DHL Global Forwarding to offer emergency air cargo services

The third-party logistics and freight forwarding arm of the Deutsche Post DHL Group launched SameDay Speedline, a global expedited airfreight service for urgent delivery of spare parts, critical medical supplies, or newly launched products.    DHL Global Forwarding has launched a new global expedited airfreight service for urgent delivery of spare parts, critical medical supplies, or newly launched products, the company said in a statement.
   The third-party logistics and freight forwarding arm of the Deutsche Post DHL Group’s SameDay Speedline product is aimed at multiple industry sectors, including aerospace and aviation, automotive, electronics, energy, and life sciences. The service offers 24/7/365 pickup and delivery, price quotations within 60 minutes, parcel collection within 120 minutes, and proactive monitoring from origin to destination, the company said.
   The DHL SameDay Speedline network includes more than 50 stations worldwide and the company said it expects the network to grow given increased customer demand.
   “The emergency shipment market is growing with just-in-time inventories for industries from aerospace and energy to manufacturing to adapt their supply chains,” said Ingo-Alexander Rahn, global head of DHL Global Forwarding’s Air Freight division. “The need for mission critical shipment delivery to avoid line down situations continues to arise and requires a partner that has the global reach combined with the technology to provide transparency to each sector-specific logistical challenge. DHL SameDay Speedline fills this gap and provides added value through its many service features.
   “We see DHL SameDay Speedline as a multi sector product offering that is especially attractive for aerospace & aviation, automotive, technology, energy, marine logistics and life sciences industries, including temperature controlled, dangerous or out-of-gauge goods,” he added. “Our customers will choose DHL SameDay Speedline for the best flight options to meet just-in-time demand at an optimal cost-performance ratio.”