DHL Express, the express and logistics player, has launched Fast Forward, a service that is expected to bring in an increased efficiency and deliver cost savings for importers and exporters.
Fast Forward facilitates the import and export of shipments weighing 20 kg and above by providing savings with a range of flexible door-to-door solutions to assist customers manage their factory-to-customer logistics chain proficiently, an official statement said.
Read MoreMore than 500 local jobs at express-mail company DHL will be shipped out of town over the next 15 months as the company consolidates its home offices in South Florida, the company said.
DHL, which acquired Seattle-based Airborne Inc. in a USD1 billion deal in August, will move all 368 information technology jobs to Scottsdale, Ariz., while 160 jobs in marketing, finance, human resources and other departments will be transferred to Plantation, Fla., said Kim Levy, a DHL spokeswoman based in New York City.
“A large number of these employees will be offered relocation packages, but it has not been decided how many,” Levy said.
Read MoreThe express-mail company DHL will consolidate its two home offices in Seattle and Florida and move its headquarters to South Florida during the next 15 months.
Read MoreDHL Worldwide Express plans to invest USD58 million over the next two-and-a-half years to beef up infrastructure in India.
Chris Callen, country manager for the company’s Indian unit, said the investment would be made in new express terminals at airports in Mumbai and Chennai, service centers and trucks. A new express gateway at Delhi airport is ready and will be operational shortly, he said. DHL, a unit of Deutsche Post World Net, says India represents one of the company’s four key markets, along with China, Japan and Australia.
Read MoreAn Astar Air Cargo executive told a Department of Transportation hearing that DHL Worldwide Express has no influence over its operations. Gary Hammes, who took over as chief operating officer of Astar Air Cargo, formerly DHL Airways, just six weeks ago, testified that while DHL pays to maintain Astar’s fleet and contributes 90% of revenues, it does not interfere in day-to-day operations.
The hearing in Washington came as part of the ongoing investigation into whether Astar’s ownership skirts U.S. law. FedEx Corp. and United Parcel Service have charged that DHL Worldwide of Brussels and parent Deutsche Post Word Net, the German postal and logistics giant, illegally control American-owned Astar.
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