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DHL’s triumph at the Asian Freight & Supply Chain Awards 2008 demonstrates market and service leadership

Posted by | Apr 24, 2008 | |

DHL won four prestigious awards at the ‘2008 Asian Freight & Supply Chain Awards’ (AFSCA) held in Singapore. The awards win clearly underscores the company’s market leadership and service excellence in Asia Pacific.

The ceremony recognized DHL in the categories of Best Lead Logistics Provider, Best Contract Logistics Provider, Best 3PL, and Best Project Cargo Forwarder.

This achievement validates the company’s unparalleled leadership in providing customized and integrated express and logistical solutions from a single contact point. DHL’s strong showing at the annual AFSCA also reflects its proven ability to achieve consistency in service quality, innovation, customer relationship management and reliability.

The AFSCA is organized by Cargonews Asia, a leading freight industry publication in the region, and is widely acknowledged as the industry’s foremost accolades that seek to recognize and honor outstanding shippers, logistics providers and cargo transport companies. More than 12,500 Cargonews Asia readers were polled – the only Asian freight awards to rely solely on customer satisfaction to select the best service providers in over 40 industry-specific categories of this year’s AFSCA.

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DHL, UPS target Latin America growth

Posted by | Apr 22, 2008 | |

DHL Express and UPS plan to invest more in Latin America this year to grow their business in the region and partly compensate for the impact of the slowing US economy.

Roger Crook, CEO DHL Express International Americas, told Chilean newspaper El Mercurio that the company planned to invest about USD 70 million in Latin America during 2008 and aimed to grow about 12 pct. Plans include two new offices in Chile but he did not disclose further details of the investment.

A significant proportion is likely to go to Mexico, however, in view of DHL’s plan to spend USD 112 million there over the next five years. Crook said early last year that DHL would invest USD 80 million in the region and was aiming for 15-20 pct growth in 2007.

Meanwhile, UPS, which during 2006-07 invested USD 7 million on 15 new operation centres to extend its Mexican network to 35 locations, is opening a further eight centres in the country this year, according to Mexican newspaper El Financiero.

Rubén Medina, UPS international sales manager, told the newspaper that despite the US economic slowdown, the operator’s Mexican exports grew by 5 pctin the final quarter of 2007. UPS will also aim to win more business among manufacturing companies along the Mexican border and SMEs this year, he added.

Mexico is the largest market in Latin America for UPS which has five daily flights from Mexico City to five different US airports. UPS has invested USD 39 million in Mexico since launching operations there in 1989, the newspaper said.

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Latvian express market grows 70pct in 2007

Posted by | Apr 22, 2008 | |

Latvia’s express parcel volumes increased by 70pct to 6.3 million shipments in 2007 compared to 3.7 million shipments in the previous year, according to the Latvian Public Utilities Commission’s (PUC) annual review of the country’s express delivery market, the Baltic Business Daily reported.

“Both domestic and international deliveries showed large growth. The incoming international express deliveries rose by 128pct, international outgoing deliveries by 35pct, and domestic express deliveries increased by 45pct,” the commission’s representative Zanete Luse was cited as saying.

In the domestic sector, DPD Latvija had the largest market share with 43pct in 2007 ahead of state-run postal operator Latvijas Pasts with 27pct, according to the regulator’s data. Other leading domestic players include Velokurjers, City Express, Autopasts Terminals and V-Sports.

The international sector was led by Itella Logistics with a 53pct market share followed by DPD Latvija with 19pct. Other leading international players include UPS partner EKL/LS, DHL, TNT and Autopasts Terminals.

The number of registered express companies in Latvia grew by eight to a total of 30 last year, according to the PUC. The PUC is an independent state institution responsible for regulating various sectors, including the postal market.

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DHL Express breaks regional TAPA record

Posted by | Apr 21, 2008 | |

Omar Cheik from DHL Express receives security certificate from TAPA auditor Aamir Shakir.DHL Express boosted its security credentials in the Middle East last month, after receiving accreditation from the Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) for its operations in Lebanon.
The globally acknowledged TAPA certification is rewarded to companies that successfully complete an evaluation of their cargo security procedures with a panel of independent auditors. DHL Express, which now operates 16 TAPA certified facilities in the Middle East, scored 99.42 pct during its evaluation in Lebanon, breaking its previous record of 98.86 pct in the UAE.

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TNT aims for regional logistics hub in Thailand

Posted by | Apr 21, 2008 | |

TNT Express is aiming to be the logistics gateway for the Greater Mekong region now that it has completed its huge depot in Rangsit, Pathum Thani.
The 3,465-square-metre depot will officially open next month, said Alan Miu, TNT’s Thailand country manager.
The depot will serve as its distribution centre and link with 26 outlets nationwide to tap into double-digit demand growth.
The network’s coverage area includes southern China, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam, the countries through which the Mekong River travels.
The logistics network in the Greater Mekong is a part of sub-regional pact to connect transport routes running through China, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos.
The company said its logistics facilities across Asia would help its network link more than 120 cities with a full range of logistics services in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and China.
Thailand has strong potential as it serves as a production base for various industries such as automobiles, electronics and medical care.
Mr Miu said the new depot was one of the group’s major investment projects in Asia; it has a total budget of 100 million euros to spend from 2008 to 2012.
The budget will be used for expansion of its air express fleet, trucks and depots. Logistics networks in Thailand also cover the group’s time-critical express delivery service, which offers services for goods that require rush delivery.

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