DHL Express, the express and logistics player, has launched Fast Forward, a service that is expected to bring in an increased efficiency and deliver cost savings for importers and exporters.
Fast Forward facilitates the import and export of shipments weighing 20 kg and above by providing savings with a range of flexible door-to-door solutions to assist customers manage their factory-to-customer logistics chain proficiently, an official statement said.
Read MoreDHL Worldwide Express plans to invest USD58 million over the next two-and-a-half years to beef up infrastructure in India.
Chris Callen, country manager for the company’s Indian unit, said the investment would be made in new express terminals at airports in Mumbai and Chennai, service centers and trucks. A new express gateway at Delhi airport is ready and will be operational shortly, he said. DHL, a unit of Deutsche Post World Net, says India represents one of the company’s four key markets, along with China, Japan and Australia.
Read MoreHaving identified India as one of its four key growth markets in the Asia-Pacific region, global express and logistics company DHL will soon start operations at its first world-class courier terminal at the Delhi international airport.
The terminal, which would have an independent custom-bonded warehouse, would be soon replicated in Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata airports as part of plans to make the country a “South Asia hub of choice”, DHL Worldwide Express India Country Manager Chris Callen said.
Read MoreDHL has earmarked USD54m for spending on infrastructure and opening gateways in major Indian airports and ports from next month.
DHL Worldwide’s country manager in India, Chris Callen, said the company will set up its headquarters in New Delhi early next month and then open gateways to Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai.
Read MoreDHL Worldwide Express intends to expand its operations in the express and logistics market in India. The company has nearly 65% of the express market in India and is growing at the rate of 35%. DHL Worldwide intends to operate out of its own facility in Delhi by Oct 2003 and is planning to set up own facilities in Chennai, Mumbai and Bangalore.
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