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DHL and New Wave Group sign exclusive ocean freight agreement

DHL Global Forwarding’s International Supply Chain business is responsible for transporting an annual volume of approximately 2,400 TEUs and more than 5,000 cubic meters of less-than-container-load (LCL) freight from Asia and the Middle East into the EMEA region. “We look forward to working with our new customer New Wave Group and provide them with a strong supply chain solution that will assist New Wave Group in growing their business” says Rikke Janum, Senior Business Development manager, DHL Global Forwarding International Supply Chain. “In DHL we see an ideal partner to strengthen our position as a leading supplier of promotional products. The DHL solution will provide better control in our supply chain and improve our vendor management – allowing us to focus on developing our brands”, comments Magnus Claesson, CBO New Wave Group. The Swedish New Wave Group is a leading supplier of corporate promotional goods, gifts and home furnishing in Europe with a broad range of brands including Craft, Speedo, Pax, Ahead, Clique and Kosta Boda.

By DHL| 2016-09-19T14:53:03+00:00 August 30th, 2016|dhl, News, shippers, Shipping|0 Comments

FIA World Endurance Championship delivered by DHL

As official logistics partner of the WEC, DHL Global Forwarding is responsible for shipping all of the teams' motorsport materials and equipment to the overseas events. This includes delivering 33 race cars, three safety cars, one T-car and assorted equipment, as well as 10,000 tires and 198,000 liters of fuel to the worldwide race tracks. "DHL has been involved in motorsports logistics for more than 30 years," said Volker Oesau, CEO Middle Europe & Sponsor Global Automotive, DHL Global Forwarding. "The task of the DHL Motorsport Logistics and Events team is to ensure everything is in place, ranging from organizing and booking airfreight charters, ocean freight and trucking to handling all the documents, coordination and supervision on-site to the management of all ad hoc shipments. This season DHL will carry out 22 charter flights transporting 2,100 tons of airfreight and 250 TEU sea freight.”Round 5 of the 2016 season, the 6 Hours of Mexico Presented by AT&T, takes place in Mexico City at September 1-3.

By DHL| 2016-09-19T14:53:24+00:00 August 26th, 2016|dhl, News, shippers, Shipping|0 Comments

Southco chooses DHL as its sole global logistics provider

Since 2009, DHL Global Forwarding has provided Southco with logistics services for the Americas, Europe and Asia PacificContract renewed for four more years utilizing several DHL products and servicesDHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist within Deutsche Post DHL Group, announced that Southco, a global source for engineered access hardware solutions, has chosen DHL once again as its sole global logistics provider. The company renewed their existing contract with DHL for another four years for a combination of air, ocean, domestic and customs brokerage services on various trade lanes.Southco currently uses DHL Global Forwarding to ship a variety of its latches, hinges and engineered access hardware products between its 17 engineering and manufacturing locations in the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific. DHL transports Southco’s access hardware products via ocean freight and via DHL’s Less-Than-Container Load (LCL) solution. Their renewal of the DHL contract for another four years is testament to their confidence in our track record of delivering to their expectations. DHL Global Forwarding has more than 200 years helping its customers meet their needs, including those in the engineering and manufacturing industry with its warehousing, order fulfillment, sub-assembly and transportation management, among other core services.

By DHL| 2016-09-19T14:53:49+00:00 August 16th, 2016|dhl, News, shippers, Shipping|0 Comments

Deutsche Post DHL Group continues strong earnings trend in the second quarter

With this, the company recorded its best ever second quarter, as the strong earnings momentum of the preceding two quarters continued. Group revenue decreased by 3.5% to EUR 14.2 billion between April and June 2016 (2015: EUR 14.7 billion). Having posted the strongest second quarter in our history, we remain well on track towards achieving our targets. Operating profit at PeP improved to EUR 247 million (2015: EUR 75 million). The DHL divisions reported a combined increase in EBIT of 10.5% to EUR 591 million (2015: EUR 535 million).

By DHL| 2016-09-19T14:54:05+00:00 August 3rd, 2016|dhl, News, shippers, Shipping|0 Comments

DHL announces $137 million investment plan in U.S. e-commerce infrastructure and services

The planned expenditure of $137 million until the end of 2020 will be used for the further expansion of fulfillment capabilities by adding eight distribution centers and enhancing two existing facilities in Los Angeles and Columbus, Ohio. The new investment will also expand day definite deliveries and enhancements to support domestic and international services. In North America, the company operates 20 distribution centers, including four international gateways and one center each in Toronto and Mexico City. In the U.S., DHL eCommerce operates 18 distribution centers and is one of the largest partners of domestic provider USPS. Only last year FC Bayern Munich launched their Asian online shop together with its Official Logistics partner DHL.Take your chance and win a jersey worn by a FC Bayern player during the FC Bayern Audi Summer Tour USA 2016.

By DHL| 2016-09-19T14:54:39+00:00 July 28th, 2016|dhl, News, shippers, Shipping|0 Comments

DHL enters strategic partnership with Ambatovy in Madagascar

DHL enters strategic partnership with Ambatovy in MadagascarThis agreement was secured and will be managed by DHL's Industrial Projects team which handles very large break-bulk and complex project logistics. DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist within Deutsche Post DHL Group, has entered into an initial three-year Global Freight Forwarding agreement with Ambatovy. This agreement was secured and will be managed by DHL’s Industrial Projects team which handles very large break-bulk and complex project logistics. Steven Cox, Director, Supply Chain Management at Ambatovy, said, “We are delighted to partner DHL for our freight forwarding needs. It is critical we have direct access to our global suppliers in order to keep the operations up and running.

By DHL| 2016-09-19T14:55:13+00:00 July 26th, 2016|dhl, News, shippers, Shipping|0 Comments

DHL now delivers parcels to Smart car trunks

The car drop service will be offered a few months later in Bonn, Berlin and Cologne. By attracting several hundred participants in each city, partners DHL Parcel and Smart aim to collect feedback under near-reality conditions. Smart owners wanting to take part in the pilot can go to www.smart.com/drop for information and submit their applications from September. Installation of the devices needed to participate in the pilot will be performed at local distributors, with Smart assuming the costs. When registering their car for the pilot with Smart, customers can also fill out the necessary DHL car-trunk delivery agreement in just a few simple steps.

By DHL| 2016-09-19T14:55:26+00:00 July 25th, 2016|dhl, News, shippers, Shipping|0 Comments

DHL supports Transsion Holdings rapid expansion into emerging markets

With the contract, DHL provides airfreight services from Transsion’s manufacturing base in South China to 28 countries around the world across Asia, the Middle East and Africa. In addition, DHL Global Forwarding provides sea freight for Transsion products into India, where it also provides warehousing services to support the company’s new foray into the India market. Transsion Holdings, a privately held company founded in Hong Kong, sold 59 million cell phone units in 2015 through its brands Tecno, itel and Infinix which target different market segments. Transsion Holdings is a strategic customer under DHL's Fast Growing Enterprises initiative which offers a comprehensive suite of tailored logistics solutions across the divisions of the group. “With Transsion Holdings, we are able to offer a tailored solution which combines market leading airfreight, ocean freight and value added services that enable Transsion to save time and resources.

By DHL| 2016-09-19T14:56:51+00:00 July 13th, 2016|dhl, News, shippers, Shipping|0 Comments

DHL Signs A330-300P2F Conversion Launch Contract with EFW

DHL Signs A330-300P2F Conversion Launch Contract with EFWDHL Express is EFW's first customer for the A330-300P2F conversion programme. The first aircraft will be inducted into EFW’s Dresden-based facilities in July 2016, scheduled for redelivery to DHL Express by end 2017. The A330P2F conversion programme, launched in 2012 is a collaboration between Airbus, EFW and ST Aerospace. Aircraft OEM Airbus contributes to the programme with OEM data and certification support, while EFW leads the industrialisation phase and marketing for the freighter conversion programme. DHL Express is EFW’s first customer for the A330-300P2F conversion programme, while a launch contract with Egyptair Cargo was secured in December 2014, for the A330-200P2F conversion programme.

By DHL| 2016-09-19T14:56:22+00:00 July 13th, 2016|dhl, News, shippers, Shipping|0 Comments

Electrolux puts LCL ocean freight shipments in DHLâs hands

DHL Global Forwarding to handle 70 percent of worldwide LCL shipmentsAnnual estimated volume of more than 20,000 cubic meters across all continentsAs of now, DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group, is responsible for the majority of Electrolux’ global ocean freight Less-Than-Container-Load (LCL) shipments. The company’s “Shipped as Booked” policy guarantees that goods are scheduled for a specific vessel and will ship on that vessel whether the container is full or not. Moreover, these volumes are not necessarily sufficient for a full container box all the time.“We are extremely delighted to continue our long-lasting relationship with Electrolux. This new nomination is a fantastic acknowledgement of the service provided in other areas in recent years and our DHL Ocean Connect LCL offering”, says Michael Young, Executive Vice President, Global Head Marketing & Sales, DHL Global Forwarding.Electrolux has been a DHL customer for more than 10 years. Other services DHL employs for the company are global airfreight, international supply chain services, customs brokerage and multi-modal solutions including rail and trucking.