Tag: DHL

DHL to quit Myanmar joint venture

Posted by | May 9, 2006 | |

Deutsche Post AG’s DHL affiliate will end its joint venture with an entity linked to Myanmar’s military dictatorship when the current contract expires at the end of 2006, the Burma Campaign UK said. DHL’s partner in Myanmar is the regime-owned company Myanma Post and Telecomms. The two companies started cooperating in Jan 1998, the Campaign said in a statement. No financial details were reported. ‘This is a welcome but long overdue move by DHL,’ said Yvette Mahon, director of Burma Campaign UK. In 2002 the regime expelled Federal Express, UPS and TNT and other smaller parcel carries, leaving DHL the sector’s sole player in the country. None of the other companies operated joint ventures.

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DHL launches new heavyweight door-to-door service

Posted by | May 9, 2006 | |

DHL Middle East has launched a region-wide door-to-door heavyweight shipment delivery service, XL Express. Phil Couchman, Regional Director, DHL Middle East, said: ‘Effectively we are treating the region as one country with XL Express. Utilitising our region-wide experience we guarantee our customers’ heavyweight shipments are treated with the same level of expertise as smaller packages. It’s about providing our customers with a simple and convenient solution so goods can be transported throughout the region as easily as if it was one country.’ The service means that customers can now ship heavyweight goods in the same way as smaller, lighter packages. The benefits include day definite transit times and no hidden charges.

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German express and parcels market heads for consolidation

Posted by | May 5, 2006 | |

The German express and parcels industry is set for further consolidation in the next few years against a background of low growth in the mature domestic market and stronger growth for cross-border volumes. Meanwhile, trends such as rising B2C volumes driven by e-commerce and new technologies such as RFID will play even more important roles in the future. Those were the key messages from senior industry managers in a panel discussion at the recent “European CEP Congress” in Bonn.

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DHL to build spare parts logistics network in China

Posted by | May 2, 2006 | |

Hong Tao, the supervisor for supply chain and logistics of DHL’s Asia-Pacific Region, disclosed that the world-leading express magnate would earmark USD 200 million to build a spare parts logistics network in China. The upcoming network will comprise express logistics centers, to be respectively situated in Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou, and 16 strategic spare parts centers. The express logistics centers will be responsible for distribution of spare parts and components in their respective regions, while the strategic spare parts centers will offer spare parts distribution services within 2-4 hours for customers.

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European courier urged to put up hub in Subic

Posted by | Apr 29, 2006 | |

The Philippine Government is wooing a European courier service firm to put up shop in Subic as the scheduled transfer of Federal Express’ Asian hub from the freeport to China nears. An official privy to the matter said authorities had invited the company to visit possible sites in Subic and assess opportunities for a hub of operations here through their respective distribution network. The official declined to name the firm, saying it might get turned off with the premature publicity. With American firms Fedex operating a hub in Subic and UPS in Clark special economic zone, the country is hosting half of the four biggest package delivery and supply chain service providers in the world. The remaining two are Netherlands-headquartered TNT NV and Germany’s DHL International, both of which already have presence here.

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