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The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and UNI Global Union says that thousands of ver.di union members at Deutsche Post-DHL will strike this week in a dispute over ending of a collective agreement and pay rates. ITF general secretary Steve Cotton accused the logistics company of “trying to divide and even break one of the nation's biggest trade unions,” pointing out that DHL had already been embroiled in disputes in ...
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Deutsche Post DHL Group’s Disaster Response Team is to extend its deployment in Nepal until May following the second earthquake to hit the region on 12 May. The 18-strong team will continue to play a critical role in ensuring the Tribhuvan Kathmandu International Airport remains operational.
Over the last three weeks, ...
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DHL Global Forwarding has appointed Teoman Beyazit as its new general manager for Turkey. He was formerly chief financial officer and and deputy managing director for DHL Global Forwarding Turkey and replaces Kerem Inanc, former General Manager, who was appointed CEO DHL Global Forwarding Eastern Europe.
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Aid agencies are facing a logistical nightmare in trying to help victims of the Nepalese earthquake, says Air Charter Service – but local red tape is making the situation even worse. Group commercial director Justin Lancaster, said they had grave concerns about the amount of relief goods they will be ...
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Deutsche Post DHL has deployed its first Disaster Response Team (DRT) to support relief efforts in Vanuatu, devastate by Cyclone Pam on 14 March. The team is currently based at Bauerfield International Airport in Port Vila, Vanuatu’s capital, to provide airport logistics support to manage incoming international aid and expedite ...
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DHL is investing €114 million in its hub at Brussels Airport, originally opened in 1985. The scheme will triple capacity from 12,000 to 39,500 shipments per hour with modern sorting technology and is expected to create 200 new jobs by 2020. The original Brussels facility was set up in 1985 ...
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DHL Express has launched a scheduled helicopter link between Heathrow and London's two main financial centres. The daily flight, operated by a Bell 206 Jet Ranger with space for up to 300 kilos, flies from DHL’s Heathrow Hub to Canary Wharf and the City of London, saving up to an ...
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DHL’s Customs Brokerage teams have been helping international traders get ready for the US Single Window International Trade Data System (ITDS) announced last February. Businesses will file documentation with one government agency instead of up to 47 separate ones, says DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist within ...
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Following its experiments with pilotless flying drones, DHL has published a new report on their land-based counterparts, Self-Driving Vehicles in Logistics.
DHL considers that it is in a prime position to innovate in this area. Self-driving forklift trucks and the like are nothing new in warehouses, but vehicles of the future ...
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DHL Freight has extended its day-definite road freight service to nine more terminals across Europe, including Warrington. There are also new stations in France, Italy, Hungary, Poland, Spain and Slovakia and two in Portugal (Lisbon, Porto). The service for less-than-truckload (LTL) shipments up to 2.5 tons is now available at ...
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