DHL starts Korea/Mexico LCL service

DHL starts Korea/Mexico LCL service    DHL said Wednesday it is starting weekly direct less-than-containerload services between Busan and Manzanillo, Mexico.
   The company said the new service will shorten transit time from Busan to Manzanillo to only 15 days.
   'Since 1999, Mexico has been the top Latin American importer of South Korean goods by volume and now accounts for South Korea’s largest trade surplus among Latin American nations,' DHL said in a statement. 'The annual surplus for the first three quarters of 2010 stood at $5.7 billion, a 50 percent increase on the total figure for 2009. The key industries driving this growth are flat-panel displays, cold-rolled steel sheets, gasoline and optical lenses.'
   Kelvin Leung, chief executive of North Asia Pacific for DHL Global Forwarding, said LCL shipments from Busan to Manzanillo are typically handled via Hong Kong. Shipments arriving in Manzanillo, a key hub and transshipment port on the West Coast of Mexico, will be distributed through DHL’s inland network to other cities in Mexico, including Altamira, Guadalajara, Leon, Mexico City, Monterrey, Puebla, Toluca and Veracruz.
   The service will be operated by Danmar Lines, DHL Global Forwarding’s in-house non-vessel-operating common carrier.