DHL Global Forwarding has achieved Phase 2 certification for Cargo 2000's quality management system that covers the planning, control and measurement of the door-to-door process for air cargo shipments at house air waybill level. The certification is for all DHL Global Forwarding sites worldwide. The company has been working toward global Phase 2 accreditation since gaining certification of its initial pilot stations five years ago. Lothar Moehle, Program Director of Cargo 2000, stated: … [Read more...] about DHL achieves Cargo 2000 Phase 2 cert

DHL Global Forwarding recently inaugurated a warehouse cum airfreight office inside the new air cargo terminal at the Bengaluru International Airport. With an area of 1255 sq meters dedicated for imports and exports the facility is considered to be a major development in the air cargo space in India, as this is the first time any organisation has been given the permission to have direct access to cargo within a bonded area at an airport. Tony Widmer, head of air freight, DHL Global … [Read more...] about New Bengaluru facility for DHL’s India ops

DHL, one of the world’s leading express delivery and logistics companies, recently inaugurated the industry’s largest hub in Central America. The new facility increases DHL’s capacity to sort up to 5,000 packages per hour, representing a 250 per cent jump from its previous handling capacity, the company said. Strategically located at Tocumen International Airport in Panama the new DHL hub boasts the infrastructure and capacity needed to efficiently respond to the accelerated … [Read more...] about DHL builds Central America’s largest hub

United Parcel Service has said it would work towards an agreement with Deutsche Post AG's struggling US unit DHL Express under which UPS would provide air-shipping services to DHL in the US, Canada and Mexico. Th e agreement, when finalised, is expected to extend for 10 years and generate up to US$1 billion in additional annual revenue for UPS. … [Read more...] about United Parcel Service

Atlas Air and Polar Air Cargo parent Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings reported a first-quarter net loss of US$5.3 million, in contrast to a profit of $6.2 million a year earlier. Th e carrier said the lowered performance was the result of high fuel costs, something that will be ameliorated when Polar¡¯s blocked-space agreement with DHL begins later this year. First-quarter revenue increased 5 per cent to $373 million while expenses rose 11.2 per cent to $375.6 million, producing an operating … [Read more...] about AMERICAS: Atlas Air feels bite of fuel cost, but DHL on horizon