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DHL expands French express network with new centres and flights

Posted by | Jul 3, 2008 | |

DHL Express has extended its network in France with investment of EUR 15 million this year in new sorting centres in Paris and two branches in northern and eastern France. It has also launched flights between Paris and the new European air hub in Leipzig.
More than EUR 5 million was invested into the new sorting centre at Villeneuve-la-Garenne on the northern outskirts of Paris. DHL also inaugurated a new sorting centre at Vitry, south of Paris, new branches in Lille and Metz, northern France, and two new air routes linking Roissy and Vatry with Leipzig.
The 5900 sqm facility at Villeneuve, completed in March this year, consists of a 5000 sqm warehouse divided into two parts and 900 sqm of office space. Two thirds of the warehouse area is destined for sorting activity and the other third is used for distribution. The sorting system has capacity for up to 5,000 parcels an hour. Some 165 employees work at the site.
In total, there are about 4,200 inbound and 4,200 outbound shipments handled daily at Villeneuve, amounting to 85 daily truck journeys and 30 air containers. The centre, open 24/7, handles a daily average of 40 tonnes of imports and 55 tonnes of exports.
Security is ensured by X-ray tunnels which scan all departing shipments in line with the air cargo security regulations of the French civil aviation authority DGAC. To improve handling, the conveyor belts are equipped with high-tech scanning technology which enables regular transfer every 10 minutes of shipment information for tracking, delivery and pick-up purposes. Solar panels generate warm water and other environmental measures such as selective sorting and training for eco-driving will be implemented by the end of this year.

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DHL expands product portfolio in Latin America

Posted by | Jul 3, 2008 | |

DHL introduced the largest two new time-definite express products in 12 countries across Latin America: DHL Express 10:30 a.m. for deliveries to the United States and DHL Express 12:00 p.m. for delivery services within Latin America.

The new morning express delivery services respond to customers’ time-sensitive needs, empowering them with the choice as to when and at what time they want their urgent materials delivered.

These new offerings are now available for customers and businesses sending shipments to major business centers within Latin America and to the U.S. from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.

Both products will serve the steady growth of exports from South and Central America which increased by 5 percent in 2007 while the region’s real merchandise imports increased by 20 pct, more than three times the global average in 2007, according to data from the World Trade Organization.

The service guarantees door-to-door, next day or second day delivery of documents and parcels. Additional service features for these services include the latest possible collection times-a clear competitive differentiator-proactive delivery notification by email, delivery guarantee, dedicated operations procedures for priority handling.

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Airbus selects DHL as lead transport provider

Posted by | Jul 2, 2008 | |

DHL to manage significant part of inbound transportation from air, ocean, road, customs and value-added services

DHL announced a new five-year agreement with Airbus.

Under this agreement, DHL becomes the lead transport provider and a tier one partner of Airbus. DHL will implement its full transportation system, 4PL control tower and optimization program to streamline the flow of materials to Airbus manufacturing plants.

The Control Tower will manage a significant part of inbound transportation including air and ocean freight, road freight, customs and value added services.

DHL’s expertise in deploying transportation solutions to deliver harmonization and optimization of transportation processes aims at generating savings for large size customers.

Implementation of the new transportation concept will start 1st September this year.

Global Customer Solutions (GCS) has been serving DHL group’s major customers through a dedicated customer management organization since 2004. Industry experts within GCS act as empowered single point of contact along the entire supply chain of the individual key customers. The team of experts also continuously develop the group’s business in line with changing market conditions and customer needs.

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DHL eyes logistics business in SAARC region

Posted by | Jul 2, 2008 | |

The company now plans to introduce intra-SAARC logistics products along with its domestic partner Blue Dart Express in a bid to tap the nearly Rs 190-crore (about euro 28 million) express logistics market in the SAARC countries.

DHL will offer services like worldwide document express, worldwide parcel express, import express, economy select and road express. The company is in the process of designing these multi-model products for use on both air and surface networks. Currently, DHL offers road express services between India and Bangladesh trade lanes.

It has also firmed up plans to introduce the above products in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan. DHL also plans to capture a major share of the euro 5-billion unorganised trade market in the Saarc region by being the first organised player to tap this segment.

As a trade facilitator, DHL believes in developing the SAARC trade lane and has rolled out the SAARC products to help create a backbone for transportation and trade within SAARC countries, he said.

Industry studies also suggest that the intra-SAARC trade can increase by up to 11 times once trade barriers are lifted. Analysts suggest that the South Asian Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA), likely to be implemented by the middle of 2008, can lead to a manifold expansion of trade and investment in the region.

The experience of three major trade blocks (Nafta, ASEAN and EU) also bears out the fact that removal of barriers can significantly boost trade.

According to an industry analyst, India remains the hub of trade in the SAARC region with a share of over 90 pct. Growth in trade has driven by the India-Sri Lanka, India-Pakistan and India-Bangladesh trade lanes.
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DHL and TNT boost association of European airlines’ membership to 35

Posted by | Jul 1, 2008 | |

From 1st July 2008, the Association of European Airlines expands its horizons, following the decision of the AEA Presidents’ Assembly in May to welcome the express cargo carriers TNT and DHL, as AEA’s 34th and 35th airline members.

The accession of DHL’s European airlines (European Air Transport and DHL Air UK) and TNT Airways to AEA membership will bring still one more dimension to the Association. The express air carriers’ business model integrates different modes of transport into one system; it is based on network planning and coordination centred around one or more hub airports to which express freight is forwarded either by road or by air.

DHL traces its origins to the early 1970s in the US, but with expanding worldwide operations, Deutsche Post World Net bought the company in 2002. DHL has its main European operating hub at Leipzig in Germany, from where it operates regular direct daily services to 30 European destinations, as well as services to Africa and the

Middle East. DHL airlines operate 33 Boeing 757s and 18 Airbus A300s for the DHL Express network to every major city in Europe.

TNT Airways, founded in 1999, is a Belgian licenced air carrier based in Liège. Its parent company, TNT n.v. has its headquarters in the Netherlands. From its Liège hub, TNT operates 47 aircraft (B747s, A300s, B757s, B737s, BAe146s) to more than 70 European destinations and has traffic rights to 12 intercontinental destinations. For long haul transport, the company also has agreements with commercial passenger airlines.

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