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DHL Express appoints Christina Koh

Posted by | Apr 11, 2007 | |

DHL today announced the appointment of Christina Koh as Senior Vice President – Corporate Communications and Sustainability for DHL Express globally. Christina moves into this newly-created position from her current role as DHL Asia Pacific’s Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications and Sustainability.

In her new role, which takes effect on 1 May 2007, Christina will be based at the DHL Express global headquarters in Bonn, Germany, and will work closely with the DHL global, regional and country teams in developing and steering the internal and external communications efforts for DHL Express worldwide.

Christina joined DHL Asia Pacific in 2002, where she established the first regional corporate communications division for the company in Asia Pacific. From an initial small team, she built and led a group of communications specialists, and oversaw the communications strategies for the company’s 41 countries and territories in the region. She aligned, coordinated and developed communications strategies for DHL’s Asia Pacific business units – DHL Express, DHL Exel Supply Chain and DHL Global Forwarding – ensuring that DHL continues to strengthen its brand profile as the market leader in the industry.

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Australia Post is delivering in its Chinese joint venture

Posted by | Apr 10, 2007 | |

Australia Post’s joint-venture logistics company in China, Sai Cheng, is tipping a growth rate of more than 40 per cent this year after completing its first 12 months of operation.
Sai Cheng chief executive Grant Kelly said he was confident of strong growth. “China’s international freight market is growing at 25 per cent a year,” he said. “We should grow faster than that in turnover, although it is off a small base.”
Last year, Sai Cheng — a joint venture between Australia Post and China Post — set up five logistics centres. The company spent 2005 establishing its operations in China.
Mr Kelly said this year the company would build another logistics hub in Tianjin in northern China. “This will be near China’s growing manufacturing base,” he said.
Australia Post set up in China before its logistics rival Toll Holdings put its feet on the ground there.
Another big Australian logistics group, Linfox, has long operated in Asia.
Australia Post already competes against Toll through Australian Air Express, its joint venture with Qantas. Toll chief Paul Little aims to use the Toll-owned Virgin Blue as a competitor in the air freight market.

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Fraport invests in China

Posted by | Apr 9, 2007 | |

Fraport AG, operator of Frankfurt airport, Europe’s biggest air cargo hub, has acquired a 24.5-percent stake in China’s X’ian airport.

Fraport Chairman Wilhelm Bender said the 50-million euro (USD67-million) investment was a “first step” toward further acquisitions in China, the world’s fastest-growing freight and express market.

It follows Fraport’s move into another Asian growth market, India, where it recently signed an agreement to modernize New Delhi’s airport.

State-owned China West Airport Group, the previous operator of X’ian, will continue to hold the majority of shares in the airport, which is situated in Shaanxi province in central China. Fraport expects to obtain approval from the Chinese government and complete the transaction by the third quarter of this year.

Fraport said it will take part in the commercial development of X’ian, including the construction of a second runway and extension of its terminal.

The X’ian acquisition vaults Fraport ahead of its main European cargo rivals, Paris, Amsterdam and BAA, owner of London Heathrow, which don’t yet have a presence in China.

Fraport also operates several airports in Germany, including Frankfurt Hahn, an all-cargo hub, as well as overseas, in Bulgaria, Turkey, Peru and Egypt.

The deal follows earlier moves into China by Fraport’s biggest customer and third-largest shareholder, Lufthansa, whose freight unit, Lufthansa Cargo, has established cargo joint ventures at Shenzhen International and Shanghai Pudong airports. DHL, another leading customer at Frankfurt airport, also flies to X’ian as part of its recently-established Chinese domestic air freight service.

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DHL launches trade software

Posted by | Apr 9, 2007 | |

Global express and logistics company DHL launched on April 9 a final enhancement to its Global Trade Services platform.

The new feature expands and completes the comprehensive GTS suite launched in late 2006, the company said. Along with features for importers/exporters, brokerage and trade automation, the new feature called Trade Advisory Services is designed to facilitate cross-border trading by helping businesses manage complex duty regulations, shorten lengthy business processes, and lessen the stress of global trade management.

US-based consultants Sandler & Travis Trade Advisory Services developed the new feature in partnership with DHL.

TAS includes services to help obtain necessary certifications for C-TPAT and AEO. It provides assistance, advisory and management activities for duty preference and origin programs such as duty reduction and duty deferral schemes. The program will help customers modernize existing customs or import/export systems and procedures, as well as offer a customs training program to businesses to equip their staff with relevant technical knowledge to handle customs compliance issues and trade complexities. It also provides classification codes, analyses and arguments that can be put forth to customs authorities along with assistance in gaining classification rulings in certain countries.

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Comreg says 85% of Ireland’s domestic post is business mail

Posted by | Apr 5, 2007 | |

The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) today published the findings of its 2006 postal business and residential surveys. An Post, the Universal Service Provider, delivers over 750 million items each year. Approximately 85% of Ireland’s domestic post is business mail.

The key findings from the Business Survey, based on telephone interviews conducted with a sample of 600 businesses, show:

An increase to 20% in the number of companies who are opting to use other providers in addition to An Post.

An increase in the volume of post sent by businesses surveyed

An average spend on postal services with An Post of EUR8,019.

Nearly half expressed satisfaction with the postal service in Ireland. Among the lowest satisfaction scores were the length of time An Post takes to deliver letters and the clarity of information available on postal services provided by all providers.

The key findings from the Residential Survey, based on structured questionnaire to a nationally representative sample of more than one thousand adults aged 15-74, show:

A reduction in the average amount of mail sent from 4.69 per week in 2005 to 3.06 items in 2006 and a reduction in mail items delivered to each home address from 9.36 in 2005 to 8.11 in 2006.

A good increase in the level of awareness of other postal operators from 30% in 2005 to 47% in 2006.

he frequency of mail delivery is well known with over a quarter claiming receipt of mail every day, and less than a quarter in receipt of mail 2-3 times a week.

Over two thirds of those surveyed expressed satisfaction with collection times and their mail delivery.

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