Tag: DHL

SHKP to invest in air cargo complex project in Shanghai

Posted by | Oct 26, 2006 | |

Sun Hung Kai Properties (0016.HK, SHKP) is said to invest in the west air cargo complex (phase II air cargo complex) of Shanghai Pudong International Airport. The news has been confirmed by both parties.

A senior official of Shanghai Airport Authority (SAA) said that the air cargo complex project has been divided into several small projects and SHKP might invest in one of the projects.

The official also said that Hong Kong Airport Authority would not invest in the project as it originally planned to.

It has not been fixed yet as to the share proportion of SHKP, but both parties has primarily agreed that SHKP could take 5% shares of the air cargo complex.

UPS and DHL, the global express service giants, had also singed agreements with Pudong Airport to invest in the project.

SHKP, the Hong Kong-based real estate developer, is engaging in air logistics.

It has already invested in an air transport center in Hong Kong International Airport and has the plan to invest in the third air cargo complex in Hong Kong.

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DHL Express looks at creating hub in Shanghai

Posted by | Oct 24, 2006 | |

DHL Express, the express delivery unit of Deutsche Post, could finalise a contract with the Shanghai Airport Authority to build a hub for its regional operations.

Li Derun, executive vice president of the airport authority, has said that “negotiations with DHL for a Shanghai hub are ongoing”.

There is hope that the parties will be able to sign an agreement before the end of the year, Reuters reported.

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Light mail management reorganisation at Deutsche Post

Posted by | Oct 23, 2006 | |

Deutsche Post, the German postal service operator, has reorganised the management of its letter division in response to increasing competition in this area of activity. Marco Demuth, head of sales in German letter business, is to be replaced by four managers, in order to improve customer orientation. The sales department is to be subdivided into a large customer division and divisions for business customers, commercial customers and private customers.

Ingo Bohlken is to replace Reinhard Pranke as head of German marketing, while Mr Pranke is to be responsible for the deregulation department. Jurgen Gerdes is also being groomed as the successor to Hans-Dieter Petram, head of letter activities at Deutsche Post, whose contract is due to expire at the end of 2007. A further department is to be created on the management board for the UK subsidiary Williams Lea, and Tim Griffiths, head of the UK subsidiary, is therefore to be appointed to the board. Klaus Knappik is to retain responsibility for international letter operations. Top management will be unaffected by the reorganisation.

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Spanish express market forecast to grow 8.2% this year

Posted by | Oct 20, 2006 | |

Spain’s courier and parcels market is expanding rapidly, forecast to increase by 8.2% this year to euro6.6 billion following a 7% rise in revenues in 2005 and over 9% the year before.

The expansion is due to strong industrial output, the internationalisation of trade and an electronic commerce boom, say Spanish researchers DBK.

Business parcels overall grew 8.6% last year and industrial packages by 5.1%. International parcel deliveries were up, for the industrial sector by over 10% and the business sector by 8%.

Seur, MRW, DHL, Iberia TNT and MEX are the main players with a combined market share of almost half. Over 5,300 companies registered to collect and deliver mail, 7% up on 2004, according to the study.

“The most dynamic growth corresponded to business parcels, stimulated by good performance by the private sector,” the report says.

“Geographical coverage by the main players is growing all the time, the expansion often based on the development of franchise networks and alliances between operators.”

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DHL's new European hub 'progressing well'

Posted by | Oct 19, 2006 | |

DHL has released a statement confirming that construction work at its European hub, which began at the start of 2006, is progressing well and is on schedule.

“The Leipzig/Halle hub will be a vital element within our company. Along with Hong Kong in Asia und Wilmington in the United States, it will be one of the three most important transfer locations in DHL’s global network,” Zumwinkel said. DHL plans to create 3,500 jobs by 2012.

A total of 400 DHL employees are already working at the evolving hub, where structural work is almost finished. The hub will consist of a 48,000 square-metre distribution centre and an approximately 23,000 square-metre hangar. Installation of the operational equipment is scheduled to begin soon. Costing more than *70 million, the Dutch company Vanderlande will install sorting technology in the next few months.

DHL is also expanding its flight operations at the Leipzig/Halle airport. The current air routes to and from Brussels, Cologne/Bonn, Warsaw, Kattowitz, Danzig, Nuremberg, Ostrau, Prague in the Czech Republic and East Midlands in England have been expanded to include Kiev. Copenhagen and Bergamo, in northern Italy, will be added as shipping airports on October 30, 2006. Following this, a total of 12 DHL planes will use the central German airport Monday through Friday.

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