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Hong Kong-Shanghai: DHL stays competitive by increasing capacity 35%

Posted by | Aug 25, 2005 | |

DHL said Wednesday that it has upgraded its uplift capacity on the Hong Kong-Shanghai sector by 35 percent in response to the tremendous growth in demand express services in Asia. According to Jerry Hsu, president for Greater China and Korea at DHL Express, the five times weekly Hong Kong-Shanghai service, previously operated by a Dragonair A300B4, has been replaced by a Cathay Pacific-operated service with an Air Hong Kong Airbus A300-600GF. The Freighter, with a capacity of 47 tonnes, represents an increase in payload capacity of almost 35 percent, from 35 tonnes previously, he said. He added that DHL last upgraded the payload capacity on this route in June 2004, 12 months after the service was first launched, in response to increasing demand and surging intra-Asia shipment volumes.

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DHL Korea set to build new logistics center

Posted by | Aug 2, 2005 | |

DHL Korea Ltd., the South Korean affiliate of the global courier giant DHL, said Tuesday that it plans to establish a new logistics center in the city of Daejeon, about 160 kilometers south of Seoul.

The company said it plans to invest 4 billion won (USD3.92 million) to build the center on a 5,445 square meter site which will act as the company’s main overland transport logistics hub.

DHL Korea is currently in talks with local authorities on its site, it said. The expected date of completion was not immediately known.

The company plans to expand the facility to up to 16,500 square meters later.

DHL Korea is a joint venture between DHL International Ltd., a U.S.-based logistics giant, and South Korea’s Ilyang Group. It currently has 37 offices and six warehouses across the country.

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Asia-Pacific postal services combine to fight couriers

Posted by | Jul 26, 2005 | |

Australia Post is part of an alliance intended to improve competition against international air express companies. The other alliance members are China Post, Hong Kong Post, Korea Post, Japan Post and the US Postal Service. The alliance will provide a low-cost express courier service. It will target small to medium-sized businesses. The new enterprise will offer over 261 million delivery points, with 142,000 retail locations. Its rates for parcels up to 30 kilograms will be between 40 per cent and 50 per cent lower than those of competitors.

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TNT Logistics grows 900% in Asia

Posted by | May 17, 2005 | |

TNT announced today that its logistics business in Asia has grown a massive 900% in the past five years. The company also announced the appointment of Colin Moran as managing director for TNT Logistics in Asia to lead the company’s logistics operations in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Japan, Korea, Vietnam and the Philippines. “The logistics sector in Asia has grown tremendously in the past five years, but there’s even more room to grow,” said Moran. “In Asia, the percentage of logistics outsourced to third party logistics providerslike TNT is less than 5% of total logistics spend. This is far less than the 30% share 3PLs command in developed countries like the US and Europe.”

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Pos Malaysia forging regional alliances

Posted by | Dec 16, 2004 | |

Pos Malaysia & Services Holdings Bhd is setting up strategic alliances with private logistics and postal companies in East Asia to tap into the region’s courier market worth an estimated USD1.2 billion (RM4.56 billion) a year, says group managing director Datuk Ikmal Hijaz Hashim. He said the company had identified its potential partners and hoped to seal the alliances and begin transporting packages for them in the first half of 2005. “We are currently looking at Thailand, South Korea, China and Hong Kong,” he said after the company’s EGM in Kuala Lumpur on Dec 16.

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