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DHL appoints UK & Ireland Environmental Manager

Posted by | Sep 28, 2004 | |

DHL has reinforced its commitment to environmental issues with the appointment of Nicola Phillips as Environmental Manager for its UK and Ireland Express and Freight operations. Nicola joins DHL from an environmental management role at the BBC where she was responsible for delivering large-scale environmental risk-management projects. In the newly created DHL position, Nicola will be responsible for leading the company towards its goal of ISO14001 accreditation by 2007. Nicola will manage the strategic implementation of all DHL’s environmental programmes which include the implementation of a formal Environmental Management System (ISO14001) throughout 200 operational sites, development of a comprehensive environmental monitoring system to provide enhanced public reporting, extensive staff environmental awareness training, and a programme of customer partnerships.

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DHL opens major facility in Czech capital

Posted by | Sep 27, 2004 | |

DHL opened an information technology operations center in the Czech capital on Friday, a spokeswoman said.

The Prague center will serve as the key IT facility for DHL in Europe. The company has similar operations centers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and Scottsdale, Arizona.

The Prague center is expected to be in full operation by December and to employ some 800 people by early 2005, said Alison Jocz, a spokeswoman for the company.

DHL planned to invest EUR500 million (USD615 million) in the center over five years, Jocz said.

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Belgium’s DHL workers call strike in airport row

Posted by | Sep 24, 2004 | |

The Union representatives and employees of International courier firm DHL on Friday called on fellow workers at Brussels National Airport to come out on strike in the near future in their support.

The call followed failed talks with the Center Democrat et Humaniste Party (cdH), one of the Brussels region’s leading political parties, over whether DHL should be allowed to expand its operations at Zaventem airport, the national airport in northeastern Brussels.

The cdH, fearing a backlash among local voters who are worried about aircraft noise, is opposed to DHL’s plans.

But the union’s representatives are worried that the US-based courier firm will scale down its Belgian operations massively if it does not get the go ahead to expand, a move that could lead to up to 2,000 job losses.

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Belgian PM stays off work as political crisis simmers

Posted by | Sep 24, 2004 | |

Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt cancelled Friday a planned return to work after being injured in a car crash, keeping on hold a simmering political crisis threatening his government.

He had planned to resume work Friday to discuss a crisis over threats by global shipping company DHL, a major local employer, to pull out of Brussels airport due to restrictions on night flights.

But his spokesman said Verhofstadt would not be chairing a cabinet meeting as expected, and would be taking several more days to rest.

“He is still in too much pain and so will not be able to chair” the ministerial meetings, the spokesman was cited by the Belga news agency as saying, adding Verhofstadt had had a “very bad night.”

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Courier giants upbeat in Indonesian market

Posted by | Sep 23, 2004 | |

The world’s major express and logistics companies remain confident about the long-term prospects of the Indonesian courier market despite uncertainties in the country’s foreign trade.

Big players such as DHL, Fedex, TNT and RPX believe the long-term prospects for the Indonesian courier market remain bright, although many problems still hamper Indonesia’s international trade.

“There have definitely been improvements in the business, especially in the area of heavyweight shipments,” Edi Parayitno, the communications and e-commerce manager of DHL Express in Indonesia. Edi said that DHL Express, which operates through its Indonesian partner, PT Birotika Semesta, had recently launched an air service between Jakarta and Singapore in response to the high volume of inbound and outbound shipments

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