Tag: DHL

DHL aims to impart beach safety knowledge to children with “DHL Kids’ Lifesaving Experience”

Posted by | Jun 9, 2008 | |

DHL has held its “DHL Kids’ Lifesaving Experience” on 8 June 2008, almost one month before the beach open this summer.

The event, which aimed to teach children about water and beach safety, was held at Shirahama Ohama Beach in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture.

The “DHL Kids’ Lifesaving Experience” reflects one of DHL Japan’s core themes in its Corporate Sustainability initiatives, which is “Supporting Future Generations”.

The event this year marks the fifth time it has been organized, with the inaugural event taking place in 2004.

This year’s event was held in conjunction with the “21st All-Japan Lifesaving Multi-Category Championship”, held on 7 and 8 June at the same beach.

The children were able to gain an understanding of lifesaving activities with a talk on “Safety In The Water” by local lifesavers, with the objective of educating the children on safety at the beach.

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Quintiq completes software installation at DHL Express Singapore

Posted by | Jun 6, 2008 | |

Quintiq, a provider of advanced planning and scheduling systems, has said that it has completed the installation of Parcel and Express Planning Solution at DHL Express Singapore.

Quintiq has said that APS will ultimately provide all DHL Express operations throughout Asia-Pacific with advanced planning and scheduling capabilities for their courier dispatching processes, in their overall express parcel services.

Development of the Quintiq software for DHL Express in Malaysia is now underway, with implementation expected to be completed during Q2, 2008. India, China, Hong Kong, Australia and other countries in the region are scheduled to go live through the rest of the year and early 2009, the company has said.

Oliver Facey, vice president of operations programs for Asia Pacific at DHL Express, said: “The kind of improvement that we have already seen in dispatching efficiency is a direct result of the increased visibility and automation provided by the Quintiq solution. Although the solution has only just gone live, we are pleased by these preliminary results.”

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Greece to start Hellenic Post sale this year

Posted by | Jun 5, 2008 | |

Greece plans to begin the sale of its state-run postal company Hellenic Post (ELTA) this year, ahead of a deregulation of its postal services market, a government official said on Thursday.

Greece has been selling down stakes in state-controlled companies to strengthen the economy’s competitiveness and to help pay down public debt, which at about 95 percent of GDP, is one of the highest in the euro zone. The conservative government was examining two different ways of privatising ELTA but no decision had been made yet, Communications Ministry general secretary George Anastasopoulos told Reuters in an interview.

“Our aim is to begin procedures to find a partner for ELTA in 2008, or list company shares on the Athens bourse and then find a strategic investor,” he said.

Greece is targeting 1.6 billion euros in revenues from the sale of ports, airports and public companies this year, but has only raised about 450 million euros so far.

Analysts estimate that the government could garner a further 150 million euros if it sells up to 20 percent of ELTA.

“All over Europe we are seeing moves to attract investors and strategic partners in the (postal) sector, and we want to see what interest exists in ELTA. It’s our final chance to get ready before the market frees up,” said Anastasopoulos.

A strategic partner for ELTA’s courier subsidiary should be announced early next year, he added. Two companies out of an initial dozen that expressed interest will be asked to present binding bids.

He did not name the suitors but Greek media reported DHL, UPS, Speedex, TNT and Imperio-Star were in the race.

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DHL turns off the lights for World Environment Day

Posted by | Jun 5, 2008 | |

DHL has launched the DHL “Lights Off” initiative on World Environmental Day, designed to drive environmental consciousness among employees by turning off their lights in DHL offices across the world for one hour.

Emblematic of DHL’s commitment to reducing its environmental impact, the initiative is part of the company’s GoGreen Program that was launched in April this year. The program brings together all elements of its climate change initiatives and will work to improve DHL’s carbon efficiency by 30 percent by 2020 when compared to 2007 levels.

“Lights Off” aims to increase the environmental awareness of DHL employees and promotes the responsible use of energy. DHL encourages staff to adjust their daily habits in terms of paper, water and resource usage thereby contributing to making it a more environmentally-friendly company.

“Lights Off” is one of many projects within the GoGreen offering that works to facilitate a long-term cultural change toward being more environmentally responsible. For example, DHL has been engaging employees to reduce their environmental impact through a driver awareness program – helping drivers to understand the significant impact their driving behavior can have on DHL’s fuel efficiency. Further DHL offices worldwide organized various awareness campaigns to provide employees with the opportunity to adapt and demonstrate more sustainable practices in their daily lives.

The World Environment Day, held each year on June 5, is one of the principal events through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action

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Foster's and DHL Express join forces

Posted by | Jun 4, 2008 | |

Foster’s Food Fair IGA and DHL Express have entered into a strategic partnership, which enables the courier company to offer its services at The Strand branch of the supermarket chain.

The partnership, which came into effect Friday, 30 May, will provide an alternative drop location to DHL’s office in Mary Street, according to a press release. In addition, the arrangement will increase the variety of services offered to the supermarket’s customers.

Kevin Loughery, Marketing Supervisor with the supermarket, explained to Cayman Net News that the decision “enhances the one-stop-shop experience for customers”.

He explained the rationale behind the partnership was “to give the population of Cayman better access to services and to broaden and extend our customer base”.

DHL Country Manager Simon Fenn said in the press release he was excited at the partnership that “expands our reach and provides better access to our services for our customers”.

Mr Loughery pointed out that the arrangement with DHL brings to four the number of major business partners with which Foster’s currently works. The supermarket started increasing services to customers in the 1990s by entering into partnerships with various providers.

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