In the closely fought, highly coveted category of Overall Carrier of the Year at the 5th annual Payload Asia Awards 2016 held on 29 Oct, it was the Gulf carriers who walked away with top honours for both the Customer Choice Award which went to Qatar Airways Cargo and the Industry Choice Award which was awarded to Emirates SkyCargo. For Emirates this is a repeat performance in this category while Qatar Cargo took home the award for the first time at the Gala Awards Dinner held in Hong Kong for … [Read more...] about Payload Asia honours excellence in the air cargo supply chain
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DHL Express announces its 2017 rate adjustments
DHL Express, the world’s leading international express services provider, today announced its annual general average price increase throughout Asia Pacific, effective 1 January 2017. In Singapore, the average price increase will be 4.9 per cent. “DHL Express is focused on being the quality leader in the international time definite delivery business,” said Ken Allen, CEO, DHL Express. “Our annual price increase supports this aspiration by allowing us to invest in a truly world-class network … [Read more...] about DHL Express announces its 2017 rate adjustments
DHL Express launches new Jakarta express facility
DHL Express, the world's leading international express services provider, today launched the €2 million Jakarta Gateway 530 at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, to better support the express businesses operating in and out of Indonesia. The new gateway is an addition to the existing Jakarta Gateway 510 which is operating at full capacity due to strong sustained volume growth over the years. With the ability to manage twice the number of containers as compared to Jakarta Gateway 510, … [Read more...] about DHL Express launches new Jakarta express facility
DHL Express unveils new HK$78 million facility
DHL Express announced today the opening of its new state-of-the-art service centre located at Goodman Interlink in Tsing Yi. DHL said the new facility complements the company’s existing service centres in Cheung Sha Wan and Tsuen Wan and significantly bolsters the overall shipment handling capacity of the company, supporting the steady business growth in the market. The new Tsing Yi Service Center represents a total investment of HK$78 million (US$10 million) and measures approximately 13,000 … [Read more...] about DHL Express unveils new HK$78 million facility
Payload conference shaping up to be best yet
This year’s highly anticipated Payload Asia Conference and Awards in Hong Kong on 28-29 September – now in its fifth year – is shaping up to the best event to date. Two days of hot topics in the air cargo supply chain will be discussed in six roundtables – Hub or Hubris, Disruption, E-commerce, Dangerous Goods, One Belt – One Road and Maindeck. A facility tour hosted by Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminal Ltd (HACTL) will also be a key event on the first afternoon. Networking will also be a key … [Read more...] about Payload conference shaping up to be best yet
Southco sticks with DHL Global Forwarding as sole global logistics provider
DHL 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 … [Read more...] about Southco sticks with DHL Global Forwarding as sole global logistics provider