Tag: DHL

DHL Vice President wins award from leading transportation industry advocacy group

Posted by | May 8, 2008 | |

DHL announced that Al Burba, vice president of field sales for DHL Express, has been honored as the 2008 “NASSTRAC Associate Member of the Year.

NASSTRAC provides education, advocacy, connections and solutions for professionals involved in all areas of transportation. NASSTRAC’s Chairperson, Gail Rutkowski, along with its executive committee and staff, recommended Burba for the award due in part to his active leadership role with the organization’s newly formed Carrier Advisory Council.

According to Rutkowski, Burba has also assisted in the development of curriculum for educational forums, secured shipper participation in NASSTRAC, and brought new, creative thinking and approaches to the organization, which has helped professionals who manage freight decisions collaborate with fellow supplier members.

NASSTRAC involves mid- to upper-level management of transportation or supply chain management companies. Industries including retail, pharmaceutical, chemical, cosmetics, food and beverage, and manufacturing are represented. As a leading advocacy organization for the transportation industry, NASSTRAC helps its members stay on top of legislative developments, regulatory issues and related transportation issues impacting shippers.

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DHL opens warehouse at Devanahalli airport (India)

Posted by | May 7, 2008 | |

DHL inaugurated its 1,255 sq. m. bonded warehouse at the new airport at Devanahalli. The facility at the cargo terminal will be operated by DHL Global Forwarding. DHL is fully owned by Deutsche Post World Net. The company has leased bonded space from the cargo terminal managed by Air India-SATS. The facility includes an airfreight office and employs 50 personnel.

Tony Widmer, Head of Air Freight, DHL Global Forwarding, said the company had a 24 per cent share of the market for goods flowing through the existing HAL airport in Bangalore. He expects the company to grow by about 20 per cent in the current year.

Madhav Thapar, Sub-Regional Air Freight Director, DHL Global Forwarding, said the facility would cater to the needs of exporters and importers in South Indian States. These States, he said, accounted for “50 per cent of the company’s.

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DHL invests USD 250 million in Russia

Posted by | May 7, 2008 | |

DHL focusing on express transportation of goods plans to invest up to USD 250 million in Russia by 2011, the General Director of the Russian office of the company said.

The intention to invest in Russia is explained by fast growing volume of freight traffic in the country. DHL has set up its own network of transportation hubs and offices in 500 towns and cities of Russia.

The company plans to put money into development of office and terminal networks as well as construction of new regional logistics centres.

DHL is the leader in the field of express transportation of goods and logistics. The DHL network operates in over 220 countries. The company has been acting in Russia since 1984 and is covering over 500 settlements at the moment.

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DHL inaugurates the industry's largest Hub in Central America

Posted by | May 7, 2008 | |

DHL inaugurated the largest Hub in Central America. With this new center, DHL has increased its capacity to sort up to 5,000 packages per hour, representing a 250pct jump from its previous shipping handling capacity.

Strategically located at Tocumen International Airport in Panama, a country that connects the main poles in the Latin America, the new DHL hub boasts the infrastructure and capacity needed to efficiently respond to the accelerated rise in international trade, particularly between the United States and Central America, which stems from the recent free trade agreements.

The USD 4.5 million hub was designed to optimize space allowing for greater operational and storage areas which results in increased shipment capacity and improvements in aircraft departure time by 10pct . The new 83,000 square-foot center- three times larger than the previous facility- considers various innovations and technology systems including a cold room for storing packages that require temperature control, material handling system and a re-packaging area.

In Mexico, the expansion of DHL Mexico City’s main hub resulted in increasing the company’s operating capacity by 20pct. The expansion is part of a five-year investment plan of over USD 112 million.

In Brazil, DHL opened recently four points-of-sales centers in the country’s major cities strategically located in high-traffic areas that facilitate access to small- and medium-size companies.

In Jamaica, a new Gateway was built and recently inaugurated to speed customs clearance.

In Argentina, the company invested USD 1 M to open a customer service center with state-of-the art technology which doubled the capacity.

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Deutsche Post AG 2008 Annual General Meeting: Board of Management and Supervisory Board actions approved by large majority

Posted by | May 6, 2008 | |

Board of Management and Supervisory Board actions approved by large majority
At Deutsche Post AG’s Annual General Meeting in Cologne around 3,400 shareholders approved the resolutions proposed by the Board of Management and Supervisory Board by a large majority. Shareholders representing 99.99 percent of the company’s equity capital resolved, among other issues, to pay a dividend of 90 euro cents per share, 20 percent more than last year. The dividend is tax-free for shareholders living in Germany.

The Board of Management was again authorized to buy back own shares totaling as much as 10 percent of the existing share capital. Shareholders also authorized the Board of Management to issue bonds with warrants, convertible bonds and/or participating bonds (or combinations of these instruments) and to exclude subscription rights while at the same time granting contingent capital.

The actions of the Board of Management and Supervisory Board for fiscal year 2007 were approved by large majorities of 99.10 percent and 99.83 percent respectively.

The Annual General Meeting also elected Wulf von Schimmelmann with 98.14 percent to the Supervisory Board.

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