DHL Supply Chain is constructing a new mega warehouse in Shah Alam, Malaysia worth RM100 million (US$31.28 million). The warehouse, to be called Malaysia Integrated Logistics Centre (ILC), has a footprint of more than one million square feet, making it the largest warehouse in Malaysia, and will increase DHL Supply Chain’s warehouse footprint in the country by over 100 per cent. Prakash Rochlani, managing director, DHL Supply Chain Malaysia said, “It is a momentous day for DHL … [Read more...] about DHL builds largest warehouse in Malaysia
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ABX Air to return four DHL-owned freighters
ABX Air, a subsidiary of Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), has received termination notices from DHL affecting four DHL-owned Boeing 767-200 freighter aircrafts that ABX Air leases and operates within the US. DHL sought bids to operate the aircraft from other vendors earlier this year. The notices are effective in late December 2014 for two aircraft, and in January 2015 for the two remaining aircraft. This reduction in CMI operations for DHL will likely reduce ATSG’s earnings from … [Read more...] about ABX Air to return four DHL-owned freighters
Let’s call the whole thing off. You say
‘tomaeto’, I say ‘tomahto’, you say ‘potaeto’, I say ‘potahto’. You say color, I say colour. You say tons, I say tonnes. Where are we going with this you ask? Well, if one our Belly Ache colleagues had his way, this page would be a nasty diatribe about all that is wrong with the good ole’ US of A – inspired of course, not by yet another school shooting or geopolitical misadventure somewhere in the world, but rather, as a result of … [Read more...] about Let’s call the whole thing off. You say
Let’s call the whole thing off. You say
‘tomaeto’, I say ‘tomahto’, you say ‘potaeto’, I say ‘potahto’. You say color, I say colour. You say tons, I say tonnes. Where are we going with this you ask? Well, if one our Belly Ache colleagues had his way, this page would be a nasty diatribe about all that is wrong with the good ole’ US of A – inspired of course, not by yet another school shooting or geopolitical misadventure somewhere in the world, but rather, as a result of … [Read more...] about Let’s call the whole thing off. You say
DHL wins major Luft Technik Logistik contract
DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist within Deutsche Post DHL, has announced a new three-year contract to handle the transatlantic transport of spare parts and tools for the Lufthansa subsidiary Lufthansa Technik Logistik Services GmbH. Annual volume is estimated at 25,000 air freight shipments per year with a total weight of 550 tonnes, including shipments from Germany to the US as well as from Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico to Germany. “Optimising supply chains … [Read more...] about DHL wins major Luft Technik Logistik contract
Integrator growth offsets maindeck plummet at Brussels
Cargo volumes carried from Brussels Airport stabilised in the month of July, down slightly by 0.8 per cent year-on-year to 36,883 tonnes with belly cargo seeing a 7.4 per cent increases to 11,882 tonnes, confirming what the airport said was the positive trend started at the end of last year. Full-freighter cargo, however, remains under pressure worldwide the airport said, as main deck volumes plummeted 38.6 per cent to 8,268 tonnes. But it also noted this was compensated for by the … [Read more...] about Integrator growth offsets maindeck plummet at Brussels
