Tag: DHL

Leong's role in DHL expands to Brunei

Posted by | Jan 24, 2007 | |

DHL Express Malaysia country manager Sam Leong’s role has been widened to include the international express and logistics company’s operations in Brunei as a result of its regional restructuring programme to improve geographic focus upon trade lanes within Asia Pacific.

In a statement on Jan 24, DHL said under the restructuring programme, DHL Express Brunei country manager Hardy Diec has begun reporting to Leong since Jan 1.

“I am honoured to take up this expanded portfolio and look forward to overseeing our progress in Brunei.

“With the exciting activities being planned for DHL Malaysia in 2007, I hope to continue the momentum generated here and build on our reputation as the world’s leading express and logistics company in Brunei as well,” Leong said.

DHL’s restructuring consisted of two areas – the South Asia and Indochina Area and Southeast Asia.

It said the Southeast Asia area, led by DHL senior vice president Southeast Asia, Yasmin Aladad Khan, had expanded to include Brunei, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam, in addition to Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines.

DHL said the South Asia and Indochina Area had been renamed South Asia Area and covered India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, Maldives, Bangladesh and Bhutan.

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DHL UK enhances international delivery service

Posted by | Jan 24, 2007 | |

DHL’s Sameday International Service now offers 24 hour delivery of urgent packages throughout the world, from anywhere in the UK, following the launch of a dedicated mission critical International Sameday team.

With its comprehensive network of strategically located same day service centres, the largest courier fleet in the UK, dedicated teams and specially trained couriers, DHL offers businesses tailor-made solutions for urgent international deliveries.

For deliveries that require extra special care, DHL provides worldwide onboard couriers. These specially trained staff hand-carry small packages, contents permitting, on commercial flights and personally deliver the package, providing greater safety and peace of mind. When speed and security is paramount, DHL offers a next available flight service which ensures documents and parcels are delivered in the quickest possible time.

Alternatively, DHL offers either a dedicated vehicle service to transport shipments into Europe or a cost-effective chartered aircraft service for mission critical shipments to worldwide destinations.

Sameday International is one part of DHL’s extensive family of Sameday services, which include UK and Europe.

Simon Croft, Managing Director of DHL Sameday, commented: “Sameday International has been developed to meet the growing demands of today’s fast-paced business environment. DHL’s resources and reach means we can offer unparalleled flexibility and reliability when it comes to urgent international deliveries, through a single dedicated worldwide network.”

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DHL completes Dubai hub refurbishment

Posted by | Jan 22, 2007 | |

DHL has completed a AED3.5 million (USD950,000) refurbishment project at its Dubai hub.

DHL, Deutsche Post’s courier and logistics business, claimed the hub, located in Dubai International Airport, will increase DHL United Arab Emirate’s (UAE) capacity to reach 40,000 shipments and 150,000 kilograms per day over the next five years.Paul Dowling, hub manager for DHL UAE, said: “The upgrade of Hub facilities included the installation of a high specification conveyor belt system and 400 square meters of castor decking to facilitate movement of airline containers. In addition, new operation offices were part of the expansion as well as putting in place a CCTV system provided with 64 cameras to ensure security for all shipments.”Bachi Spiga, area operations director for DHL Middle East, said: “DHL has been pursuing a sustained growth strategy focusing on building capacity and continuous renovations. Through significant investments in infrastructure and technology, we have reinforced our leadership position to ensure we exceed our customers’ expectations.” DHL said the refurbishment project is the latest of several renovation and expansion moves planned by DHL in the region to accommodate both domestic and international express and logistics growth.

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Tomasz Buras appointed as the new president of the DHL Express Poland

Posted by | Jan 22, 2007 | |

Tomasz Buras has been appointed as the new president of the Polish arm of DHL Express.

He is a former lecturer at Warsaw’s University of Technology and was operational manager at Ikea Hanim Poland. From 1994 to 2001 he was a director of Sony Poland for CEE logistics and also worked for P&O Trans European Polska. He has been connected with DHL since 2002, is married and has two children.

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Express mail and delivery firms diversifying in the Czech Republic

Posted by | Jan 22, 2007 | |

With the European and Czech market of postal services slated to be fully liberalized by 2009, the Czech state-owned post office Ceska posta (CP) continues broad remedies to withstand the impact of competition, which is driven by the market to boost services, increase quality and reduce prices.

“Within two years, Ceska posta will be a different company,” said Ivo Mravinac, the director of communications with CP. The ongoing changes are concentrated on two major levels — the internal restructuring of the company and the conversion into joint-stock company.

For the past couple of years, the Czech government harbored plans to privatize the company and finally last fall the board of trustees of CP charged company CEO Karel Kratina to work out the details of the transformation into a state owned joint-stock company. “There’s no time-schedule for the whole process or for its individual steps,” Mravinac said, adding that the final deadline is Jan. 1, 2009, when the Czech postal services market is to be fully liberalized, but that the company hopes to reach its target sooner.

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