Tag: DHL

DHL launches WEEE Roadshows

Posted by | Jan 15, 2007 | |

DHL Environmental Compliance Solutions is holding a series of seminars to help businesses get to grips with the new WEEE (waste electrical and electronic equipment) legislation introduced to the UK earlier this month.

The WEEE regulations affect retailers, importers and brand owners of electrical products, forcing them to take responsibility for the safe and responsible treatment of disused electrical products and appliances.

DHL is concerned that while big businesses understand the new regulations and have put processes in place to fulfill their WEEE obligations, many smaller companies have not even heard of the new legislation. And with the 15th March deadline fast approaching for businesses to register with an approved compliance scheme, companies need to act quickly.

DHL is holding free seminars in the UK in nine cities in February and early March.

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Emirates Group Security joins DHL strategic air cargo partnership

Posted by | Jan 13, 2007 | |

As one of DHL’s preferred air carriers, Emirates Airline is one of the first airline partners to join this programme.

The aim of this security partnership programme is to work together and to agree on standard operating procedures (SOP) for high-value and high-risk air cargo, to share best practices and information on crime trends and to partner in lobbying towards authorities.

Emirates Group Security and DHL Global Forwarding have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Strategic Air Cargo Security Partnership, a DHL Global Forwarding initiative.

Commenting on the new partnership programme, Dr. Abdulla Al Hashimi, Divisional Senior Vice President Emirates Group Security said: ‘The Emirates Group has always been committed to strengthening security throughout the handling chain. Incidentally, it was Emirates and DHL that were among the first in the UAE and Middle East that attained the TAPA (Technology Asset Protection Association) certification.

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Vietnam accedes to the World Trade Organisation

Posted by | Jan 12, 2007 | |

Vietnam has finally been admitted to the World Trade Organisation, bringing its total membership to 150. The General Council of the WTO approved Vietnam’s membership on 7 November 2006, and it acceded 30 days after the agreement was ratified. The decision ends over 11 years of preparation, including eight years of negotiation.

“Vietnam has shown how anchoring domestic reforms in the WTO can yield dramatic results. Vietnam’s economic growth topped 8% last year, foreign direct investment rose steeply to over USD6 billion, and exports surged by over 20%. More must surely follow with the new laws, administrative measures, and commitments on goods and services that are in Vietnam’s membership package,” WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy said at the time of the membership approval. According to the latest WTO data, Vietnam’s merchandise exports were USD26.5 billion in 2004, and its imports were USD32.0 billion.

Many companies have not waited for the accession to commence their investment in the market. In 2006 both DHL and FedEx made agreements with the Vietnamese Post and Telecommunications Group and the Ministry of Planning and Investment to establish alliances. Also last year NYK Lines committed to sinking USD200 million into a number of shipping and logistics projects. These will include port and shipbuilding initiatives. TNT is extending its Asia road network to Vietnam, scheduled for the first half of this year, and in the last few months APL, MOL, Aramex, Kintetsu, DHL have all announced initiatives.

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DHL Korea launches global mail solutions

Posted by | Jan 11, 2007 | |

DHL has launched a tailored mailroom and document management solutions for corporate customers in Korea, the company said yesterday. The express and logistics company said it is the first in the industry to provide the services called GlobalMail Solutions to companies here.

The company said that GlobalMail Solutions, by providing mailroom and document management service, is committed to taking the entire responsibility for a client’s mailroom to enhance business efficiency.

The services include technology-driven software solutions for corporate customers.

“With our 30 years of know-how in Korea, DHL Korea will provide an integrated and professional service called GlobalMail Solutions, which will offer services customized to fit in with the Korean corporate environment,” Alan Cassels, country manager of DHL Express Korea, said in a statement.

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Spain's Nacex expands Portuguese services

Posted by | Jan 9, 2007 | |

Spanish express company Nacex is improving its distribution in Portugal by expanding daily services and increasing geographical coverage to cover the whole country, including the islands of Azores and Madeira.

The three mainland services consist of next-day, door-to-door delivery before 10.30, within a 30km radius of one of its now 24 agencies spread across the country, and before 13.00 or 19.00 within a 100km radius.

Delivery times to Madeira vary between 24 and 48 hours, and transit to the Azores is estimated at 72 hours. The island services have the same tariff as the Portugal 10.30, subject to weight supplements.

Nacex has been part of Grupo Logísta, which also has subsidiaries in France, Italy and Portugal, since 2002, and only first formed 11 years ago.

Since then the carrier has expanded and now says it can deal with 60,000 items an hour through 275 agencies, 18 Spanish hubs, 1,170 vehicles and over 2000 staff.

Nacex is the sixth leading express company in Spain, behind DHL, Seur, MRW, TNT and Mex, according to the trade magazine Logística, Paquetería y Almacenaje.

In 2005, the company increased revenues by 21.5% on the previous year to EUR 164 million and, in the first quarter of 2006, registered a 12% rise in volume of items transported compared to the same period in 2005.

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