Tag: Germany

DHL Express Austria expands its air network

Posted by | Sep 29, 2008 | |

DHL Express Austria has doubled the number of its flights from and to Blue Danube Airport in Linz, Nothern Austria, with 5 weekly return flights on the Leipzig-Linz-Ljubljana route.

With the introduction of the new flights, the Blue Danube Airport Linz is further expanding its infrastructure as well as international marketing activities due to the increasing demand for air transportation.

Currently, around 450,000 kgs of air freight are handled at Linz Airport annually with an expected growth rate of 5-10 pct next year.

In June 2007, DHL Express Austria became a new customer of the airport. Since then, DHL has been operating the Linz – Leipzig – Linz route. In addition, shipments from Salzburg, Carinthia, Styria and parts of Lower Austria have been shipped via Linz to Leipzig since April 2008.

DHL Express has a total of 15 sites in Austria and employs about 870 people.

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German publisher Holtzbrink buys twelve units of insolvent PIN Group

Posted by | Sep 29, 2008 | |

Georg von Holtzbrinck has bought major parts of the insolvent mail company PIN Group in a deal making it one of Deutsche Post’s biggest competitors, according to various media reports.

The insolvency administrator of PIN Holding, Bruno M. Kübler, said that the sale to Holtzbrinck will help preserve a considerable part of PIN’s network but did not reveal any financial details. The transaction is pending regulatory approval by the Federal Cartel Office (FCO), which is considered rather a formality.

In total, Holtzbrink has taken over twelve units of the troubled PIN Group with a 100 pct stake in six PIN companies and a major stake in the remaining six. It acquired PIN Mail in Berlin, eight PIN units in Brandenburg, Freiburg-based Arriva as well as Main-Post Logistik and Main-Sorter-Service in Wuerzburg. These units are located in the metropolitan area of Berlin, in the five states in the former German Democratic Republic, in Lower Franconia which is one of Bavaria’s administrative regions, and the metropolitan area of Freiburg.

The acquired companies employ a total of 2,500 workers. In the meantime, Kuebler is reportedly in negotiations with potential investors to buy the remaining 20 units, which count 1,200 workers.

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DPD to open enlarged depot in north-west Germany

Posted by | Sep 26, 2008 | |

DPD Germany has officially inaugurated its new depot in Essen-Karnap, north-west Germany, which is planned to go into operation on January 2, 2009.

The 5,000 sqm facility, on a 32,000 sqm site, will replace the smaller DPD depot in Essen by doubling the sorting capacity to up to 32,000 parcels per day. With the new depot, the company aims to strengthen its network in the region in order to keep up with the parcel volume which is expected to grow continuously over the next few years, DPD said.

The company aims for annual volume growth of at least 3 pct at the new depot which has 10 unloading bays and 16 loading bays. All 100 employees and 90 deliverers from the old depot will move to the new facility.

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Deutsche Post World Net ranked No. 1 logistics company in climate protection

Posted by | Sep 25, 2008 | |

The Group is the only transport and logistics service provider to be included in the Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index. The index lists 67 companies from the Global 500 Index that have stood out for their exemplary contributions to climate protection.

The CDLI is compiled by the auditing company PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) on behalf of the CDP – a joint initiative of 385 globally active institutional investors with combined investment assets of more than USD 57 trillion.

The CDLI and the CDP’s annual report are based on a broad survey in which companies are asked about their carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions as well as their concrete CO2 reduction targets and climate protection strategies. Just fewer than 400 of the Global 500 companies took part in the 2008 survey. In addition to the CDLI inclusion, Deutsche Post World Net also had its listing in the FTSE4Good Index Series confirmed.

The company’s CO2 efficiency – including externally sourced transport services – is to be improved by an additional 30 percent by 2020. This means that CO2 emissions per letter posted, per tonne shipped and per square meter of used space are to decline by just under one-third compared with 2007.

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Hermes Transport Logistics targets Europe with road, air, ocean products

Posted by | Sep 24, 2008 | |

Hermes Logistics is expanding its freight transport business by re-branding it to target the European market and offering a broader product range, including road, air and ocean freight transportation.

The unit will be re-branded from Hermes Transportlogistik to Hermes Transport Logistics (HTL) during 2009, and will expand its road transportation fleet of swapbodies by adding up to 2,500 semi-trailers for international FTL services in Germany, France, Britain, Italy, Austria and the Benelux countries, the company announced.

Moreover, HTL will integrate Otto International Logistics, the freight forwarding business of parent company Otto Group, and will thus be able to offer air and ocean freight services to its customers as of March 2009. The HTL air and ocean business will be managed by Eckhardt Fechtner, currently in the same role for Otto International Logistics.

HTL will initially take over the international freight volumes of the Otto Group and other existing customers with trade flows from Asia. The company is already in discussions with major customers about combining transport flows for distribution through its network.

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