Press Archive 2010

DHL, the world’s leading logistics company, today announced the launch of its direct Less than Container Load (LCL) service from Shanghai to Atlanta, enhancing its connectivity between China and the U.S., the world’s two largest economies. The introduction of this weekly direct service reduces transit times by at least seven days compared to current services.
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DHL Global Forwarding, the world's leading air and ocean freight provider, is partnering with Interstate Transport, Inc. and Trans World Forwarding Inc. (TWF) to offer customers a complete perishable supply chain solution starting from the point of consolidation at origin across Latin America to destinations across North America. This industry first in offering a complete solutions-driven expertise is designed to match customer’s specific supply chain requirements in perishables.
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DHL, the world’s leading logistics company, today announced the launch of a new direct less-than-containerload (LCL) services from Seattle to Singapore serving as a gateway to 16 destinations in South Asia. The new direct weekly LCL service will cover freight moving from Portland and Seattle and can reduce the overall transit time between the U.S. and Singapore by 12 to14 days compared to current service transit times. Danmar Lines, DHL Global Forwarding’s in-house carrier, operates the new weekly LCL service. With cargo shipped directly from Seattle to Singapore, customers can expect their shipments to arrive in Singapore within 25 days.
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DHL Global Forwarding and Delta Cargo have concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on a Strategic Air Cargo Security Partnership. Moreover, Delta Cargo has joined the company’s Performance Scorecard system which was first introduced in 2009.
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DHL, the world’s leading logistics company, today announced the launch of a new direct Less than Container Load (LCL) service from Shenzhen, China, to Los Angeles, the second largest container port in the United States of America (USA).
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DHL today announces it is partnering with Habitat for Humanity to create simple, decent and affordable housing. The partnership coincides with DHL’s company-wide Volunteer Day and its commitment to employee involvement and service to the community. More than 10 percent of DHL Global Forwarding’s employees will volunteer their time to help construct 10 Habitat houses — eight in the U.S. and two in Canada.
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DHL, the world’s leading logistics company, has returned to the runways in New York City for the eighth consecutive season as the official logistics provider for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.
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DHL Supply Chain, operating as Exel in North America, and DHL Global Forwarding earned the Best 3PL for Pharmaceutical, Chemical & Hazmat Award during eyefortransport’s eighth annual 3PL Summit in Atlanta. eyefortransport is a news, research and events company for the logistics and transportation industry.
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DHL, the world’s leading logistics company, today announces the launch of a Lighting Retrofit Carbon Efficiency Improvement Program by the Global Forwarding division across the Americas region – setting an aggressive carbon emissions improvement goal of five percent over 2009 baseline figures by the end of 2010. The program will initially be rolled out in the United States before expanding to Mexico and Canada.
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DHL, the world’s leading logistics company, has met the mandate set by the Transportation Security Administration to screen all cargo that is transported on passenger aircraft originating in the United States. The TSA requirement is effective August 1, 2010.
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As part of the recently announced Deutsche Post DHL Corporate Paper Policy, to minimize the company’s environmental impact, the Americas DHL Global Forwarding GoGreen function expands its alignment to the policy by including a vast array of other goods. The GoGreen program is part of the Deutsche Post DHL’s Strategy 2015, which was rolled out last year and has as one of its main objectives a five percent efficiency reduction of the company’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.
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DHL, the world’s leading logistics company, announced today the launch of its new direct Less than Container Load (LCL) service from Nhava Sheva, India to Los Angeles, USA. Operated by Danmar Lines, DHL’s in-house carrier, the new service will facilitate trade between India and the U.S. and offers customers reliable and cost-effective services with a reduced transit time of 26 days between the two ports.
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DHL Global Forwarding Americas announced today that they will be moving their headquarters from Plantation, FL to the City of Doral in Miami-Dade County. The new facility is LEED certified, signifying it has met environmental sustainability standards for its design, construction and operation, consistent with the company’s GoGreen program by reducing its carbon emissions by five percent. Located at 1801 NW 82nd Avenue, the new headquarters will house all of Global Forwarding’s employees, currently located at the Miami Gateway, Miami branch and Plantation offices. Employees located in Miami will begin relocating in October 2010, while those in Plantation will move to the new facilities towards the end of the 2010 fourth quarter.
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DHL, the world’s leading logistics company, today announces the launch of its new Less than Container Load (LCL) Expedited services connecting 19 European origins to the United States. Through Danmar Lines, DHL Global Forwarding’s in-house carrier, the new service combines LCL ocean and Less than Truck Load (LTL) truck service providing another option for businesses to deliver their product faster to U.S. markets and is a good cost alternative in a competitive transportation environment.
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Long before the engines roar and the crowds gather at the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve in Montreal this weekend for the Canadian Grand Prix, DHL and the logistics experts are working behind the scene to ensure that all equipment is delivered for the race.
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Colombo — DHL, the world’s leading logistics company, today announced the launch of its direct Less than Container Load (LCL) service from Colombo, Sri Lanka to Montreal, Canada. The new direct service will greatly enhance the company’s strong presence in both Canada and Sri Lanka where Canada-based customers will benefit from an expanded DHL service portfolio and access to Sri Lanka’s vast natural resources in a secure and efficient manner.
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Frankfurt — During the last days, the German Federal Office of Civil Aviation (Luftfahrtbundesamt, LBA) published further important and detailed information on the implementation of EU Regulation (300/2008) on air freight security.
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Bonn, Germany — DHL Express, a unit of global logistics company Deutsche Post DHL, continued to operate in Europe throughout the air traffic shutdown by activating its contingency plans immediately after the volcano eruption.
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Plantation, FL — DHL, the world’s leading logistics company, today announces an expanded relationship with Weatherford International Ltd., one of the largest global providers of advanced products and services that span the drilling, evaluation, completion, production, and intervention cycles of oil and natural gas wells. DHL Global Forwarding will provide supply chain services in support of Weatherford’s U.S. and Canadian export activities to the Asia Pacific region.
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Plantation, FL — DHL, the world's leading logistics company, in partnership with American Airlines Cargo is supporting pharmaceutical industry customers to prepare for the implementation of a new regulation regarding the screening of cargo. With half a year to go before the regulation takes effect, both companies have started offering joint trainings to educate pharmaceutical customers on how best to comply with the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) Certified Cargo Screening Program (CCSP).
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Plantation, FL — DHL, the world's leading logistics company, today announced the launch of its direct LCL (Less than container load) services from New York and Chicago to Pusan, enhancing its connectivity between South Korea and the United States. These new direct services will greatly enhance our strong presence in both the United States and Asia, where customers, especially small and medium sized enterprises (SME), will be provided an expanded service portfolio and access to the Korean market in a more secure and more efficient manner.
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Plantation, FL — DHL, the world's leading logistics company, returns for its fourth year as an Official Sponsor of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, February 11-18 in Bryant Park, New York City. With new enhanced capabilities for delivering the latest fashion and apparel worldwide, DHL’s services cover the entire fashion logistics supply chain. As part of this season’s Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, DHL will be hosting a customer workshop, entitled, “Moving Fashion in Style” which will highlight some of the key success factors and future challenges for fashion and apparel companies when sourcing, manufacturing and distributing goods.
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Bonn, Germany — Deutsche Post DHL, the world’s leading mail and logistics services group, has sent in the first logistics team for on-the-ground logistics support to the international relief effort in Haiti. The DHL Disaster Response Team (DRT) Americas is preparing to operate out of Toussaint L'ouverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince to manage the logistics and thereby ensure the continuous flow of inbound freight at the airport, including the transfer and distribution of incoming relief goods, once roads are stable. It will carry out its activities in close cooperation with the United Nations (UN).
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Plantation, FL — DHL, the world’s leading logistics company, today announced the launch of its direct Less than Container Load services from Shanghai, China to Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Valparaiso, Chile enhancing its connectivity between South America and China.
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