The DHL Global Connectedness Index released Wednesday also sheds light on the future expansion of regional trade, saying more than half takes place within regionalized distances already.
China’s share of all trade growth will drop to 13% over the next five years from 26% over the past six years, a new report from DHL and NYU’s Stern School of Business predicts.
Freight forwarding, supply chain and express units see strong trade-related demand.
Fuselage of DHL Express Boeing 757-200 freighter broke in half after the plane skidded off the runway.
“With every SAF deal, we are increasingly aware of the huge task that lies ahead in utilizing more sustainable solutions to help our customers,” said John Pearson, CEO of DHL Express.
“This deal is a great opportunity to accelerate our joint sustainability efforts. SAF has a lot of potential to reduce CO2 emissions,” said Adriaan den Heijer, executive vice president at AFKLM Cargo and managing director at Martinair.
The DHL unit is the first commercial customer of Boston Dynamics’ Stretch robots.
Deutsche Post DHL Group is ranking its road transport subcontractors on their level of sustainability.
The company says it is on track to hit record earnings this year.
The German company posts record first-quarter profits and substantially raises full-year earnings and cash flow targets.
DPDHL is making large commitments related to sustainable aviation, electric last-mile delivery vehicles and social impact projects in its recently released sustainability road map.
The German logistics giant forecasts more than $7 billion in operating profit as far out as 2023.
Deutsche Post DHL’s Express and E-Commerce units report strong numbers.
DHL Freight promotes two and ev Transportation appoints two to board.
Tim Robertson succeeds Bill Meahl, who will continue to serve in an advisory role until his retirement next September.
For DHL Global Forwarding, the coronavirus pandemic is no excuse for the ocean freight industry to neglect sustainability initiatives in the supply chain.
DHL Supply Chain North America will provide three months of fully paid maternity leave starting Jan. 1 as part of a push to recruit, retain and promote women in its management ranks.
Deutsche Post DHL saw a significant rise in e-commerce activity during the second quarter due to continued COVID-19 travel restrictions and retail store closures.
German company picks DHL Supply Chain in North America for its flexible and efficient logistics platform to handle sophisticated medical equipment.
Deutsche Post DHL said preliminary second-quarter profits, despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, have it less worried about the rest of the year.
German express carrier considers aircraft fuel, cleanliness and flight path for July 1 “perfect flight.”
New DHL Express facility will benefit shippers across southern Germany with European and international freight deliveries.
The global air cargo carrier has tasked Israel Aerospace Industries with converting the planes to all-cargo configuration.
The global logistics giant said its Q1 profits among its five business divisions suffered from the coronavirus upheaval.
Deutsche Post World has lowered its guidance for the year and cited Amazon’s continuing insourcing of logistics as a major reason. Plus, Goldman Sachs is predicting a 5% contraction in the economy, labor shortages could hamper restocking of shelves, and the Fed slashes interest rates.
Companies from Amazon to Zulily agree to help Customs and Border Protection figure out how to identify and target high-risk shipments.
Darren Prokop writes about foreign trade zones and their impact on imports, exports and the economy.
Isuzu buys Volvo’s UD Trucks; U.S. industrial production climbs in November; DHL increases parcel delivery price in Germany.
The new center at Cologne-Bonn Airport will help meet rising demand for express e-commerce shipments.
The new 40,000-square-meter center is the size of five football fields and has a sorting capacity of 50,000 shipments per hour.
Deutsche Post posts decent third-quarter results despite weak global macro environment
The Deutsche Post DHL Group subsidiary claims its new digital road freight platform is the continent’s first.
DHL Group announced its Strategy 2025 where it expects digitalization to help power its EBIT to at least €5.3 billion by 2022.
DHL Supply Chain partners with load-matching platform Convoy, becoming the first 3PL to do so
21 Air has been cleared for takeoff by the Department of Transportation for air cargo service between the U.S. and Mexico.
DHL is planning to provide customers with exact delivery times through email and then follow up with another alert 15 minutes before the package reaches a customer’s doorstep.
Food retail chain Lidl is collaborating with Deutsche Post to put 500 DHL Packstations in Lidl stores to help Lidl customers pick up their online purchases once they are done with their shopping at the retail storefront.
DHL unit to enter a big auto supply chain business at Charleston.
CEO Appel says 2019 restructuring of postal, e-commerce unit to drive 2019 profitability.
Largest global logistics company aims to leverage local partnership for further inroads into China’s market.
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German logistics giant still has small share of U.S. package distribution, but hopes new centers will change that.
Freight forwarder’s leading indicator of trade is still positive, but growth has slowed with ocean freight showing the most decline.
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