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Mexico DHL opens operations centre in Merida

Posted by | Mar 26, 2007 | |

Global carrier and package delivery company DHL, part of German postal services operator Deutsche Post, announced on March 26, 2007, the opening of a new operations centre in the city of Merida, southeastern Mexico.

The centre will allow DHL to strengthen its market presence in Mexico and to also expand its operations to the USA. The new facility will allow DHL to transport over 38,000 parcels more per year, nearly doubling the company’s current capacity. The cost of the centre was not disclosed.

The expansion in Merida is part of DHL’s programme for Mexico and was encouraged by the growing importance of the city for the country’s economy. Tourists who visited Merida and its surroundings in 2006 marked a considerable increase, which drove up investment projects in the area.

DHL already has operations centres in Mexico City and in the cities of Monterrey and Guadalajara.

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DHL establishes new international gateway in Southern California

Posted by | Mar 26, 2007 | |

DHL opened its new international gateway in Southern California to enhance service quality and meet the growing needs of DHL customers shipping to and from Asia-Pacific and the Western United States.

To establish the new International Gateway operation, DHL has invested nearly USD 3 million at its West Coast Distribution Facility in Riverside, Calif., adding on-site offices specifically for providing customs-processing and clearance functions related to DHL international shipments upon arrival. The newly expanded operation will come fully online with the arrival on Tuesday, March 27 of a flight from DHL’s Central Asia SuperHub in Hong Kong into the facility.

DHL’s Riverside ground and air hub personnel will process letters and packages as they are off loaded from the Asia-Pacific flight and channeled directly into the DHL West Coast distribution network, making for faster door-to-door delivery of DHL customer shipments from Asia-Pacific to the Western U.S.

The opening of DHL’s sixth U.S. International Gateway will be the company’s third in California. In addition to the new international gateway operation in Riverside, DHL maintains five other U.S. gateways operations in Wilmington, Ohio; Miami; New York; Los Angeles and San Francisco.

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DHL UAE promotes natural gas fleet

Posted by | Mar 25, 2007 | |

Under the slogan “we travel naturally”, DHL has announced its plans to add compressed natural gas powered vans (CNGs) to its UAE express delivery fleet.
With natural gas continuing to develop as an alternative fuel of choice, and a forecast of 20 per cent natural gas share of road traffic fuel consumption in the UAE by 2012, the express and logistics leader is putting two environmentally-friendly units through a pilot testing phase as part of a plan to expand its UAE natural gas fleet in the coming years.

DHL UAE was recently upgraded to ISO 14001 accreditation, the internationally recognised standard for Environmental Management Systems (EMS), after continuous extensive improvements.
Developments included advanced staff training to raise environmental awareness, as well as publishing DHL’s environmental policy as part of the parent company DPWN’s first sustainability report in June 2006, setting clear environmental objectives and targets.
Gasoline and diesel powered vehicles contribute to 80pc of environment pollution in the UAE followed by factories, a recent study conducted by the Strategic Planning Department for Transport at the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) in Dubai revealed.

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DHL launches new international gateway in Merida, Mexico to serve US-Mexico shipments

Posted by | Mar 22, 2007 | |

DHL today announced the opening of a new gateway in Merida, Mexico to enhance service quality and meet the growing needs of DHL customers shipping across the US-Mexico border.

The recently installed international gateway operation will increase DHL handling capacity by more than 87 percent in the region, enabling the transport of more than 38,000 additional shipments per year. The investment is part of a strategic DHL development plan for Mexico’s Southeastern Region. The strategy will enable DHL to increase its routes and capacity, as well as expand service coverage and provide enhanced customer service.

The new Merida Gateway provides both U.S. and businesses based throughout the region (including those located in Cancun, Ciudad del Carmen, Villahermosa, Tuxtla Gutierrez, and Minatitlan), with a new facility for the transshipment of goods across the US-Mexico border. DHL’s Merida gateway has been authorized by the Mexico national customs authority to operate as a customs facility for the consolidation of the area’s imports and exports.

With the establishment of the Merida gateway, DHL will manage the customs clearance process through a local agent from start to finish, which will reduce average international delivery service times into the cities of Merida, Cancun, Ciudad del Carmen and Campeche from two days to one. DHL customers will receive specialized service by contracting with the agent of their choice.

Before the Merida gateway, shipments bound to the area from the U.S. were processed by Customs in Mexico City. “By having a Merida-based customs agent process shipments, U.S. businesses benefit because DHL can move shipments through customs without intermediate delays,” said Rosano.

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New Zealand Post Group records NZD 38.2 million half-year profit

Posted by | Mar 22, 2007 | |

The New Zealand Post Group has reported an unaudited after-tax profit of NZD 38.2 million for the six months to 31 December 2006 – up 10% on the NZD 34.7 million profit for the same period in 2005.

Operating revenue for the half year was NZD 616.7 million (2005: NZD 565.4 million) and operating expenditure NZD 561.9 million (2005: NZD 515.9 million).

The company will return an interim dividend of NZD 20.3 million (2005: NZD 16.7 million) to the Government shareholder.

New Zealand Post Group Chief Executive John Allen said the result was largely driven by the continued strong performance of Kiwibank and Express Couriers Limited (ECL) – the 50% owned joint venture that was formed with DHL in 2005.

“New services like the Prezzy Card launched in PostShops in November, mobile banking through Kiwibank and our Real Aotearoa stores which stock collectables and stamps alongside quality New Zealand souvenirs are just some of the new ways we’ve continued to diversify our offerings over the past six months,” explained Mr Allen.

“In addition, New Zealanders are continuing to be attracted to a genuinely New Zealand-owned bank. Kiwis are thinking as much with their heads as their hearts – they are going after innovation, low rates, accessibility and quality of service,” Mr Allen said.

During the period, Kiwibank more than doubled its after-tax profit to NZD 11.4 million – compared to NZD 5.4 million for the same period in 2005. Mr Allen said more than 500,000 customers have now joined the bank.

Within the Postal Services business, the amount of domestic mail sent continues to decrease – down 2.9% in the six months – but this has partly been offset by growth in parcels. International mail items continue to grow.

Mr Allen said the company expects strong competition across all parts of the business and ongoing pressure on mail volumes in the next six months.

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