DHL bags six top awards
GLOBAL express and logistics firm DHL walked away with six top awards during the recent 2007 Asian Freight and Supply Chain Awards (AFSCA) in Macau.
It won Best Express Operator, Best Lead Logistics Provider, Best 3PL, Best Air Freight Forwarder, Best Project Cargo Forwarder and Best Sea Freight Forwarder.
In a statement released in Kuala Lumpur, DHL said the win in the Best Express Operator Award category is highly significant as DHL is the only company to have won this award since its introduction in 1987 at the Asian Freight Industry Awards - the predecessor of the AFSCA.
“Being the only logistics company to have won the Best Express Operator Award is a huge accomplishment for us at DHL,” said DHL Express chief executive officer for Asia-Pacific, Scott Price.
“We are encouraged by this win; it is another excellent showcase for DHL’s best-in-class logistics capabilities, which have been designed to meet our customers’ evolving logistics needs,” he added.
The awards followed a series of recent DHL initiatives to strengthen and enhance service offerings in Asia Pacific to tap growth opportunities in the region.
These include a US$35 million (RM120 million) investment in Hong Kong for the opening of a new facility in South Kowloon; US$14 million (RM48 million) in Vietnam for network and infrastructure upgrades and US$22 million (RM75 million) for a new DHL Express Bangkok Hub.
DHL’s investments in Asia Pacific total some US$1.7 billion (RM5.8 billion) to date.
The AFSCA is organised by Cargonews Asia, a freight industry newspaper in the region.
More than 12,500 Cargonews Asia readers were polled to select companies that are the best service providers in 41 industry-specific categories of this year’s AFSCA.
In a statement released in Kuala Lumpur, DHL said the win in the Best Express Operator Award category is highly significant as DHL is the only company to have won this award since its introduction in 1987 at the Asian Freight Industry Awards - the predecessor of the AFSCA.
“Being the only logistics company to have won the Best Express Operator Award is a huge accomplishment for us at DHL,” said DHL Express chief executive officer for Asia-Pacific, Scott Price.
“We are encouraged by this win; it is another excellent showcase for DHL’s best-in-class logistics capabilities, which have been designed to meet our customers’ evolving logistics needs,” he added.
The awards followed a series of recent DHL initiatives to strengthen and enhance service offerings in Asia Pacific to tap growth opportunities in the region.
These include a US$35 million (RM120 million) investment in Hong Kong for the opening of a new facility in South Kowloon; US$14 million (RM48 million) in Vietnam for network and infrastructure upgrades and US$22 million (RM75 million) for a new DHL Express Bangkok Hub.
DHL’s investments in Asia Pacific total some US$1.7 billion (RM5.8 billion) to date.
The AFSCA is organised by Cargonews Asia, a freight industry newspaper in the region.
More than 12,500 Cargonews Asia readers were polled to select companies that are the best service providers in 41 industry-specific categories of this year’s AFSCA.