DHL starts Shanghai/Atlanta LCL service

DHL starts Shanghai/Atlanta LCL service    DHL said Tuesday it has started direct less-than-containerload service from Shanghai to Atlanta.
   The service will cut transit times on the route by at least seven days, DHL said. LCL freight bound for Atlanta from Shanghai has shipped by sea to Los Angeles, where it is unloaded from the consolidation container. In Los Angeles, it's combined with other freight that has reached Los Angeles for its onward journey to Atlanta.
   DHL said its new service from Shanghai bypasses the rehandling in Los Angeles, with the consolidation containers instead transferred directly to the railway station, reducing transit time to 21 days.
   'The shortened transit time not only offers higher efficiency and reduces the risk of damage, loss and other contingencies, but also increases carbon efficiency by 16.7 percent,' DHL said. 'Shipments arriving in Atlanta will also be further delivered to several major U.S. cities. including Charlotte, Dallas, Memphis, Miami, Nashville and Orlando through DHL’s inland network.'
   The service is operated by Danmar Lines, DHL Global Forwarding’s in-house non-vessel-operating common carrier.