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DHL Ukraine opens cargo terminal in Kiev

Posted by | Sep 23, 2008 | |

DHL Ukraine has opened a cargo terminal for exported and imported goods in Kiev mainly due to the increasing demand for transport services on the Ukrainian market, the Ukrainian News Agency reported.

The EUR 12 million terminal complex consists of a customs warehouse, a cargo handling zone, DHL Ukraine’s main office, and the Kiev Regional Customs department for administering courier services, DHL Ukraine managing director Boris Khruslov said at a press conference.

The terminal has a total area of over 8,000 sqm, including 5,000 sqm operating space with a sorting capacity of about 320,000 tons per month. Moreover, it has enough equipment to process air containers.

In addition, DHL has re-equipped its facilities in Odessa and Donetsk and intends to do the same in Kharkov and Dnepropetrovsk.

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DPD Switzerland to invest in new eco-depot

Posted by | Sep 23, 2008 | |

DPD Switzerland has announced the building of a new ecological depot in Buchs, in the canton of Zurich, which will go into operation on 1 October 2009.

The new logistics centre will be constructed based on a coherent ecological concept on a 20,000-sqm land to be sold by the community of Buchs for an amount of EUR 5.2 million.

The new centre will be constructed with low land consumption, thanks to the u-form of the building, and based on a completely sustainable energy supply through heat recovery from ground water and about 1,000-sqm of solar cells producing 125,000 kWH of energy yearly.

DPD will lease the new building including a total of 28 unloading bays, 99 loading bays and an office building with the option to be extended at a later point of time. The company says that the new depot will generate a total of 220 jobs.

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DHL Express Austria goes green

Posted by | Sep 23, 2008 | |

DHL has extended its GOGREEN range of carbon-neutral services to Austria to meet customers’ demand for a more environmentally-responsible shipping option and to compensate for the emissions generated when transporting shipments across the globe.

By the end of the financial year, customers receive a certificate about the total volume of the CO2 emissions offset during one year. The whole process is verified by the independent certification company SGS, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

DHL Express Austria has for years undertaken many measures towards environmental and climate protection. For example, it has launched an effective environment management system used for certifying among others all the 15 locations in Austria according to the environment management norm ISO 14001. In addition, the company has been continuously improving its fleet in terms of the CO2 efficiency by optimizing the planning of the routes and the network design. Furthermore, the fleet is being modernized converting 10 pct of the fleet to natural gas vehicles by 2010.

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TNT captures 'can do' mentality in new strap line

Posted by | Sep 22, 2008 | |

TNT launched it new global strap line ‘sure we can’ capturing its ‘can do’-mentality. Furthermore, TNT launched its new Express and Group websites which are the first touch points that will carry the new strap line. Over the next several months TNT will start to apply ‘sure we can’ to all its vehicles, such as the trucks and planes, as well as to communication materials and campaigns.
TNT website has also been given a complete makeover including both the Group site as well as the Express country sites. These sites have all been updated to improve the intuitiveness, relevance and accessibility for visitors and to refresh the look and branding in line with TNT’s new ‘sure we can’ strap line.
For all of the sites an innovative site structure was implemented which is expected to increase the accessibility and usability substantially. The enhanced navigation and content is also expected to deliver an improved customer experience and further encourage customers to use its full range of convenient business tools including tracking and self service shipping tools such as myTNT. Several new applications were added to TNT’s Group site such as videos featuring Peter Bakker explaining topics such as ‘sure we can’, TNT’s strategy and Planet Me. The search functionality of the TNT websites has improved by means of advanced search functionalities and an improved general archive. The renewed websites aim to be best in class in terms of accessibility and usability and to stay fully web standards compliant.

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Further consolidation in Korean express market

Posted by | Sep 19, 2008 | |

Consolidation has intensified in the Korean express market with this week’s acquisition by Hanjin of rival Shinsegae, making it into the new domestic market leader ahead of Korea Express and Hyundai.

Hanjin spent 30 billion won (EUR 18.7 million) to buy Shinsegae Dream Express, part of the Shinsegae retail group, the Yonhap news agency reported. Shinsegae Dream Express made a loss of 3.3 billion won (EUR 2 million) on sales of 96.7 billion won (EUR 60 million) last year.

The acquisition would put Hanjin Express ahead of Korea Express, which ended 2007 with sales of 293 billion won (EUR 182 million), and Hyundai Express which had sales of 286 billion won (EUR 178 million). The next largest operator is CJ GLS, with revenues of 184 billion won (EUR 115 million). The four market leaders are estimated to have about 60% pct of the domestic parcel delivery market.

Earlier this year UPS bought full control of its international express joint venture with Korea Express by acquiring the latter’s 40 pct stake in the venture. UPS said the transformation of the joint venture to a wholly-owned subsidiary would allow it to grow its business in Korea and better serve its customers in a key market.

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