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DHL to adjust air operations in Riverside, California

Posted by | Jul 25, 2007 | |

DHL announced plans to lessen noise impacts on the local community by changing out certain aircraft used during its nighttime operations at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside, Calif. Working with its contract airlift provider and leaders from the March ARB Joint Powers Commission, DHL will replace one DC-9 aircraft currently in operation with a quieter aircraft in September of this year. The company also continues to work with its airlift providers to potentially remove a second DC-9 from its operation in Riverside, as soon as September.

“We are aware of concerns in the surrounding area about nighttime noise from aircraft, and have been working closely with the Joint Powers Commission for the last several months to find potential solutions to these concerns,” said Red Alexander, Vice President for Aviation & Commercial Transportation, DHL Express. “While switching aircraft presents considerable operational and financial challenges for DHL, we want to demonstrate to the community that we are good neighbors.”

Alexander noted that the nature of a global cargo operation requires aircraft to move packages over night to ensure the movement of goods to trucks that make deliveries on the ground during the day.

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DHL hopes to expand airport consolidation centre in Heathrow

Posted by | Jul 24, 2007 | |

DHL- Exel is hoping to expand the scope of its Heathrow Consolidation Centre (HCC) by providing additional services. The HCC currently works with all the retailers, before and after security, at all the Heathrow terminals. This means that all the retailers deliver to the HCC and DHL takes those deliveries into the airport terminals.

Paul Durkin, business director for airport logistics and consolidation centers at DHL-Excel, says the HCC reduces commercial vehicle movements to the terminals by about 80 pct. He believes this could be cut even further if DHL is able to start delivering engineering products into the airport and take over deliveries to airlines.

Durkin says that while there are no firm plans at the moment, the company is investigating both possibilities. “Because of the increasing security requirements for the terminals, it makes sense for us to take products into the sites because we have the security screening processes at the HCC.”

DHL operates a bus-stop-type system around the airport at two-hour intervals during the day. As well as delivering into the terminals, it also removes packaging and recycling, and shifts stock from one terminal to another. DHL is also hoping to work with BAA to open consolidation centres at other airports around the UK.

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Leipzig-Halle woos cargo carriers with fly-by-night offer

Posted by | Jul 24, 2007 | |

With express courier giant DHL moving its operations from Cologne-Bonn airport to its newly-created Central European hub at Leipzig-Halle airport and Lufthansa Cargo deciding to move all freighter flights from Cologne-Bonn to Leipzig-Halle from October 28, the East German airport is aggressively courting other airlines by pitching itself as the gateway to Eastern Europe and an airport with no restrictions on night flights.

Anticipating a rise in traffic, Eric Malitzke, managing director of the Leipzig-Halle Airport, told that the airport was taking a number of steps to upgrade its existing infrastructure. On July 5, its second runway, a parallel additional runway, went into operation. Leipzig-Halle invested some USD 380 million in the second runway and has earmarked USD 1.3 billion for other infrastructure projects.

DHL invested over USD 400 million to set up a Central European hub in Leipzig-Halle and convert its hubs at Cologne-Bonn and Brussels airports into gateways after a heated debate with the Belgium government over night flights. DHL wanted to expand its operations at Brussels and consequently increase night flights but abandoned its plans after strong opposition from people living in the area over noise concerns. DHL is still continuing operations at the two airports but has downgraded their status to gateways rather than European hubs.

DHL Express and Lufthansa Cargo have been jointly operating a route network between Europe, Asia and the US since March 2004 with their Aerologic Intercontinental joint venture, touted as the biggest operative partnership between a cargo carrier and an express and courier company.

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DHL appoints Nour Suliman as new General Country Manager for SNAS/DHL in Saudi Arabia

Posted by | Jul 23, 2007 | |

As part of DHL’s continuous plan of expanding and growing business in Saudi Arabia, DHL announced the appointment of Mr. Nour Suliman as the new General Country Manager in the Kingdom.

Considering the ever-growing demand on the logistics services and the huge potential of the transportation and logistics market in the Kingdom, Mr. Suliman will take the responsibility of driving the efforts towards developing the service portfolio offered by DHL in Saudi Arabia.

DHL’s expansion strategy, Suliman added, puts the Saudi market on its top priorities due to its volume and growth.

DHL has scored remarkable growth in its shipment and logistical business estimated at 22.30 percent in the first quarter of the current fiscal year compared to the same period last year. This growth positions DHL as one of the most growing companies in the Saudi logistics market.

After joining the customer service department at DHL in the Kingdom of Bahrain in 1978, Suliman occupied several senior management positions in different DHL locations including Egypt, KSA, UAE and Kingdom of Bahrain. With over 29-year experience, Suliman is one of the industry veterans across the region.

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DHL launches Japan’s first 3PL-operated clinical trial logistics hub

Posted by | Jul 23, 2007 | |

DHL announced the launch of Tokyo-based Clinical Trial Logistics Hub following the successful implementation of its first customer, a leading global pharmaceutical company. DHL’s Clinical Trial Logistics Hub is located in Yashio, Shinagawa-ku and has been providing services since May 2007. This hub is the first of its kind in Japan to be operated by a Third Party Logistics (3PL) provider and specifically designed to meet the logistical needs of pharmaceutical companies conducting clinical trials in Japan.

In this logistics hub, DHL Exel Supply Chain offers pharmaceutical companies a clinical trial materials supply chain solution, including warehousing and transport, to streamline track and trace capabilities, enhance quality performance management, and improve operational processes strictly managed under the policies and procedures dictated by the pharmaceutical industry’s Good Clinical Practices (GCP), Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), and Good Distribution Practices (GDP) standards. The DHL-managed operations can handle clinical trial materials in two temperature zones (temperature: 2-8°C and 15-25°C) with strict controls for adherence to tolerances and automatic alarms and backup procedures and equipment. DHL also offers customized cold-chain packaging to maintain strict temperature tolerances during material dispatch to the investigator.

DHL aims to provide its pharmaceutical customers with improved visibility, control, and quality assurance of its clinical trial materials storage and shipping by leveraging DHL’s global pharmaceutical industry expertise, global distribution network, customs brokerage expertise, local logistics know-how, and information technology (IT) solutions.

DHL Exel Supply Chain is one of the business units in logistics in DPWN Group, operated under DHL Supply Chain Ltd. in Japan. The company currently meets a diverse range of logistics needs using leading-edge design, IT and project management methodologies. Its services enable reduction of cost, inventory and lead time and improvements in customer service through warehouse management, including Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) and service logistics, as well as domestic distribution and transport, reverse logistics, packaging design, disposal, and recycling.

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