Cargo at London Heathrow airport grew 3.3 per cent to 115,847 tonnes in January, compared with the same month in 2014. The January results included increases of 54.0 per cent to Mexico, 28.6 per cent to Brazil, 11.3 per cent to India and 11.2 per cent to Turkey. In the 12 months from February 2014 to January 2015, cargo was up 5.2 per cent to just over 1.5m tonnes. … [Read more...] about Heathrow sees 3.3% cargo growth in January
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DHL expands Shanghai air freight facility
DHL Global Forwarding has invested RMB 115 million (US$18.4 million) to expand its Shanghai air freight facility, building up a new warehouse and 1,600 sqm cold storage facilities for life sciences and healthcare customers, and housing key air freight and customer service teams on one site. The new Shanghai air freight logistics centre has been developed on the site of the existing DHL facility on No. 529 Haitian Yi Road within the No. 1 Customs Supervised Bonded Zone and is the only … [Read more...] about DHL expands Shanghai air freight facility
TNT launches “Blue Banana” campaign
TNT launches a large marketing campaign this week designed to support export shipments of parcels and freight to the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy. The initiative is aimed at helping SMEs grow and export in Europe’s most important trade region and economic engine. As of this week, TNT offers new customers a temporary 20 per cent discount off rate card for all export shipments of up to 250kg to one of these nine … [Read more...] about TNT launches “Blue Banana” campaign
TNT launches “Blue Banana” campaign
TNT launches a large marketing campaign this week designed to support export shipments of parcels and freight to the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy. The initiative is aimed at helping SMEs grow and export in Europe’s most important trade region and economic engine. As of this week, TNT offers new customers a temporary 20 per cent discount off rate card for all export shipments of up to 250kg to one of these nine … [Read more...] about TNT launches “Blue Banana” campaign
DHL launches London helicopter service
DHL Express has launched London’s first ever scheduled helicopter delivery service. Beating congestion, DHL’s new helicopter service will enhance the connection between key financial centres in the USA and the UK, in particular. It will guarantee next day delivery of urgent documents from New York, Boston and Chicago to London’s financial district, reducing the transit time to just one day. With a daily flight connection from DHL’s Heathrow Hub to the centre of … [Read more...] about DHL launches London helicopter service
DHL Global Forwarding appoints new head for NZ
DHL Global Forwarding has appointed Michael Dhu as its new country manager for New Zealand. Formerly head of sales steering at DHL's global head office in Germany, Michael is returning to his home region to take up the new post where he was the national sales manager for DHL Global Forwarding Australia from 2005 to 2009. He will report to Tony Boll, CEO, DHL Global Forwarding South Pacific. Kelvin Leung, CEO, DHL Global Forwarding Asia Pacific said: "Global trade is on the move again and … [Read more...] about DHL Global Forwarding appoints new head for NZ