Tag: International

DHL opens 18 Express Centres in downtown Tokyo

Posted by | Mar 31, 2008 | |

DHL will open 18 new Express Centres in downtown Tokyo on 1 April, bringing to 78 the total number of drop-off centres operated by DHL in Japan.

The new Express Centres have been established under a business entrustment agreement with Vanfu, Inc., a printed matter specialist offering design, planning, image-processing, printing and related services. 18 printing service counters operated by Vanfu in downtown Tokyo will now accept overseas-bound document and package shipments dropped off by DHL account holders.

Notably, the new Express Centres offer the DHL Simple Pack service, an easy-to-use service featuring a simplified fee structure. The DHL Simple Pack service is based on dedicated envelopes and boxes, the fees for which are not calculated according to weight but according to destination zone (Asia Pacific, America, or Europe / other regions). These fixed fees are not subject to adjustments based on monthly rate fluctuations in jet fuel surcharges.

DHL is now offering services for customers across 78 locations in Japan, including 43 Service Centres (collection, delivery and drop-off centers), and 31 Express Centres (drop-off centres).

Since shipments of documents and packages can be quickly arranged using the DHL Simple Pack service – which eliminates the need to confirm shipment weight – DHL Japan expects the Express Centers to meet strong demand from not only corporate customers but also from office workers, business travelers, tourists and other individuals wishing to send personal shipments to overseas destinations.

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DHL moves European air hub from Brussels to Leipzig

Posted by | Mar 31, 2008 | |

DHL Express officially moved its European air hub from Brussels to Leipzig over the weekend following a gradual build-up of operations over the last year. The launch of full hub operations reportedly went off without any major problems.

With the transfer of the former Brussels flights, DHL is initially operating 57 freighters each night to and from Leipzig, with the option to increase the number to more than 60 in the next few weeks. Some 30 planes had previously been operating every night at Leipzig.

As a result of the hub transfer, the nightly freight capacity will also nearly double from 800 tons to 1500 tons and 16 additional destinations will be added to the new hub including New York, Moscow, Madrid, Rome and Athens.

Local newspapers reported today that the start of full hub operations at Leipzig appeared to have gone off without any serious problems. This is in contrast to the massive operational difficulties that impacted on the launch of the US air hub at Wilmington several years ago. Leipzig, Wilmington and Hong Kong are DHL Express’ three intercontinental air hubs.

According to Michael Reinboth, managing director of the DHL air hub in Leipzig, DHL expects to increase its daily express freight capacity to 2000 tons and to have invested a total of EUR 300 million in the new hub by 2012. “By that time we expect to increase the number of employees to 3,500,” he told the German newspaper Mitteldeutsche Zeitung. Currently, DHL employs about 2000 people at the airport.

To limit the noise pollution that people living and working around Leipzig airport are exposed to, DHL plans to use B-757 freighters that produce 77 pct less noise and consume 20 pct less fuel than previous types. DHL will also operate other planes such as MD-11s, A300s and Tupolew 204s, mainly flying via Eastern Europe, Reinboth explained.

The hub will officially open on May 26 with a major opening ceremony.

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FedEx Excels As a Great Place to Work in Ireland

Posted by | Mar 31, 2008 | |

FedEx Express was recognised as a great place to work in this year’s prestigious “Best Companies to Work For in Ireland” listing. This placing was achieved following a detailed assessment of FedEx Express by the Great Places to Work® Institute Ireland, who run the annual listing, and is the third time FedEx Express has been included in the top 50.

The top 50 listing was announced by Míchael Martin, T.D., minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, at a recent event attended by 600 guests in Dublin. In congratulating the honored companies, Martin said “Ireland faces increasing challenges to maintain competitiveness, and I welcome the efforts made by Ireland’s ‘Best Companies to Work For’ in enhancing the quality of Irish workplaces, and in doing so helping us to achieve both our economic and social goals. Your success in this competition highlights your organisation as an employer of choice.”

The Best Companies study sets out to identify and recognise the finest employers, and therefore the most satisfied workforces in Ireland and throughout the European Union. This study is the largest annual labour force survey undertaken in Ireland. This year more than 100 Irish companies were surveyed, with a total workforce of more than 90,000. The study is conducted by The Great Place to Work® Institute, an independent organisation specialising in the study and improvement of work life.

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DHL becomes the main supplier to Sweden's booksellers

Posted by | Mar 28, 2008 | |

DHL Express (Sweden) and the service company for the Swedish Booksellers’ Association, Bopako Service AB, have entered into a long-term cooperation agreement covering 360 bookstores in Sweden. The agreement means that the booksellers can check where their shipments are in the transport chain and that delivery times are significantly reduced.

Swedish people are buying more books than ever before. According to the Swedish Retail Institute, HUI, 80 million books were sold in Sweden in 2007, an increase of 4.1 percent over the previous year.

The Swedish Booksellers’ Association, SBF, was established on August 14, 1993, and now has around 360 booksellers as corporate members. Now DHL Express (Sweden) and the SBF’s service company have signed an exclusive framework agreement for the SBF’s member companies.

Initially, the framework agreement is expected to cover 375,000 shipments and a total of 550,000 parcels per year, making it one of the most important parcels service agreements for DHL in Sweden. And there is every indication that the volumes may be much greater than 550,000 parcels per year. This is because the total sales of books are increasing all the time and this agreement will produce spin-off effects for other types of goods.

DHL Express hopes that the agreement will have a ripple effect on smaller companies, printers and others. Altogether, more than 300 companies are directly or indirectly linked to Sweden’s booksellers.

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