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DHL forwarding appoints three in Africa

DHL Global Forwarding has appointed Gisele Bambara as country manager in Burkina Faso, Lamine Junior Cisse in Senegal (retaining the role of industrial projects commercial manager) and his predecessor, Elhadji Galaye Ndaw, in Cote d’Ivoire. All three will report directly to DHL Global Forwarding, West Africa, chief executive, Serigne Ndanck Mbaye. [+]

DHL upgrades freight platform

DHL has redesigned the user interface of its Saloodo! digital freight platform to make it more intuitive, faster and efficient. The new design guides clients step-by-step through the transport request process, making makes it easier and faster to create their transport order. It is also now possible to specify special ... [+]

DHL seeks Mideast cluster effect

DHL Global Forwarding has formed an Arabian Cluster comprising Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait and Iraq with head of industrial projects and business development in the Middle East and Africa, Moustafa Elbanhawi as chief executive. Sue Donoghue is country manager in Saudi Arabia and will also oversee operations in Bahrain, while Firas ... [+]

Delivery for DHL

DHL Express has received the first of six new Boeing 777F-200 cargo aircraft this year, at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. It will be operated by DHL Express’ partner airline Kalitta. In 2018 DHL ordered 14 new Boeing 777F, with four delivered in 2019, six to come this year and the ... [+]

DHL offers online FCL bookings

DHL Global Forwarding has expanded its online quotation and booking service to include full-container-loads. The service myDHLi Quote + Book now makes instant bookings for air and ocean freight as well as door-to-door shipments and enables customers to compare available options and directly book the selected carrier. Users can also ... [+]

DHL takes first steps in IT evolution

DHL Freight has taken the first major step towards creating a single Transport Management System (TMS) for all its operations throughout Europe, rolling out its EVO software at all its terminals in France. It will then be introduced in Turkey. EVO has been developed entirely in-house to match the specific ... [+]

DHL opens Bochum mega centre

Deutsche Post DHL has opened a ‘mega parcel centre’ in Bochum, between Essen and Dortmund in Germany. With a sorting capacity of up to 50,000 shipments per hour, the Bochum centre along with that at Obertshausen near Frankfurt am Main, which opened in 2016, is the largest DHL parcel centre ... [+]

Blockchain takes the pain out of DHL payments

Deutsche Post DHL Group’s DHL Global Forwarding air and ocean freight arm is working with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) to deploy a blockchain solution to support logistics payment processing as a more robust alternative to back-end processes which are often error-prone and tedious. The Minimum Viable Product (MVP) solution links ... [+]

DHL revamps China rail service

DHL Global Forwarding has opened three additional Rail Competence Centers in Europe, including one in Felixstowe, to service its Asia/Europe route. Together with those in Le Havre, and Genoa, the center is staffed with China Rail Experts who advise customers and efficiently coordinate freight volumes. In addition to freight handling, dedicated teams ... [+]

DHL appoints supply chain chief

Deutsche Post DHL Group has appointed Hendrik Venter as chief executive of its Supply Chain arm for mainland Europe, Middle East and Africa, from October 1. He will succeed Oscar de Bok, who becomes a board member for DHL Supply Chain. [+]

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