Tag: DHL

DHL opens European home-shopping hub

Posted by | Jun 8, 2006 | |

DHL on Thursday opened a new center in Greven, Germany, that ultimately will handle all logistics tasks for the Home Shopping Europe teleshopping channel.
Full operations will begin in a few days. Starting in July, the 35-million euro center will handle the complete logistics operations for HSE24. The center will employ 250 and ship up to 40,000 packages per day. The express unit of Deutsche Post World Net said the center stakes a claim in the rapidly growing teleshopping business that depends on short distances and fast deliveries.

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USPS should give up first-class monopoly

Posted by | Jun 6, 2006 | |

The Pantagraph editorial “No stamp of approval for proposed increases” (June 1) spells out the many “flaws” in the entire United States Postal Service system.

The monopoly on first-class mail granted the USPS many, many years ago was necessary to ensure this service was made available to everyone equally. Those days are long gone. The need for this gigantic money loser no longer exists, thanks to the superior job being done by UPS, Fed Ex, DHL, etc. They offer delivery to every address in the United Sates daily – as well as literally worldwide. Given the opportunity, they would certainly be able to use their expertise in taking on first-class and parcel post. And competition would keep the rates down, while keeping levels of service up.

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DHL named primary provider for WILD Flavors

Posted by | Jun 5, 2006 | |

DHL today announced a new agreement with WILD Flavors, the largest privately held manufacturer of flavorings and ingredients for beverages and food products, to serve as the company’s primary express and ground parcel shipping provider. Under the new two-year agreement, DHL will provide domestic express air and ground services, International Express import and export, as well as air and ocean import, export freight and customs house brokerage as WILD Flavors continues to expand into international markets. WILD Flavors ships its liquid, powder and manufactured flavorings for use in consumer products to food and beverage manufacturing plants in North America, Mexico, and worldwide from its distribution center in Erlanger, Kentucky.

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DHL, FedEx, UPS raise fuel surcharges in China

Posted by | Jun 2, 2006 | |

DHL, FedEx and UPS raise their fuel-related surcharges in China as of June, in a move to offset the increasing operational costs resulting form soaring oil prices in the international market since 2005. DHL-Sinotrans, Brussels-based DHL’s China joint venture, lifted fuel surcharges from 11.5% to 13.5% today, while the two US tycoons FedEx and UPS each announced an increase from 13.5% to a record high of 15%, which will come into effect on June 5. In stark contrast, Express Mail Service (EMS), the express service arm of state-run China Post, did not announce any markup on fuel surcharges or any change in service charges.

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DHL invests in Leipzig/Halle airport

Posted by | Jun 2, 2006 | |

DHL is to increase its activities at Leipzig/Halle airport in eastern Germany. The German company is to increase the number of flights it carries out each day from five to nine and will also fly to new destinations in the UK and the Czech Republic. As of July, DHL will employ more than 240 people at Leipzig/Halle.

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