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DHL upgrades freighters from Turkey
DHL Aviation has boosted its capacity from Turkey by over 160 per cent, by replacing of its five weekly B757 freighters with six weekly A300 freighters.
The airline now offers a total allocation of 520,000 kg of main deck space per month from Istanbul to its European hub in Brussels, linking to 136 destinations worldwide on its own services. Interline agreements with American Airlines, Air Canada and Continental Airlines add a further 94 destinations.
DHL Aviation is represented in Turkey by its GSSA of 11 years, Kargosistem AS, whose managing director Demir Ozerman, said: “This additional freighter capacity, coupled with network expansion and improved routings, gives DHL Aviation much greater potential in this market. It also significantly improves the scope of services we can offer to the Turkish airfreight community and boosts our total portfolio of destinations to almost 300.”
Read MoreJohn Mullen, CEO DHL Express, Excel Award for Communication Leadership
The winner of the 2008 IABC Europe/Middle East Excel Award for Communication Leadership is John Mullen, CEO and Board Member, DHL Express.
John has clearly made a remarkable impact on the success of his organization through his commitment to communication; has shown examples of communication at its best both internally and externally, speaking honestly in the face of problems and using the personal touch with colleagues; and has clearly put communication at the heart of his leadership style, devoting time, energy and enthusiasm to dealing openly, directly and credibly and with his many different stakeholders.
John Mullen will be presented with his award at the IABC’s Eurocomm conference in Barcelona on 4th-5th February 2008, where he will present the keynote address.
Previous Excel Award winners have been: David Radcliffe, CEO of Hogg Robinson (2004); John O’Neill, CEO of AXA Ireland (2005); and John Leggate, CIO of BP (2006).
Read MoreDHL signs five-year GBP 150 million contract with MFI (UK)
DHL Exel Supply Chain has today announced a new five-year deal with MFI, the UK’s leading home and furniture retailer, after successfully winning the contract to manage the high street giant’s new distribution center and home delivery operation.
Under the terms of the five-year contract, DHL will invest more than GBP 10 million (13.8 million euro) of its own capital into the venture. This investment will help to improve the information technology system which supports the new, streamlined picking and packing process in the warehouse, and also to develop additional warehouse space as MFI’s product range increases.
On Friday 7 December, DHL and MFI opened a new, major distribution center in Yorkshire, which signifies the start of this new business relationship. Cabinet Office Minister, Ed Miliband, carried out the official opening at the state-of-the-art 750,000 sq m distribution center in Thorne (South Yorkshire), thereby cementing a major breakthrough for DHL, as the deal represents one of the biggest ‘shared risk’ partnerships it has ever entered into with a customer.
Read MoreDHL install new automated sorting system at Chubu Gateway, Japan
DHL, today installed an automated sorting system for parcels at the Chubu Gateway at Central Japan International Airport, a dedicated facility providing DHL customers with bonded warehousing and customs clearance processing at one convenient location. This installation is part of DHL’s commitment to invest an additional 11 billion yen (USD 90 million) in Japan over the next few years, and comes on the heels of the inauguration of the expanded DHL Kansai International Airport Gateway in June this year.
The processing capacity of the new automated sorting system at the Chubu Gateway is 7,500 pieces per hour, expanding capacity to approximately three times the volume possible with standard manual sorting. The automated sorting system accommodates the growing volume of cargo handled in the Chubu area, especially for trade between Japan and China, and promotes the effective utilization of the Gateway – complementary to DHL’s other Japan Gateways at the Narita International Airport and Kansai International Airport – through the enhancement of shipment processing speed and service quality.
With the opening of the Central Japan International Airport in 2005, DHL has made substantial investments in the Chubu area. The Chubu Gateway was opened in March 2006, joining the six service centers established in the Tokai and Hokuriku regions since 2005. In October 2006, Air Hong Kong – DHL’s joint venture with Cathay Pacific – began operating a five-time-weekly dedicated service connecting the Central Japan International Airport to DHL’s Central Asia Hub in Hong Kong, expanding transport capability and fortifying next-day delivery services between the two regions. Based on this strengthening of both ground and air networks, a greater number of locations in the Tokai and Hokuriku regions now enjoy same-day pick-up and same-day delivery services, reducing transport times by as much as one day.
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