Tag: DHL

DHL launches Indian ‘Rakhi Express’ service

Posted by | Aug 6, 2004 | |

Sisters can now send ‘rakhis’ to their brothers living overseas, along with a box of kumkum, some rice, a letter and a gift at a discount of 50 per cent, thanks to a new service by world’s leading logistics firm DHL.
The ‘Rakhi Express’ service is available from August 9 to 29 and “is designed to bridge the distance between families across countries,” DHL said.
The DHL Rakhi Express service is timed to coincide with this year’s ‘Raksha Bandhan’, the festival that celebrates sisters’ love for their brothers.

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DHL opens vital Asian logistics center

Posted by | Aug 6, 2004 | |

Leading express and logistics company DHL has opened its largest center for air express cargo in the Asia-Pacific to gain more from the fast-growing intratrade in the region. John Mullen, DHL Express chief executive officer for Asia-Pacific, said the firm had recorded impressive growth in the region over the past several years and the USD100 million new Central Asia Hub facility was expected to further boost the firm’s business expansion in the region.

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DHL opens Hong Kong hub

Posted by | Aug 5, 2004 | |

DHL Worldwide has opened a new, USD100 million cargo-handling facility in Hong Kong. “The new central Asia hub will significantly increase express shipment throughput capacity in Hong Kong and southern China,” stated John Mullen, DHL’s chief executive for Asia-Pacific. It will handle 440 metric tons a day in 2004, expanding to 900 tons a day by 2014.

DHL said the investment in the new facility reflects the increasing importance of the Asian market. Shipments among Asian countries now account for nearly half of DHL’s express revenue and are the company’s fastest-growing market segment.

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DHL plans Chinese cargo center

Posted by | Aug 5, 2004 | |

DHL Worldwide plans to build an express cargo center at Guangzhou Airport in southern China in addition to its USD100 million newly opened hub in Hong Kong, the global courier said on Wednesday. “We chose the Pearl River Delta for our hub, and Hong Kong is the best option,” John Mullen, DHL’s chief executive officer for Asia Pacific, told reporters before an opening ceremony for its new facility at Hong Kong’s airport.

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DHL plans Indonesia expansion

Posted by | Aug 4, 2004 | |

DHL Danzas Air and Ocean plans to set up more facilities in Indonesia by the end of the year as increased trade within Southeast Asia continues to grow. “Indonesia is a very interesting market. We would like to take full advantage of the Indonesian market,” DHL Danzas Asia Pacific Chief Executive Peter Lansiedel said.

Lansiedel said the company, a unit of Deutsche Post’s DHL Worldwide, planned to open four new offices and logistics centers for air and ocean freight by the end of this year, but he declined to provide details on the location and estimated investment for the new facilities, DHL Danzas claims to have invested 2.1 million dollars in Indonesia over the past four years.

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