DHL: Global trade is losing momentum
World trade is losing momentum and likely to contract over the next three months, according to the DHL Global Trade Barometer (GTB). The overall trade outlook is down two points to an index value of 45, and DHL says the downward tendency is largely moderate and steady, neither indicating an acceleration of the decline nor […]
DHL Global Forwarding launches myDHLi
DHL Global Forwarding has launched myDHLi Quote & Book to compare quotes and make bookings for air and ocean freight, and door-to-door shipments. The service allows customers to directly compare available options including DHL Ocean Connect as well as two speeds for airfreight, DHL Air Connect and DHL Air Economy. Users can also book transport […]
DHL combines services at Vienna Airport campus
DHL has opened its new campus at Vienna Airport, combining overland, air and ocean freight services for optimal handling and transportation of goods. The Vienna Airport hub in the county of Fischamend adds another important logistics hub and gateway to the DHL Global Forwarding, Freight worldwide network, opening up Austria and Eastern Europe. Prominent guests […]
DHL Global Forwarding flies around the world
DHL Global Forwarding is deploying a second Boeing 747-400 Freighter to connect the US, Europe and Asia in response to high demand. Up to 100 tonnes of capacity per flight will be on offer, which will operate on a transpacific route from Shanghai Pudong Airport to Cincinnati in the USA, from where it returns to […]
DHL Global Forwarding names Diallo as Middle East and Africa CEO
DHL Global Forwarding has named Amadou Diallo as chief executive officer (CEO) for the Middle East and Africa region. Diallo has 20 years of experience in logistics including five years as CEO of DHL Freight from 2011 to 2016, followed by the role of executive vice president of Value-Added Services and Integrated Logistics at DHL […]
Scharwath takes over as DHL Global Forwarding, Freight CEO
Tim Scharwath has joined the Deutsche Post DHL Group board of management as the chief executive officer (CEO) of DHL Global Forwarding, Freight. He previously headed up the airfreight business at Kuehne + Nagel International (K+N), and takes over from Group CEO, Frank Appel, who managed the function in the interim. Scharwath has over 20 […]