Tag: DHL

DHL goes for home run in rivals’ back yard

Posted by | Apr 4, 2005 | |

If there remained any doubt about DHL’s commitment to becoming a force in the US, it disappeared last week when the German-owned package delivery company struck a deal to sponsor Major League Baseball. Attaching its name to America’s “national pastime” is the most brazen sign to date of DHL’s ambitions to challenge United Parcel Service and FedEx on their home turf. DHL, part of Deutsche Post, said it had been adopted as an official partner of baseball’s top league for the next three years, raising the profile of a company that had until recently been largely absent from the US. The sponsorship is the latest in a series of initiatives by DHL to break the dominance of UPS and FedEx, which together command nearly 80 per cent of the US market.

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‘Any consignment, anywhere, any mode’ – Mr Chris Callen, Country Manager, DHL Express, India

Posted by | Apr 4, 2005 | |

A seasoned professional with over 25 years experience in the Express and Logistics industry, Mr Callen worked with many companies before joining New Zealand Post Ltd as Group Manager Distribution. He was a key member of the team that played a pioneering role in deregulating the postal market and developing the express and logistics industry in New Zealand. In 1998, he was made Chairman of joint venture airline Airpost Ltd. Mr Callen joined DHL in late 2002, and was recently elected Chairman of the Express Industry Council of India and is a Trustee of The American School of Bombay. Mr Callen spoke to Business Line about the Express industry, DHL, its new partners and its customers.

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GLS accuses DHL

Posted by | Mar 30, 2005 | |

The British post’s subsidiary GLS has accused DHL of practising price dumping in Germany. In an interview with the daily “Die Welt”, CEO Rico Back said the Deutsche Post parcel subsidiary would undercut GLS tariffs with discounts between 8 and 10% or 20 to 30 cent per parcel. DHL would guarantee customers the same price until 2007 and exclude any increase due to higher road toll or fuel costs. Mr Back called the practice “untrustworthy”.

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DHL awards Siemens contract for major parcel sorting systems in United States

Posted by | Mar 30, 2005 | |

DHL has awarded Siemens Logistics and Assembly Systems Inc., part of a USD160M contract for the integration and supply of conveying and sorting hardware. The agreement includes the provision of upper-level management software for implementation in DHL’s new letter and parcel sortation hubs. The hubs are located in Wilmington, Ohio; Allentown, Penn.; and Riverside, Calif. These facilities will serve both the air and ground parcel-sorting requirements of DHL as it continues to expand its growing customer base in the United States. Contract terms are undisclosed.

Installation will begin in May 2005 and the systems are expected to be fully operational by September 2006.

“This business partnership with Siemens provides us with the resources we need to fast-track the development of a state-of-the-art hub integration and automation system to improve service to our customers,” said Fred Beljaars, executive vice president for operations at DHL Americas.

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DHL Philippines considering online payment service to clients

Posted by | Mar 29, 2005 | |

Courier company DHL Express (Philippines) Corp. is considering offering an online payment service to local customers.

The service is seen to complete the end-to-end e-commerce offer of a company that will address a market that is still slow in using electronic commerce services. The online payment service is being developed in conjunction with the redesign of the website.

The local arm of DHL is currently upgrading its website, which is part of the “rebranding exercise” all DHL operations worldwide are going through as a result of the acquisition of Deutsche Post World Net of DHL International in December 2002.

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