Tag: DHL

DHL head in Asia says ASEAN needs more unity on free trade issues

Posted by | Nov 28, 2004 | |

The head of DHL express delivery in Asia is applauding efforts by Thailand and Singapore to speed up economic reforms in Southeast Asia, but he warns that if the region doesn’t work better as a group, less developed nations will lag farther behind. John Mullen, chief executive officer for DHL Express America, Asia Pacific and emerging markets, said in an interview Saturday with The Associated Press that Southeast Asia has to make it easier for foreign companies to invest in the region. Faster customs procedures are also needed, Mullen said at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in the Laotian capital, Vientiane. “Singapore and Thailand have been really aggressive in leading the charge” for freer markets, he said. “But the disadvantage of that is that if you end up with a two-speed ASEAN, that tends to marginalize the slower-paced countries even further.”

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Blue Dart to sell stake in aviation arm to enable takeover by DHL

Posted by | Nov 22, 2004 | |

Courier company Blue Dart Express has decided to divest its stake in its wholly-owned subsidiary Blue Dart Aviation Ltd in order to facilitate the acquistion of the parent company by global logistics major DHL Express. The company said in a notice issued to BSE: “The board of Blue Dart Express Ltd has approved the divestment/sale of equity shares of Blue Dart Aviation Ltd, being its wholly-owned subsidiary company up to 100percent of the equity share capital.” Under the foreign direct investment (FDI) guidelines for the aviation sector, the foreign holding in airlines has been capped at 49percent. DHL, which has inked a deal to buy a 68.2percent stake in the company for Rs 566 crore and announced an open offer for another 20percent would have exceeded this cap by virtue of its shareholding in the parent company.

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DHL dispatches its message to USA

Posted by | Nov 22, 2004 | |

DHL has hopes that red and yellow will be as popular a color combination for the holidays as red and green.

The colors for the global shipping giant are part of the new look adopted after its USD1.1 billion acquisition of Airborne last year (the two previously used white and different shades of red).

The new look popped up virtually overnight this summer on 426 warehouses, 2,841 retail store locations, 15,338 drop boxes, 17,000 uniformed personnel, 18,000 vehicles and 275 million pieces of packaging.

“We said we have to paint everything yellow as quickly as we can,” says Dick Metzler, executive vice president marketing of DHL Americas. “We really did fast-track this. It was almost a military operation.”

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Multinational express companies aim at Shanghai

Posted by | Nov 22, 2004 | |

Latest Customs’ statistics show that Shanghai has become an air express (AXPS) hub in China, and even in Asia and the Pacific region. Multinational express companies are one after another increasing their investment and shifting their regional business focus to Shanghai.

Shanghai is an aviation hub port and a leading city in the development of the Yangtze River Delta area. Since this year, the amount of both inbound and outbound express delivery handled by Shanghai Port has grown over 50 percent over the same period of 2003, and the port even ranked first in China in terms of amount of air express handled, which had reached 8 million pieces by the end of September this year.

The world’s largest express operator, UPS of the United States, after shifting its Grand-China-Area headquarter from Hong Kong to Shanghai, plans to construct an Asia-Pacific area transshipment center in Shanghai, and then centering on Shanghai, to develop international through express business in Qingdao, Guangzhou and Xiamen. Several other international express giants, including DHL and TNT, are also planning such operation system in China.

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DHL and Newgistics team up to provide proven consumer returns solution

Posted by | Nov 16, 2004 | |

DHL and Newgistics, Inc., the leader in returns management solutions for direct retailers, today announced a partnership to offer Newgistics’ retail merchandise return solution, SmartLabel(R), for DHL customers. Newgistics’ SmartLabel, addresses the reverse logistics needs of multi-channel retailers, the fastest growing industry segment for logistics providers. “The new DHL has invested USD1.2 billion in its U.S. infrastructure to reach out to a broader consumer market and help all customers do business more quickly, efficiently, and competitively,” said Rich Corrado, Executive Vice President of Business Development for DHL Americas. “We recognize that retail is one of the largest segments in the U.S. express market, and working with Newgistics will help further our commitment to these customers by providing a comprehensive, quality, intelligent returns management program.”

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