Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

DHL Vietnam gives USD 35,000 to charity on 20th anniversary

Posted by | Jun 29, 2008 | |

The two charities, the Operation Smile Foundation (OSF) and the Saigon Children Charity (SCC), share a common goal of offering disadvantaged Vietnamese children access to greater opportunities.

While OSF aims to transform the future of thousands of children by providing operations to correct cleft lips and palates, the SCC helps underprivileged children receive a proper education, DHL said.

In partnership with the two charities, DHL will sponsor OSF surgeries for twenty children and donate twenty bicycles to underprivileged children through the SCC.

DHL, which commenced services in 1988, was the first international air-express company to serve Vietnam.

DHL Express serves over 40 locations in Vietnam and has the largest network in the industry.

DHL Worldwide and the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) formed the DHLVNPT Express Ltd. joint-venture company in January last year.

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Aramex is first logistics company in Middle East to use hybrid vehicles

Posted by | Jun 29, 2008 | |

Aramex announced that it has introduced four hybrid cars to its ground fleet, becoming the first logistics company to use hybrid vehicles in the Middle East. The move is part of Aramex’s bid to help reduce its carbon foot print across the region, demonstrating the company’s commitment to environmental sustainability as it takes a step toward its ambitious goal of becoming the industry’s first carbon neutral provider.

At a critical time when high oil prices are putting a strain on the industry, the use of hybrid vehicles not only helps protect the environment, but also provides a cost effective solution to soaring fuel costs.

Using pioneering technology, the environmentally-friendly hybrid vehicles operate on two engines designed to minimise fuel consumption, while reducing the harmful emission of carbon dioxide.

Running on an electric motor and switching to fuel based on the load of the engine, it is estimated that hybrid cars reduce fuel costs and carbon emissions by 50.0 pct.

In-line with the Company’s drive to reduce its impact on the environment, Aramex has switched the majority of its fleet to unleaded fuel and is now looking at ways in which it can make its entire fleet environmentally-friendly.

As part of a comprehensive strategy outlined in its annual Corporate Sustainability Report (CSR), Aramex has set aggressive environmental targets, including the reduction of carbon emissions per shipment by 50.0 pct before 2009.

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US regional express operator Velocity Express wins USD 30 million contract

Posted by | Jun 27, 2008 | |

Velocity Express announced this week that it has won a multi-year contract worth more than USD 30 million from specialty department store operator Stage Stores, Inc.

Under the agreement, Velocity Express will provide logistics services to Stage Stores’ Peebles brand stores throughout the Midwest, Northeast and Southeast. The services include daily store replenishment and vendor inbound transportation services to 310 Peebles stores, Velocity said.

Vincent Wasik, Velocity Express CEO, commented on the deal: “Our new agreement with Stage is confirmation that the top retailers recognise the value that Velocity brings to this business segment.”

Houston, Texas-based Stage Stores owns more than 715 stores throughout the United States. Under the “Peebles” name, it operates in the New England, Mid Atlantic, Southeastern and Midwestern states.

In the quarter ending December 29, 2007, Velocity Express generated revenues of USD 86.1 million, down from USD 102.3 million one year earlier, but reduced its operating loss to USD 3.9 million from the previous year’s USD 8.7 million.

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Mexican express market hit by weaker demand

Posted by | Jun 27, 2008 | |

The Mexican express market is starting to experience the impact of falling US demand and rising prices driven by higher fuel surcharges, according to a recent newspaper report. DHL is meanwhile pledging further investment in Argentina.

In Mexico, which has strong trade links with the USA, air cargo volumes dropped by 12.9 pct in the first quarter of 2008, the Reforma newspaper reported. Mexican airlines saw a 33.8 pct fall in their domestic volumes, although their international shipments rose by 18.4 pct, it said, citing figures from the Mexican civil aviation authority.

International airlines, including FedEx and UPS, suffered a combined 15.4 pct declines in volumes, it added. FedEx suffered a 73 pct decline in Mexico volumes while UPS had a 9.1 pct drop, according to official figures.

Customers started to switch business away from air transport rather than pay higher prices resulting from the rapid increase in fuel surcharges, the newspaper said. It cited UPS manager Miguel Trejo as saying that the situation was “stable” until now. But he added: “There are certain reductions in the growth expectations, however, and we are staying alert to market behaviour.”

In Argentina, in contrast, DHL Express has announced that it is maintaining its leadership of the international express market, with market shares of about 50 pct for express exports and 30 pct for imports.

Roger Crook, CEO DHL Express, International Americas, said on a recent visit to Buenos Aires that DHL would continue to invest in the market to offer customers the best possible service and a wide range of products. DHL Argentina has six operational centres linking the major cities, and operates with 90 vehicles, which it described as 30 pct more than the combined vehicle fleets of other international express operators.

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DHL begins ABX cutbacks

Posted by | Jun 27, 2008 | |

DHL notified ABX Air this week it will cut its use of the carrier’s DC-9 freighters by 23 aircraft starting next week, starting the DHL restructuring in the United States that will move the express operator’s volume over to UPS.

The cutback will reduce ABX revenue by approximately USD 3 million, the airline said. It is not yet known how many employees will be affected.

On May 27, DHL informed ABX Air that, starting in the third quarter, it intends, as a part of phase one of its cost-reduction programs, to remove from service over the next 12 to 18 months, 39 of 55 DC-9 aircraft that ABX Air has dedicated to DHL’s U.S. network.

“This reduction is in line with what we have planned for, and we are taking the steps necessary to accommodate these changes,” said Joe Hete, president and CEO of parent company Air Transport Services Group. Hete emphasized that his company will continue to perform under the current ACMI agreement and to pursue efforts to present DHL with a flexible plan to maintain a dedicated, efficient, and customized air network in the United States. The ACMI agreement with DHL includes a put provision that gives ABX Air the option to retain or to sell back to DHL the aircraft removed from the DHL network.

ABX has lately been aggressively expanding business with other customers. That effort will also continue, said Hete.

ABX Air has been DHL’s principal business partner in the United States since August 2003, when it became an independent publicly held company as its former parent, Airborne Express, was acquired by DHL.

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