DHL starts construction of Munich airport facility

DHL Express has reached agreement with Germany’s Munich airport authority to start construction of a new cargo facility.

The facility, which is expected to cost 70 million euros ($78.8 million), will include parking for 65 delivery vehicles and a cargo-handling building of more than 86,000 square feet.

DHL currently leases space for its cargo operation at Munich airport. Once construction of the new facility is completed in 2022, DHL will have an airport building that is six times the size of its...

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DHL adds flight from LA to UK hub

A blue-and-white 747 jumbo cargo jet parked at airport.

DHL Express this weekend will launch a weekly freighter flight from Los Angeles International Airport to its U.K. hub at East Midlands Airport, in response to rising demand for e-commerce shipments and the lost airlift associated with the widespread grounding of passenger fleets due to the coronavirus.

A spokesman confirmed the start date to FreightWaves and said the route, which originates at Leipzig/Halle Airport in Germany, will be operated with a Boeing 777 aircraft. 

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Indian supply chains descend into ‘chaos’ as the lockdown goes nationwide

Cargo is being abandoned at Indian airports amid the “chaos” caused by the country’s three-week nationwide lockdown.
Having started on Sunday in some cities, the anti-coronavirus measures were extended on Wednesday to include the entire 1.3 billion population until 15 April.
Cargo movement is supposed to be exempt from the lockdown restrictions, but there are widespread reports of disruption across land, sea and air.
“Due to city-wide lockdown, vehicles are not moving freely …

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DP-DHL 2019 operating profit up 30%: ‘a remarkable performance’, says Appel

DP-DHL has confirmed its 2019 earnings, which hit €63.6bn ($72.4bn), with operating profit up 30% to €4.1bn.
Global Forwarding, Freight, saw a 1% increase in revenue to €15.1bn, with operating profit up nearly 18% to €521m.
“With an ebit plus of 18%, the division demonstrated a remarkable performance,” said CEO Frank Appel, “despite the fact that the global air freight market actually weakened substantially in the second half of the year due …

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Ripples from coronavirus hit DP-DHL profits for €60m this month

The impact of coronavirus has cost Deutsche Post-DHL’s group ebit between €60m-€70m ($66m-$77m) this month, it said this morning.
In a preliminary earnings statement for its 2019 results – which hit target – it said it could not predict 2020 with any accuracy, owing to the potential impact of coronavirus.
The group will publish its 2019 full-year results on 10 March, but said preliminary results showed revenues up 2.9% to €63.3bn, boosted …

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Profits on the up at Deutsche Post-DHL as third-quarter earnings soar

Financial analysts today welcomed Deutsche Post-DHL’s third-quarter results, which showed higher profits, despite worsening trade.
The company posted an extraordinary 151% increase in earnings before interest and tax (ebit) of €942m, compared with €376m in the third quarter of last year.
However, the figures were skewed by investments in “property, plant and equipment in the Express division”, as well as a non-recurring expense in its Post & Parcel division last year of …

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Restructure delivers the goods: Deutsche Post-DHL reports Q1 results

Deutsche Post-DHL today reported a 28.1% year-on-year increase in group ebit for the first quarter.
In a busy three months it completed the sale of its contract logistics business in China to SF Holding and reorganised its postal and e-commerce divisions.
Its freight forwarding unit, which has come under the microscope in recent years, also posted significant gains, with revenue growing 4.8% to reach €3.8bn and ebit up 42.9% year on year …

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Air freight the star performer for DP-DHL in ‘a challenging year’

Air freight proved the star performer for Deutsche Post-DHL (DP-DHL) in 2018 as its Express and Global Freight Forwarding divisions posted healthy returns.
However, a 56% decline in its Post, E-commerce, and Parcel (Pep) business depleted the profits of other divisions to leave the operator 15.5% down on last year.
Chief executive Frank Appel told investors 2018 had been a “challenging” year, but added that the final months had allowed the company …

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DHL Express to make a splash with delivery option using Thames barges

DHL Express is targeting a roll-out of delivery barges on the Thames this year, as part of its “go green” strategy.
Chief executive John Pearson confirmed to The Loadstar the company’s UK division was working on a scheme similar to that in Amsterdam.
“Over the past three or four months, Paul [Hampson, UK operations director] and the team have been exploring moving stuff up and down the Thames,” said Mr Pearson. “From there the …

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DHL Express lanza Compra Fácil, una solución de casillero en Latinoamérica previo al “Black Friday” y “Cyber Monday” en los Estados Unidos

DHL, líder internacional de servicios de envíos de paquetería y mensajería express, anunció el lanzamiento de su nuevo servicio de casillero en Latinoamérica, Compra Fácil, una solución perfecta y accesible para traer todas las compras hechas en portales de los […]

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