DHL is adding 50 trucks to its Middle East fleet to meet the 25%-a-year growth expected in theregion’s express industry.
The expansion to 250 vehicles, 35 to be added initially and 15 later, will increase DHL’sroad capacity in the region by 80%.
The company has also appointed a dedicated manager for its Middle East Road Network, DarrenHague.
“Express logistics today is about complete reliability and we are able to achieve this onlyby having a premium quality, state-of-the-art fleet of vehicles,” Hague said.
“This, combined with teamwork, precision and dedication, enables us to meet and exceed ourcustomers’ expectations,” he added.
The fleet expansion will cost EUR 2.2 million a year and the new branded vehicles will employthe latest GPS satellite tracking technology. It will initially raise DHL’s daily capacity to 360tons, or 1600 cubic metres, from the current 200 tons, 900 cubic metres, DHL ships on average perday.
Bachi Spiga, operations head for DHL Middle East, commented: “Our business in the region hascontinued to grow significantly. The additional vehicles that we are investing in will provide uswith the capacity to ensure that we are able to meet and exceed our customers’ time-definite,day-definite and customised express logistics solutions needs.”
The Deutsche Post subsidiary unveiled two new routes to prime destinations in the region in2006, to Cairo and Istanbul.
The Turkey service links DHL Europe to DHL Middle East, offering customers in both markets acompetitive alternative to ocean and air freight services, DHL said.
