Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

DHL solves transpacific lift problems with Polar Air

Posted by | Nov 3, 2006 | |

In a deal bound to increase competition for the high-value trade moving by air between the United States and China, DHL last month signed a letter of intent to pay USD150 million for a 49 per cent stake in pure freight operator Polar Air Cargo.

The deal, which will give DHL 25 per cent voting rights in the company owned by New York-listed Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, also includes a 20-year agreement expected to reserve for the giant German shipper up to 50 per cent of Polar’s capacity across the Pacific. It is expected to be finalised within three months.

Although loath to publicly say so, DHL has been struggling lately to find enough scheduled transpacific lift at the right times from Asia to the US. With freight shipping demand in the region growing, the shortage looks set to grow more acute.

At present, most of the operator’s transpacific business is carried in the belly of passenger flights by long-time partner Northwest Airlines under a commercial agreement set to expire mid-2008. The US carrier has been a reliable supplier for DHL over the years but with exports from China booming, Asia’s biggest express operator needs an alternative.

With the Polar buy, DHL will solve its space shortage.

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Delivering needed cash; UPS, FedEx and DHL ship packages all over the world.

Posted by | Nov 1, 2006 | |

As logistics giants FedEx, UPS and DHL battle for small business clients, they are rolling out services that have little to do with hauling packages from Point A to Point Z.

FedEx, for instance, has quietly become the nation’s second-largest producer of signs and banners, and it’s about to unveil a service aimed at helping entrepreneurs get into the direct-mail marketing industry. DHL has launched a small-business magazine and is funding micro-enterprise efforts such as Mays’. And UPS has become one of the top providers of Small Business Administration-backed loans in the country.

There’s no secret why the trio, which built their reputations in corporate mailrooms, are increasingly wooing mom-and-pop shops. Of the 23 million businesses in the country, 98 percent are small enterprises, according to the SBA. And 97 percent of all exporters are small ventures.

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DHL expands Time Definite Delivery service

Posted by | Nov 1, 2006 | |

DHL, the world’s leading express and logistics company, has further enhanced its Time Definite Delivery (TDD) service to include parcels. The expansion will take effect from 1 November 2006.

A suite of time-definite delivery products, DHL’s TDD portfolio comprises StartDay Express for guaranteed delivery by 9 a.m., and MidDay Express for delivery by noon. Until now, customers have been able to send documents only with StartDay Express. With the latest service enhancement, it will be possible to deliver parcels as well by 9 am the next business day to five countries: Hong Kong, Taiwan, the Philippines, Thailand, and Singapore, and by 9 a.m. the second business day to Australia. In addition, customers will now also be able to send parcels to the Middle East using MidDay Express. with delivery by noon on the second business day in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

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UPS awards three small businesses big prizes for their innovation

Posted by | Nov 1, 2006 | |

Helping students make it through college in four years. Teaching children the basics of money management. Providing products and compassion to Alzheimer’s patients and their caretakers. These “out-of-the-box” ideas from their innovative creators are helping to drive the small business economy.

And the companies behind these ideas are the winners of the 2nd annual UPS Best “Out-of-the-Box” Small Business Contest. UPS (NYSE:UPS), the world’s largest package delivery company and a global leader in supply chain services, today announced the winners of the contest launched in May to recognize innovation in small business. The UPS Best “Out-of-the-Box” Small Business Contest was designed for U.S. small businesses with annual revenues in 2005 of at least USD250,000 but not exceeding USD10 million. More than 800 businesses submitted 500-word essays explaining how they were innovative. The winners were chosen based on originality, business implementation and results.

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