Tag: Mexico

DHL launches North America trade lane initiative

Posted by | Nov 28, 2006 | |

DHL today announced a new program that will streamline cross-border shipping in North America.

DHL’s North America Trade Lane initiative represents a new way of looking at the rapidly changing needs of cross-border shippers in North America. DHL developed the program to help customers better address the ever-changing needs of global commerce. To that end, DHL is adapting its networks, infrastructure and services to better match customers’ evolving supply chains. The program includes:

– enhancements to DHL’s facilities, fleet and other infrastructure, including new International Gateways and expanded “Border Operating Centers” (BOC);

– additional bilingual customer service representatives to help customers navigate the regulatory aspects of cross-border shipping; and

– additional representatives to help customers with cross-border shipping solutions.

Canada and Mexico together represent nearly USD300 billion a year in export business to the United States, and are the first- and third-largest trading partners for the U.S., respectively. The U.S. is also the leading trading partner for each country.

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DHL de Mexico invests USD 12.9 mln in fleet renovation

Posted by | Aug 31, 2006 | |

DHL de Mexico, the local unit of global express and logistics company DHL, a unit of German postal services group Deutsche Post AG, invested 140 mln Mexican pesos (USD12.87 mln/10.03 mln euro) in the renovation of its fleet, the Mexican unit said on August 30, 2006.
The new six airplanes, bought by the company, have already started flying. The new fleet will increase the cargo capacity by 40 pct and the airplanes will be able to reach new destinations in the Latin American country.
DHL de Mexico will also make six more flights daily in order to distribute the packages of its clients. The Mexican company usually flies to and from Hermosillo, Ciudad Obregon, Mexico City, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Monterrey, Villahermosa, San Luis Potosi, Mazatlan, La Paz and Guadalajara.
According to sources from the company, DHL de Mexico will be able cover 98 pct of the Mexican territory in a period of 24 hours.
The annual revenue of DHL stands at an average 34 bln euro (USD43.63 bln) in the last few years and it has operations in a total 228 countries.

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DHL Mexico releases its new air network, an investment of more than 200 million pesos.

Posted by | Aug 30, 2006 | |

DHL, the world’s leading express delivery and logistics company, announced all details concerning its new Air Network that will begin operations this week. The initial investment in 2005 was more than 140 million pesos. It is expected to increase to a total of 230 million pesos by 2007.

The decision to make this improvement is due in part, to the maintained volume growth that the company has registered within the last 15 months, which is more than 40 percent on shipments that require air routes.

With this evolution, DHL will fly about 3.1 million kilometers every year which add up to more than 6,200 flight hours. Annually, DHL will have the capacity to handle more than 4.8 million kilograms of packages; approximately 2 million kilograms more than the ones handled before the implementation of the new air network.

There will be 6 daily domestic flights, featuring new generation aircrafts. This will mean a great benefit for the clients who desire to make shipments from or towards the following destinations: Hermosillo, Ciudad Obregon, Ciudad de México, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Monterrey, Villahermosa, San Luis Potosí, Mazatlan, La Paz, and Guadalajara.

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DHL Mexico completes chain rehabilitation

Posted by | May 19, 2006 | |

DHL Mexico announced on May 18, 2006, that it had successfully completed the rehabilitation and expansion of its chain nationwide. The project required an investment of 38 mln Mexican pesos (USD3.4 mln/2.65 mln euro). DHL Mexico said it plans to invest an additional 13 mln pesos (USD1.17 mln/912,200 euro) during the remainder of the year to further improve its outlets. The investment will increase the effectiveness of DHL Mexico’s operations and will also improve the company’s customer relationship management.

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