Tag: DHL

DHL to set up new Japanese bases

Posted by | Dec 17, 2004 | |

DHL Japan Inc. will build a 5,000-square-meter-plus warehousing and sorting facility at Central Japan International Airport, set to open next February, as part of a plan to increase its Japanese bases, the company said Friday.

The unit of Germany’s DHL International Ltd. also said it will set up 12 new service centers by next May in the Hokuriku region of central Japan, the Shikoku region of southern Japan and other areas where there are no DHL operational bases.

Total investment costs are estimated at 4 billion yen.

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HSE24 contracts logistics out to DHL

Posted by | Dec 17, 2004 | |

DHL, the logistics subsidiary of German postal service operator Deutsche Post, has won a contract to carry out logistics services for the teleshopping channel Home Shopping Europe (HSE24). It will take responsibility for all logistics activities for the teleshopping provider with effect from 2006, and is investing 35m euros in a new logistics centre, which will create 250 new jobs. Management estimates turnover of an eight-figure sum. The number of parcels which will be forwarded under the contract is estimated at up to 40,000 daily, or six million each year.

Rival teleshopping channel QVC, for which DHL had provided a similar service, recently switched to Hermes Logistik, a subsidiary of mail order group Otto, as a logistics service provider. Hermes Logistik estimates that it will forward 10 million parcels annually for QVC.

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DHL announces US rate changes for 2005

Posted by | Dec 16, 2004 | |

DHL Express (USA), Inc., today announced new express and ground delivery rates and fee adjustments effective January 16, 2005.

In keeping with price adjustments applied throughout the express and parcel shipping industry, rates for DHL Domestic Air Express and International Express will increase an average of 3.4percent. DHL Ground Service rates will increase an average of 2.9percent. Rates for DHL@Home, the company’s expedited business-to-residence shipping service, will increase an average of 3.7percent.

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DHL continues expansion of North American Network

Posted by | Dec 16, 2004 | |

DHL today announced the location of its new West Coast distribution facility in Riverside, California. DHL will spend USD65 million in the lease and development of the new hub as part of a USD1.2 billion North American network expansion program launched by the company in June 2004. Recently, the company also announced the buildout of an expanded DHL Air & Ground Hub in Wilmington, Ohio, and the addition of seven new Regional Sort Centers that will be opened this year.

“DHL promised to be a strong alternative to the duopoly of FedEx and UPS, allowing customers to do business more quickly, efficiently and competitively,” said Fred Beljaars, executive vice president for operations, DHL Americas. “The new West Coast Distribution facility is the latest element of our USD1.2 billion investment program to expand and enhance DHL’s North American service network.”

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