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DHL opens Singapore superhub

DHL Express has opened a €85 million South Asia Hub at Changi Airfreight Centre. The 23,600 sqm facility contains the first fully automated express parcel sorting and processing system in South Asia, and is 33% larger than the previous hub. The CAC is a 24-hour free trade zone managed by Changi Airport Group and allows consignments to be shipped or transshipped within an hour. [+]

DHL sends team into stricken Haiti

Deutsche Post DHL has sent its Panama-based Americas disaster response team (DRT) to Port-au-Prince in Haiti following the hurricane on 3 October. Volunteers provided logistics support at Port Au Prince’s Toussaint L’ouverture International Airport, coordinating incoming international aid and forwaarding it to affected areas. The DRT is part of Deutsche ... [+]

DHL lends a hand to Transaid

DHL Supply Chain is running a programme of activities to support Transaid for the next six months, starting with the two week secondment of senior driver trainer Chris Brook who has recently returned from the charity’s Professional Driver Training Programme in Malawi. DHL Supply Chain has worked closely with Transaid as ... [+]

DHL appoints supply chain chief

DHL Supply Chain, Deutsche Post DHL Group's contract logistics specialist has appointed Oscar de Bok as chief executive for Mainland Europe, Middle East and Africa. He takes over responsibility from his predecessor Paul Graham, who has left the company for personal reasons. [+]

DHL ready for business in Burma

DHL Express has opened what it says is the largest express facility in Myanmar (Burma). Located in Yangon and occupying over 50,000 square feet of land with a built-up area of 32,500 square feet, it will cater to the country's increasing logistics needs, including growth sectors such as infrastructure, oil ... [+]

DHL strike looms in US

Pilots and flight engineers at US cargo airline Kalitta Air - which supplies much of the air lift for the DHL Express global network – are threatening to walk out after negotiations between management and the Teamsters union broke down. The union says that its members have already voted overwhelmingly in ... [+]

DHL to hitch a ride on a rocket to the Moon

Up to now deliveries into space have been solely a subject for FBJ’s cartoonist, but Deutsche Post DHL Group really is planning to become the first logistics company to make deliveries to the Moon. The German-owned delivery giant, together with Airbus’s Defence and Space arm, has gone into partnership with ... [+]

DHL ties up Chengdu agreement

DHL Global Forwarding has signed a memorandum of understanding with Chengdu Gateway Logistics Office, the government agency responsible for developing the city into a major trade hub under China's ‘Belt and Road’ initiative. DHL will collaborate with Chengdu's administration to further improve the security, customs efficiency, and freight capacity of ... [+]

Successful trial for DHL Parcelcopter

DHL Parcel says it has successfully concluded a three-month test of its third generation Parcelcopter drone at Reit im Winkl in Bavaria. A total of 130 loading and offloading cycles were performed between January and March. [+]

DHL sends team to Ecuador

Deutsche Post DHL is sending a Disaster Response Team to Manta in Ecuador following Saturday's earthquake. DHL DRT volunteers will provide logistics support at Ecuador’s Eloy Alfaro International Airport in Manta and will coordinate incoming international aid, preparing it for onward transportation to areas affected by the quake. [+]

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