DHL opens new Indonesia facility to consolidate Jakarta operations

DHL opens new Indonesia facility to consolidate Jakarta operations    DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight arm of DHL, Thursday said it has opened a $3 million facility at Soewarna Business Park in Cengkareng, Jakarta, Indonesia.
   The new 6,000-square-meter facility will consolidate DHL Global Forwarding's Jakarta logistics, office and administration operations into a single location, becoming DHL Global Forwarding's largest office and logistics complex in Indonesia.
   It is intended to complement DHL Global Forwarding's existing network of seven offices and warehouses in Indonesia, including the recently opened logistics centers in Sunter and Balikpapan, the company said.
   Located minutes away from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport and less than 30 minutes from Tanjung Priok seaport, the new facility will provide a considerable time-to-market competitive advantage, especially for customers in the fast-moving consumer goods, electronics, pharmaceuticals and telecommunications industries.
   'As businesses and their supply chains become more complex, companies will increasingly outsource the management of their logistics and warehousing to specialists like us,' Tim Wong, managing director, DHL Global Forwarding Indonesia, said in a statement.    'We see warehousing, distribution and supply chain management as the fastest growing areas in our business and this is reflected in the double-digit growth in the demand for our services.'