DHL Express announced it is moving its headquarters from Brussels, Belgium to Germany and follows the earlier shift of operations away from Brussels airport to the new DHL hub at Leipzig/Halle airport in East Germany. Hinting at the cost savings, DHL said: “At this time the business must leverage its capabilities by consolidating some of its core functions in order to benefit from close cooperation with other DHL business units.” In addition DHL Express is moving its IT services … [Read more...] about DHL diminishes Brussels further

DHL announced that it is the first express company to start a direct flight from Hong Kong to Surabaya – with four flights a week – to facilitate what it says are growing volumes of import cargo toEast Java. Import volumes have grown 7.84 per cent in October this year compared to September according to the latest data of the Central Bureau of Statistics of East Java, amounting to US$970 million. DHL also recorded an 18 per cent growth in shipment volumes on the Hong … [Read more...] about DHL Express pioneers direct HK-Surabaya service

DHL announced that it is investing over three million Ksh (US$45,000) to upgrade DHL Express Kenya’s Gateway facility located at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), Nairobi. The enhancements to the JKIA Gateway will make the facility one of the most modern logistics processing units in Sub-Saharan Africa, according to DHL. The investment will increase automation and improve efficiency and speed of DHL Express Kenya’s shipment processing for the 1,000 daily … [Read more...] about DHL invests in key Kenya gateway facility

DHL Express has performed better in the Middle East than the rest of the world during the downturn, with the company posting an increase in volumes in the region year-to-date, although revenues are down about 6.4 per cent year-on-year, according to the managing director for DHL Middle East. “If we compare the Middle East with the rest of the world, our performance was very good. The year-to-date volumes in the Middle East, other than Iraq, were up around one per cent on a year earlier, … [Read more...] about Middle East bright spot for DHL Express