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The Textile Magazine
JUly 2012
logistics
DHL, the world’s leading logistics
company, has just opened its biggest
express hub in Asia, the $175 million
DHL Express North Asia Hub, at
the Shanghai Pudong International
Airport. It has also announced plans
to further invest $132 million to add
eight dedicated aircraft to service high
demand routes between Shanghai and
North Asia, Europe and the US, by
2014.
Dr. Frank Appel, CEO of Deutsche Post DHL,
said: “DHL Express North Asia Hub is a logistics
milestone in DHL’s Asia Pacific network and the
culmination of a multi-hub and aviation strategy
that cements our leadership position in terms of
connections, convenience and cost-effectiveness.
With Asia’s leading economies fast integrating
and free trade agreements reducing barriers to
international commerce, logistics companies need
capabilities that are ahead of the curve and offer
simplicity, speed and service.”
Covering a land area of 88,000 sq. metres,
DHL Express’ North Asia Hub can process up to
20,000 documents and 20,000 parcels an hour.
The facility has outstanding environmentally-
friendly features, such as energy-efficient T5
lighting and a solar-powered system for hot
water. The hub’s sortation system is also designed
to automatically detect components that are not in
use and switch them to an energy-saving ‘sleep’