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DHL opens Shanghai superhub

DHL Express opened its US$175 million North Asia Hub at Shanghai Pudong International Airport on 12 July, its biggest in Asia. It also announced plans to further invest US$132 million (in an additional eight dedicated aircraft to service high demand routes between Shanghai and North Asia, Europe and the US, by 2014. The flights will be operated by partner and equity-held airlines Polar Air, Aerologic, and DHL Air UK and ... [+]

DHL road back in Iraq

DHL has officially extended its day definite road service into Iraq, reports the TradeArabia News Service. The DHL Economy Select service will complement the existing airfreight and time definite services, and will serve countries across the Gulf and and Levant region with a slower transit time but without weight and size ... [+]

Round the world with DHL

DHL is launching an extra round-the-world 777 freighter flight between Hong Kong, Los Angeles and Leipzig It says it will create a unique service proposition on many trade lanes, including Asia/Western US and Canada, with many Chinese cities gaining a next-day connection into North America. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGf7u8Tkq4M [+]

Forwarders fined for price-fixing

The European Commission fined 14 international air freight forwarders a total of €169 million on 28 March for colluding to fix prices and other trading conditions in 2002-07. The fines, which were a European mirror-image to those imposed by the US anti-trust authorities last year, were imposed mainly on large ... [+]

Union steps up pressure on parcels firms

The International Transport Workers Federation has relaunched it joint action with the International Trade Union Confederation on worker conditions at DHL ahead of the release of the freight giant's financial results on 8 March, including a new website, Respect at DHL (www.respectatdhl.org). The unions want DHL to guarantee the same ... [+]

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