ACL; and in the A3 Champions’ Cup. The top partnership agreement between DHL and Urawa Reds arose because as leaders in their respective fields, DHL and the Reds share the common values of “speed,” “teamwork,” and “cross-border challenge.” Incidentally, DHL, like Urawa Reds, has long employed red as one of its corporate colors.

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UPS unveils strategic alliance in India

Posted by | Dec 3, 2007 | |

UPS Jetair Express has announced a strategic alliance with AFL “that will significantly expand accessibility to UPS services in India while providing export capabilities to AFL”.

The alliance will take effect from January 1, 2008, when all AFL WiZ Express Centres across India will promote US-based UPS’s international express delivery service to customers in that country.

Under the new set-up, UPS Jetair Express will continue to operate as an international express delivery service provider connecting India with the global marketplace, while AFL maintains its function as a domestic service provider connecting businesses across India.

The new alliance will also allow AFL to pick up international export shipments on behalf of UPS destined for the more than 200 countries and territories served by the latter. UPS access points for customers with international express delivery requirements will exponentially increase to more than 200 locations in India.

UPS will provide training to all AFL sales staff to ensure that global service standards are maintained.

Over the last 60 years, AFL claims to have pioneered and led three different segments of the logistics industry in India – air freight forwarding, international air express service and third party logistics. In 2001, it added a domestic air express service.

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Brunei Post: Email to Relegate Postals to History? No Way

Posted by | Dec 3, 2007 | |

The future of traditional postal services, over the past decade at least, is looking glum due to the increasing popularity of more convenient and quicker methods of communication.

During its prime, the Department of Postal Services handled over 22 million mail items annually from 1990 to 1995. The number has significantly lower in the last six years. In 2001 the department handled 13,245,798 pieces of mail, which includes letters, registered mail and postcards. A year later the figure fell to 10,439,846 and dropped to 9,390,420 in 2003, a six-year low.

There was an increase however to 9,735,119 pieces of mail in 2004, to 11,455,588 in 2005 and 11,524,555 in 2006.

Bolhassan believes however, that postal services will not be deemed obsolete just yet.

The department has given greater attention to business mail and is planning to provide its customers with new value-added services. One of these newly added services is hybrid mail, which enables government agencies, corporate clients and other bulk mailers to post monthly notices and bills.

Launched earlier at the opening of the new Mentiri Post office, the hybrid mail service allows an increased volume to be sent to customers, thus saving time and money.

In addition, the department is in the process of installing an automation counter to all 24 post offices throughout the country for the convenience of its clients. Through these automation counters, the public will be able to pay their water, electricity and telephone bills as well as renew their driving licenses and road tax.

According to Bolhassan, the department, under its Client’s Charter, promises “J+1”, which means delivery by the next working day.

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DHL relocates in Kandy

Posted by | Dec 2, 2007 | |

DHL Keells (Pvt) Ltd, Sri Lanka’s leading express and logistics company, has relocated its Express Centre in Kandy. Strategically located at D. S. Senanayake Vidiya, this facility sports a trendy new look and feel, and is modelled after the concept of a walk-in retail outlet where customers can drop off their shipments.

The Kandy Express Centre offers a range of products and services including Jumbo Box and Express Pallet targeted at a rapidly expanding retail customer base. It is a convenient, accessible and user-friendly outlet targeted at individuals, tourists and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Kandy and surroundings areas in central Sri Lanka, the company said.

DHL’s expanding network in Sri Lanka currently includes Colombo, Kollupitiya, Ja-Ela, Mt. Lavinia, Biyagama, Kandy, Kurunegala and Nugegoda. Dudek added that the Sri Lankan retail customer base has always given exciting growth opportunities.

During the last four years, DHL Keells (Pvt) Ltd. has made a considerable investment towards the development of its infrastructure and facilities in Sri Lanka. Among them is the purpose-built Euro 2 million (Rs 260 million), 40,000-square-feet facility at Vauxhall Street in Colombo which houses 130 staff for both the administration and operations arms of DHL Express in Sri Lanka, as well as a 24/7 call centre.

We plan to expand this service coverage into key cities across Sri Lanka, especially tourist spots, as we see the potential of new customers in tourists, mid and high end Sri Lankan customers, as well as SME customers.” Dudek said.

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