SINGAPORE, Sept. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ --
DHL Global Forwarding, the Deutsche
Post DHL Group's specialist for air and ocean freight, has
established three new direct connections between Germany and the
African continent. Transit times for Less Than Container Load (LCL)
shipments on the three new lanes between Bremen and Tema (Ghana),
Cape Town (South Africa) and Mombasa (Kenya) will be shortened by 5
to 6 days.
Amadou Diallo, CEO, Africa and South
Asia Pacific, DHL Global Forwarding, said, "In 2010, Germany
exported some 20 billion Euros worth of goods to Africa(1). The new
LCL services to Tema, Cape Town and Mombasa will help German
companies transport their goods faster to Africa, enabling more
efficient trade. These new direct ocean freight lanes allow
additional savings of up to 10% in CO2, when compared with the
previous offering."
"Movement of goods between Germany
and Africa is on the upswing. We note a growing demand among our
customers for transports to these emerging countries. Our LCL
services take account of this demand," says Peter Grabsch, LCL
Gateway Manager Ocean Freight Germany.
Marc Meier, Senior Vice President,
Ocean Freight & Head of Global LCL, DHL Global Forwarding,
said, "German companies from the energy, automotive and
manufacturing sectors have long been conducting business in Africa,
and have benefited from the existing Full Container Load services.
They can now benefit from the expansion of the LCL network to three
important new destinations in Africa."
DHL currently operates the world's
largest LCL network with close to 2,000,000 cubic meters of LCL
freight handled annually via 45,000 point-pairs. As a global leader
in LCL, DHL carries more than 97 per cent of its total volumes in
house. The in-house systems and strong global network enables the
control of cargo flow, information flow, speed, accuracy, cost
efficiency and reliability. Going beyond port to port, DHL LCL
service also offers a complete end-to-end supply chain management
that includes pick-up at origin, consolidation and deconsolidation,
delivery at destination and customs clearance.
All LCL services are accompanied by
DHL's first-class IT solutions such as DHL Track & Trace and
other tools to allow full visibility throughout the whole supply
chain. For complete peace of mind, DHL also provides insurance
services to customers as a value-added service. DHL's Shippers
Interest Insurance (SII) covers losses or damages of all cargo
transported by DHL, as well as transportation costs.
(1) "Trade and security key to Germany's new Africa
policy", http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15155184,00.html
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