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DHL Freight broke ground on its new Hanover hub at Langenhagen, Germany on 29 June. The 63,000sq m site, which not only will handle freight for DHL Freight’s Europe-wide network, but also will test innovative technologies and solutions. Commissioning is planned for mid-2019.
DHL Freight chief operating officer Thomas Vogel, said: “The new freight hub is an important investment in our existing European network and reflects our FREIGHT 2020 corporate strategy.”
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Global trade has proved resilient and is expected to accelerate in the third quarter of 2018, despite rising trade tensions, said DHL’s latest Global Trade Barometer (GTB), published on 28 June.
However, it found that the UK has the least optimistic outlook of all countries included in the barometer, with trade ...
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DHL’s Supply Chain contract logistics arm has acquired Suppla Group in Colombia. The company works in warehousing and packaging services in the life sciences and healthcare, retail, consumer, and technology sectors with coverage of 25 cities, about 500,000 square meters of storage capacity and around 4,500 employees.
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DHL’s Global Forwarding air and ocean freight arm is to operate a second dedicated Boeing 747-400 freighter between the US, Europe and Asia. The new twice-weekly service includes a leg from Korea to Wuxi, China continuing to Frankfurt-Hahn in Germany and returning to Shanghai-Pudong.
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Deutsche Post DHL Group’s DHL Global Forwarding arm has launched a helpdesk in Berlin to help new businesses with logistics and supply chain issues. English and German-speaking staff can advise on requirements that need to be met if products and goods are to be offered or procured in other countries, ...
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DHL has opened a 6,500sq m e-fulfilment centre at Radlett, north London as part of a programme to expand its worldwide network. The carrier says it is also planning to expand across Europe, including in the Netherlands, Poland or Switzerland. It adds that with the e-commerce market placing aggressive demands ...
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Deutsche Post DHL Group is building a new parcel centre at Ludwigsfelde, just outside Berlin. The 165,000sq m site will have a capacity for about 50,000 shipments per hour.
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DHL Global Forwarding and DHL Freight have started work on a ‘Campus’ development at Vienna Airport. The 60,000sq m site in the Fischamend district will be a freight hub for Eastern Europe bringing together the global logistics specialist’s forwarding and road transport activities at a single location.
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New technologies and solutions are developing rapidly and disrupting industries on multiple fronts, with firms struggling to keep up, says DHL in its latest research report on digitalization in the supply chain
The global survey of nearly 350 supply chain and operations professionals reveals that 95% of respondents are not fully ...
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DHL Express opened its new regional hub at Brussels Airport on 22 February, quadrupling its capacity at the Belgian gateway to 42,000 shipments per hour, and making it the fifth largest hub in the global DHL network.
DHL says that its Brussels operation is now busier than ever, despite the move ...
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