Tag: DHL Express

DHL launches Import Express Online in Venezuela

Posted by | Aug 27, 2006 | |

Jorge Lavignasse, general director of DHL Express Venezuela, states that by the end of this year his firm will have grown 20%. The group already controls an alleged 60%-plus of the local express (goods) transport market. Its new tool known as Import Express Online, a system for the control of dispatches via Internet to make the importer’s work more efficient is paying off well (it will cost around Bolivar dollars 550mil to install for the whole of Venezuela). DHL Express Venezuela, in the knowledge that the nation is a going and growing business concern, should be able to grow sales 20% this year thanks to the value-added services it is offering: not only does it transport merchandise but it helps speed up bureaucratic proceedures at customs for imports or exports it is handling.
Import Express Online is being applied worldwide and supplements other services DHL already offers such as DHL Importa (call-centre help-line) and DHL Personal Import (customer attention for those who carry out sporadic imports).

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Firms sign courier service contract

Posted by | Aug 12, 2006 | |

G4S Courier Kenya has partnered with DHL Express to provide courier services to upcountry customers.

Company managers say the new service is cheaper and easily available in all the 120 G4S outlets countrywide. G4S, formerly trading as Securicor is one of the leading security firms, while DHL is a leading international courier company.

“The DHL-G4S partnership allows customers to ship documents that weigh up to 250 gms (30 pages) and below for economical flat rates that are zonal based,” said Mr Angello Kiuma, general manager G4S Courier.

Speaking during a visit to their Malindi outlet on Thursday, Kiuma said the product would only be available at G4S upcountry offices.

“Parcels will be packaged as an envelope similar to the Africa Document, but will have a sticker reading DHL-G4S Economy Ship on it,” he said.

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ABX Air wins USPS deals to compensate DHL decline

Posted by | Jul 27, 2006 | |

ABX Air, Inc. announced today that its subsidiary, ABX Cargo Services, has been awarded the contract to manage the U.S. Postal Service’s terminal handling services at its Surface Transfer Center (STC) in Dallas, Texas.
The contract calls for ABX to be compensated at a firm price for its fixed costs, plus an additional amount based on the volume of mail handled. Based on projected volumes, ABX Air anticipates that its revenues under the contract could total about USD 20 million during the four-year term of the contract. This contract provides for two, two-year extensions at the discretion of the U.S. Postal Service.

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DHL appoints Craig Gossgart as Country Manager, India

Posted by | Jul 10, 2006 | |

New Delhi, July 10 (PTI) Air express services provider DHL today said it has appointed Craig Grossgart as Country Manager for its Indian operations.

“Craig Gossgart will be responsible for driving the Express business in one of DHL’s key growth markets in the region,” a DHL release said.

Grossgart succeeds Chris Callen who was appointed Vice President, Domestic Express, DHL Express Asia Pacific region.

Prior to being appointed as Country Manager for India, Grossgart was Chief Executive Officer of Hong Kong-based Asian Container terminals, the release said.

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