Online freight rate quoting company, Freightos has estimated the cost of shipping the new iPhone 6s via air freight from China to the US would cost Apple US 72 cents per iPhone package. This includes local China trucking and distribution to retailers amounting to 17 cents, making the pure airfreight portion only 55 cents. Freightos undertook the exercise as a demonstration of its new private beta version of its online instant freight quote marketplace. "From some rough calculations, we … [Read more...] about iPhone 6s: China to US by airfreight for US 72 cents
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DHL Express’ CO2 efficiency rises 12% in Asia Pac
DHL Express has improved its carbon efficiency year-on-year in Asia Pacific despite a growth in volume of about 10 per cent. In 2014, CO2 efficiency improvement over 2013 registered 12 per cent across Asia Pacific with outstanding performance from Malaysia which registered a 21 per cent improvement, India at 15 per cent and Taiwan at 14 per cent. To date, Deutsche Post DHL Group, the parent company of DHL, has achieved a 23 per cent improvement in its carbon efficiency against its 2007 … [Read more...] about DHL Express’ CO2 efficiency rises 12% in Asia Pac
DHL Express opens new Singapore centre of excel
DHL Express has opened a new facility in Singapore that will combine a range of global operations activities in the South Asian trade hub. The new facility will serve as a centre of excellence for global service quality and business IT activities at DHL Express and will host a new global Quality Control Center. “Quality is one of the main sources of differentiation in our highly competitive industry, and our Quality Control Centers are a major investment by DHL in ensuring that we continue to … [Read more...] about DHL Express opens new Singapore centre of excel
Asia by road: DHL extends road network
DHL Global Forwarding has rolled out an integrated road freight network that now links five key Asian cities – Singapore, Penang, Bangkok, Hanoi and Shenzhen. DHL AsiaConnect was launched in 2011 connecting Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand and now links to the existing Vietnam-China corridor. DHL said the new service taps the acceleration of road freight growth in Asia Pacific which is forecast at an anticipated compound annual growth rate of 8.3 per cent from 2014-2019 and expected to drive … [Read more...] about Asia by road: DHL extends road network
DHL Express opens new Melbourne facility
DHL has opened its new DHL Express Melbourne Gateway facility to better support regional businesses operating in and out of Australia. The new facility, in line with DHL Express’ global investments to bolster the company’s network connectivity, boasts a total investment of A$20 million (€14 million), the largest infrastructural amount invested by DHL Express in Australia. Strategically located at Melbourne Airport, the DHL facility is the only express logistics company with airside access, … [Read more...] about DHL Express opens new Melbourne facility
Polar launches new freighter service to Singapore
Polar Air Cargo Worldwide landed its inaugural flight at Singapore Changi Airport on 17 August, linking Changi’s freighter network to a new city link – Cincinnati, Ohio. Polar will operate a weekly Cincinnati–Anchorage–Incheon– Singapore–Hong Kong service with the B747-400F aircraft. Polar is majority owned by US-based Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings and minority owned by DHL Network Operations (USA). Through Polar and its Atlas Air sister company, Atlas Air Worldwide operates the world’s largest … [Read more...] about Polar launches new freighter service to Singapore
