Tag: Europe

DHL hopes to expand airport consolidation centre in Heathrow

Posted by | Jul 24, 2007 | |

DHL- Exel is hoping to expand the scope of its Heathrow Consolidation Centre (HCC) by providing additional services. The HCC currently works with all the retailers, before and after security, at all the Heathrow terminals. This means that all the retailers deliver to the HCC and DHL takes those deliveries into the airport terminals.

Paul Durkin, business director for airport logistics and consolidation centers at DHL-Excel, says the HCC reduces commercial vehicle movements to the terminals by about 80 pct. He believes this could be cut even further if DHL is able to start delivering engineering products into the airport and take over deliveries to airlines.

Durkin says that while there are no firm plans at the moment, the company is investigating both possibilities. “Because of the increasing security requirements for the terminals, it makes sense for us to take products into the sites because we have the security screening processes at the HCC.”

DHL operates a bus-stop-type system around the airport at two-hour intervals during the day. As well as delivering into the terminals, it also removes packaging and recycling, and shifts stock from one terminal to another. DHL is also hoping to work with BAA to open consolidation centres at other airports around the UK.

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Leipzig-Halle woos cargo carriers with fly-by-night offer

Posted by | Jul 24, 2007 | |

With express courier giant DHL moving its operations from Cologne-Bonn airport to its newly-created Central European hub at Leipzig-Halle airport and Lufthansa Cargo deciding to move all freighter flights from Cologne-Bonn to Leipzig-Halle from October 28, the East German airport is aggressively courting other airlines by pitching itself as the gateway to Eastern Europe and an airport with no restrictions on night flights.

Anticipating a rise in traffic, Eric Malitzke, managing director of the Leipzig-Halle Airport, told that the airport was taking a number of steps to upgrade its existing infrastructure. On July 5, its second runway, a parallel additional runway, went into operation. Leipzig-Halle invested some USD 380 million in the second runway and has earmarked USD 1.3 billion for other infrastructure projects.

DHL invested over USD 400 million to set up a Central European hub in Leipzig-Halle and convert its hubs at Cologne-Bonn and Brussels airports into gateways after a heated debate with the Belgium government over night flights. DHL wanted to expand its operations at Brussels and consequently increase night flights but abandoned its plans after strong opposition from people living in the area over noise concerns. DHL is still continuing operations at the two airports but has downgraded their status to gateways rather than European hubs.

DHL Express and Lufthansa Cargo have been jointly operating a route network between Europe, Asia and the US since March 2004 with their Aerologic Intercontinental joint venture, touted as the biggest operative partnership between a cargo carrier and an express and courier company.

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Bailey boots Palletline management team

Posted by | Jul 24, 2007 | |

Palletline plc, the UK’s most experienced palletized freight distribution network, has further strengthened the senior management team at its Birmingham hub through the appointment of Troy Bailey as General Manager – Operations.

Troy joins Palletline from another national network and will once again join forces with Operations Director Mark Pulford with whom he has previously worked.

Troy’s key role will be the day to day management of operations at Birmingham, focusing particularly on scanning, next day and economy deliveries and hub optimisation.

Troy has spent his entire career in the logistics and related sectors, staring with Caterpillar and then moving to Christian Salvesen where he was a contract manager for major customers including Land Rover, Massey Ferguson and Volvo.

He then spent eight years with Tamworth-based DFDS Transport as a divisional manager, before joining Geologistics in Birmingham where he spent two years as regional manager covering the midlands and south-west.

His most recent role saw him drive a number of key operational improvements for another national pallet distribution network.

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Palletline expands Withcare

Posted by | Jul 24, 2007 | |

Uttoxeter-based Professional Handling Withcare is the latest new member to join Palletline plc, the UK’s leading pallet distribution network.

The company, which is based at Bramshall Industrial Estate, will cover the DE and ST14 postcode areas for Palletline, incorporating north Derbyshire, Uttoxeter and parts of Staffordshire.

The new appointment follows significant growth in pallet freight input into the Palletline network from the east midlands region.

Founded in 1986, Professional Handling Withcare employs 35 staff and operates more than 50 vehicles. It is investing in further double decker vehicles to deal with the extra freight generated through its membership of Palletline.

As well as general haulage services, Professional Handling Withcare specializes in retail support.

Founded in 1992, Palletline was the UK’s first national network dedicated to pallet distribution.

Operating from a main hub in Birmingham with regional hubs at Greenford, west London, and Preston, the company today employs some 150 staff, with major clients including blue chip organizations such as Parcelforce and J Sainsbury plc. As well as the UK, Palletline offers deliveries to mainland Europe, Scandinavia and the Irish Republic.

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UK companies turn away GBP millions a month by not accepting cash

Posted by | Jul 24, 2007 | |

Major UK companies could be losing millions of pounds in revenue every month by failing to offer customers the option to pay in cash, reveals new research from Post Office today.

Almost six million UK households use cash or cheque to pay their bills, either through choice or lack of access to banking services. 2.8 million UK adults (1.9 million households) do not have a bank account and rely on cash payment methods to pay their bills. A further six million people with bank accounts (four million households) choose cash over direct debit to pay their bills.

However, several companies including some major combined broadband internet, telephone and digital TV providers, health and leisure groups and monthly mobile phone operators only offer their services to customers who pay by direct debit.

Businesses that do not offer an over the counter cash/cheque payment options are therefore turning away millions of pounds in revenue every month:

– Tlecoms companies failing to offer cash/cheque payment options turn away GBP 165 million every month
– Health and leisure organizations failing to offer cash/cheque payment options turn away GBP 405 million every month

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