Tag: Europe

Formula 1: showdown for the 'DHL fastest lap trophy'

Posted by | Oct 18, 2007 | |

The ‘DHL Fastest Lap Trophy’ 2007 will definitely go to Ferrari. What’s not yet decided is who will be the first Formula 1 driver to receive the award for the highest number of fastest laps in one season. Felipe Massa is currently in the lead with six of the fastest laps. The winner will be decided next Sunday, October 21, in Sao Paulo at the Brazilian Grand Prix.

The two Ferrari drivers, Felipe Massa and Kimi Räikkönen, have produced an exciting head-to-head challenge. This season Massa has driven six of the fastest laps during a race, closely followed by his teammate Räikkönen, who has achieved five of the fastest laps. If Räikkönen drives the fastest lap in the final race of the season then he will draw level with Massa. As the Brazilian and the Finn are so far neck-and-neck also in terms of the number of second fastest laps, Räikkönen can only win the trophy if Massa does not achieve the second fastest lap at the same time. The final decision will then be based on the number of third fastest laps and the Finn is in leading position here.

Since the beginning of the current Formula 1 2007 season, DHL has officially lent its name to this fastest lap and is awarding the DHL Fastest Lap Trophy for the first time to the fastest of the fast amongst the Formula 1 drivers. As the official logistics partner of Formula 1, DHL is also responsible during the 17 race weekends for the transportation of up to 300 tons of equipment. In addition to racing cars, this also includes spare parts, special racing car fuel and box equipment, right through to the equipment for the ‘Paddock Club’ and the entire TV equipment. Just like the actual races, this all requires speed, timing and successful teamwork.

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DPD Polska new investment in Poznan

Posted by | Oct 18, 2007 | |

The opening of a new depot in Poznan is one of the company’s biggest investments planned for 2007.

The depot in Poznan is going to be part of the new operational structure, which assumes the functioning of a couple hubs, located in different regions in the country. The network of the biggest sorting centers will be established in the following cities: Gdansk, Warsaw, Katowice, Ùodz and Poznan.

The surface area of the new depot is going to be double the size of the current warehouse and will equal 6400 m². The need for bigger operational space is connected with the new sorting role of the depot for the North-West region of Poland, as well as with the growing number of parcels in this part of the country. City Poznan takes second place in DPD Polska domestic network as far as number of parcels is concerned 9,5 thousand daily.
The new depot will be located near big domestic transport routes, which allow easy access to the hub from all directions in Poland.

The cost of equipment will account for 800 thousand EURO, what includes 300 thousand EURO dedicated for an automatic conveyor belt. The depot will dispose of 13 ramps and 40 courier gates. Currently the depot in Poznan employs around 180 workers. However, along with the depots development, the company will increase number of staff.

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DHL opens terminal at Slovenian airport

Posted by | Oct 18, 2007 | |

The Slovenian branch of global logistics firm DHL opened a terminal at the Joze Pucnik Ljubljana Airport that will serve as the base for the company’s operations in Slovenia.

DHL Express Slovenija set up its base in the new US$4.25 million terminal owned by airport operator Aerodrom Ljubljana and construction firm GH Holding. The building is the first in a series that will form the new business and logistics zone at the airport, dubbed Airport City.

DHL Express Slovenija, the subsidiary of German group DHL, will combine its two core operations in Slovenia – sorting of express parcels and collection of freight parcels.

DHL Express Slovenija commanded nearly 60 percent of the Slovenian market in express postal services. He said the company expected the market to continue growing at a healthy pace.

In order to cater for the growing demand, the company intends to begin using a Boeing 757 cargo plane to service the terminal in Ljubljana, significantly increasing capacity. With this the terminal will also become DHL’s hub for the Austrian region of Carinthia, parts of Italy’s Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Croatia.

The airport operator wanted to turn Joze Pucnik Airport into a logistics and business hub connecting road, air and railway transport. Talks were underway on connecting the airport to the railway system.

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Seur to invest EUR 40.5 million in new facilities in Barcelona

Posted by | Oct 18, 2007 | |

Seur invests in Barcelona Spanish express company Seur, partly owned by France’s GeoPost (La Poste), is to invest EUR 40.5 million in new facilities in Barcelona to further upgrade its infrastructure.

The new 16,400 sqm facility, which is one of the ten hubs of the Seur network in the Iberian Peninsula, is divided into a 8,400 sqm cross docking bay and the 8,000 sqm Seur franchise Barcino.

The new loading platform incorporates the latest technologies which include a double conveyor worth EUR 6 million with a capacity to sort up to 14,000 parcels per hour.
Furthermore, the goods are controlled by means of a barcode reading system which transfers real-time information according to the position of each parcel.

The Seur franchise Barcino is located next to the hub and is one of the 85 franchises of the Seur network, which has invested EUR 11.5 million of the total EUR 40.5 million in its new facilities. With an extension of 7,994 qm the franchise Barcino employs a workforce of 290 professionals to ensure the best service possible. Barcino has generated a turnover of EUR 32 million in 2006.

Manuell Valle, Seur CEO, pointed out during the inauguration the importance of the new facility for the company. “The new platform is a reference of modernity and is well situated in terms of land, sea and air. These conditions are suitable to enhance the service quality for thousands of customers and follow the path of continuous improvement after the inaugurations of the Seur franchise in Sevilla and the franchise and hub of Lisbon.”

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DHL opens distribution centre for Epson in Tilburg

Posted by | Oct 18, 2007 | |

DHL announced that Epson Europe, DHL Exel Supply Chain and ProLogis celebrate the opening of the new central distribution centre for Epson Europe. From this centre around tens of thousands of printers, video projectors and cash register systems are shipped to customers in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Russia on a daily basis. DHL is responsible for the logistics from the centre employing up to 400 people. The new warehouse, with 60 loading docks and a surface area of 60,000m2, is the property of ProLogis and was voted the “best looking” distribution center in the Netherlands by the Dutch publication, Nieuwsblad Transport.

“The warehousing activities of Epson Europe were performed at a number of different locations until recently,” says Denis Doyle, Operations Director for Epson Europe. “Two of these, the Maasvlakte and Hoofddorp, were managed by DHL. The centralization of our logistics warehouses will be beneficial for customers in the area of consolidated invoicing, direct shipment and reducing administration time. By consolidating our logistics we expect to achieve substantial savings, not only in terms of cost but also for the environment, which is an important step for Epson. We are much better able to utilize our transport capacity, contributing to a reduction in CO 2 emissions. We have always had an excellent working relationship with DHL, so we have plenty of confidence in our continued future together.”

“The Netherlands, and in particular Tilburg, is an ideal logistics location for European supply chains and we are delighted to be opening this new distribution center, the 32 rd in the Netherlands, in partnership with our valued customer, Epson,” says John Allan , CEO DHL Logistics Division.

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