Demand too low for new US cargo hubs A consultant tasked with helping determine the future of DHL’s former Wilmington air hub has said that the key will be to look within a 50-mile radius for key new tenants or other air park users instead of starting by looking far afield or in other countries. If one of those local companies can be secured, then the air park is already ahead of competitors, according to air cargo and logistics planner Daniel Muscatello of Landrum & Brown Worldwide … [Read more...] about Demand too low for new US cargo hubs
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Toll Global Forwarding on a roll
With rapid growth taking the company from a an A$27 million (US$28.7 million) company in 1990 to a $10 billion company by 2006, its potential for growth in the Australian market was nearing its limit. Things changed dramatically for the home-grown company when the Australian competition authorities ruled its business was anti-competitive. The result saw the organisation splitting into two, with ports, stevedoring and its rail freight business being hived off. This development was in reality … [Read more...] about Toll Global Forwarding on a roll
Hat trick’ of Asian investments for DHL Express
To the pop tune of 'I wanna be a billionaire', Allen along with senior executives Jerry Hsu and Charlie Dobbie belted out a few cleverly edited lines of the song which ran something like this: "I wanna be a billionaire, so freakin' bad, UPS and FedEx will be sad." Although the Express division will likely take some time before it hits 'billionaire' profitability, Allen was nonetheless pleased with how this year has started off , despite it typically being a slow quarter. Revenue for the Express … [Read more...] about Hat trick’ of Asian investments for DHL Express
Hat trick' of Asian investments for DHL Express
To the pop tune of 'I wanna be a billionaire', Allen along with senior executives Jerry Hsu and Charlie Dobbie belted out a few cleverly edited lines of the song which ran something like this: "I wanna be a billionaire, so freakin' bad, UPS and FedEx will be sad." Although the Express division will likely take some time before it hits 'billionaire' profitability, Allen was nonetheless pleased with how this year has started off , despite it typically being a slow quarter. Revenue for the Express … [Read more...] about Hat trick' of Asian investments for DHL Express
Cologne Bonn: Where anything is possible
"Cologne is not a small airport, but people tend to think of it as a small airport and therefore an airport that doesn't get a lot of attention. That's not entirely true - Cologne is a very big European low cost carrier airport in Europe," notes Cologne Bonn Airport's director cargo & sales, Franz J Heuckeroth van Hessen. The problem with this from a cargo perspective is two-fold however. First the flights are almost entirely European with no intercontinental flights and secondly, being … [Read more...] about Cologne Bonn: Where anything is possible
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DHL has announced the appointment of Dennis van der Meijs as managing director of DHL Global Forwarding Malaysia. Van der Meijs, who was a Regional Trade Lane manager in Singapore before becoming acting managing director prior to this appointment, will report to Sam Ang, CEO, Southeast Asia, DHL Global Forwarding. Van der Meijs joined DHL in 1998 and has been in the freight forwarding industry for 20 years. “The Malaysian market presents tremendous growth potential for us and as the … [Read more...] about DHL Global Forwarding