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DHL increases air network capacity for Manila & Hong Kong

Posted by | Jan 21, 2008 | |

DHL has further strengthened its Asia Air Network by increasing the uplift capacity for its dedicated Manila and Hong Kong air service to meet growing cargo demand.

The enhanced dedicated service, operated by an Air Hong Kong B727-200 freighter, provides a cargo capacity of 24 tons, up from 19 tons previously. The flight frequency has also been increased from four to five times a week. This represents a total payload capacity of 240 tons or a 58 percent (88 tons) increase in payload capacity for the service. Air Hong Kong is a 60/40 joint venture between Cathay Pacific and DHL.

According to the Economist Intelligence Unit, exports from the Philippines to China grew by an average of 43.8 percent between 2000 and 2005, while imports from China to the Philippines grew by an average of 30.5 percent in the same period. As a consequence, cargo volumes between Manila and Hong Kong are anticipated to rise significantly.

DHL’s Asia Air Network currently comprises more than 30 destinations in 16 countries and territories, served by over 20 aircraft in dedicated air operations. This allows major Asia Pacific cities and other business centers to be interconnected through DHL’s regional hubs and gateways, providing DHL’s customers with overnight services across the region.

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TNT posties set to explode monopoly (UK)

Posted by | Jan 20, 2008 | |

TNT postmen will soon take on the Royal Mail on the streets of Scotland, the boss of the private postal operator has hinted.

Nick Wells, Chief Executive of TNT Post, told Scotland on Sunday that the company was gearing up to launch trials of its first “end-to-end” service, where items are picked up, sorted and delivered by TNT staff without any involvement from the Royal Mail.

He gave his clearest indication yet that some of the locations, which the company has so far refused to confirm, are likely to be in Scotland.

Although a number of private operators have entered the UK postal market since it was opened up to full competition in February 2006, Royal Mail continues to dominate what is referred to in the trade as the “final mile” – the actual delivery of letters and parcels to individual addresses by postmen.

Since its launch in Britain in 2003, Dutch company TNT Post has seized a 9% share of the market, yet it still has to rely on Royal Mail for the final leg of deliveries, effectively handing business back to its competitor.

Wells said: “Last year we handled over 1.8 billion items, but we give all of that back to Royal Mail. Royal Mail still do the end-to-end. We’re Royal Mail’s biggest client.”

It is understood that TNT Post is planning to launch its own end-to-end service early this year in order to reduce the amount of business it hands back to its rival.

Although Wells refused to disclose locations and timings of the end-to-end pilots for competitive reasons, he said TNT Post has been building up a sizeable business in Coatbridge, Glasgow, over the past 18 months.

However, Wells said the company had no plans to support the struggling Post Office network in Scotland, which will see up to 30 branches closed or downgraded this year.

Postcomm, the postal services regulator, recently urged private companies such as TNT Post, DHL and UPS to strike deals with the Post Office network over undelivered mail.

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DHL to use Eco-friendly sea transport from Bremen to Venezuela (Germany)

Posted by | Jan 18, 2008 | |

DHL are the first company to use ocean-going cargo vessel with wind propulsion system Shipping becoming safer, more profitable and more eco-friendly

The MS Beluga SkySails is being used for a commercial transport for the first time. It will carry the first parts of a complete particle board factory from Bremen to Venezuela on behalf of DHL Global Forwarding.

The multipurpose vessel will set sail early next week. What makes it so special is a new wind propulsion system with a huge towing kite that provides additional thrust for the ship at sea – a sustainable solution for reducing fuel consumption, costs and emissions.

DHL will transport the particle board factory to South America for its client, Dieffenbacher, in a total of eight partial shipments. It is to be used for a government-sponsored housing project.

For several years now, DHL has made it its business to provide customers not only with first-class service but sustainable transport solutions as well. In its endeavours to develop efficient and eco-friendly logistic services with the latest technologies, the group was the first logistics company to cluster its innovation activities, giving top priority to climate protection.

Today its business customers in Europe can already send their shipments with the climate-neutral GoGreen Service. The company is also increasingly using alternative propulsion systems such as biogas and electric motors.

On 15th December 2007, the MS Beluga SkySails was christened in Hamburg by Eva Luise Köhler, wife of Germany’s Federal President. The so-called “multipurpose heavy-lift carrier” belongs to the fleet of Bremen shipping company Beluga Shipping GmbH.

Depending on the wind conditions, fuel costs can be lowered by between ten and 35 percent. A small, 87-metre-long freighter would thus save an average of 280,000 euros in fuel costs per year.

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China express service industry may slow down

Posted by | Jan 18, 2008 | |

China’s fast developing express service industry may slow down in 2008 as cargo transportation demand from domestic and foreign companies may decrease due to the steam-losing US economy.

Logistics Association China envisions that foreign majors represented by DHL and Federal Express will tap the chance of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games to reinforce their leading positions in the Chinese market, while domestic players, especially private ones, which feature smaller business volume, weaker capital strength and poorer management, will see days get harsher.

Historical data show that China’s express service industry has been growing at a pace of around 30 percent in recent years and become one of the fastest growing markets of the world.

But according to DHL China, signs of slowdown actually appeared in 2007 though the Chinese market still maintained steady growth in the year, largely due to US economy deceleration and tax policy changes, which decreased cargo transportation demands between the two countries.

DHL said those companies used to adopt air shipment switched to relatively money-saving means as seaway shipment.

Another major foreign player Federal Express China is more optimistic, saying the Chinese economy to a certain degree can be independent from world market changes and it is certain that domestic express service market will continue stable growth momentum. Domestic analysts, however, hold that with market base getting increasingly bigger, the growth of domestic express service industry will get slower as compared to years ago.

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DHL starts next day delivery express service to US, Canada and Mexico

Posted by | Jan 18, 2008 | |

DHL Express has started a new service: with DHL US Next Day time-sensitive goods and documents from the most important Swiss economic regions will be delivered to the US, Canada and Mexico on the following day.

DHL Express is offering delivery before 10.30am (DHL Express 10.30), before 12.00pm (DHL Express 12.00) or before the close of business (DHL Express Worldwide). With US Next Day DHL can deliver to almost anywhere in the US as well as commercial centers in Canada and Mexico by the next day.

This new service is made possible by the DHL hub in Wilmington, Ohio, one of the largest private airports in the world, as well as four further international gateways. More than 34,000 staff in the US work around the clock to distribute the items. In recent years DHL has invested 1.2 billion US dollars in the comprehensive network and in expanding the hub in Wilmington.

The commercial centers of Geneva, Lausanne, Bern, Biel/Bienne, Basle, Lucerne, Zürich and Wil (St. Gallen) all benefit from DHL’s US Next Day service. A customer in the Geneva area can have his US Next Day item collected by DHL as late as 12.45pm. Customers in the Basle region have the last collection time at 3.45pm because a dedicated DHL plane is used for this service to fly from Basle via East Midlands to Wilmington. Duty is paid on these items while in the air.

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