DHL won three prestigious awards at the recent 26th Asian Freight & Supply Chain Awards(AFSCA).
The company was presented with awards for ‘Best Express Operator’, ‘Best Logistics ServiceProvider – Air Freight’ and ‘Best 3PL’ at a ceremony held in Shanghai at the Four Seasons Hotel.This was the 25th year that DHL has achieved an award in the Best Express Operator category.
The awards signify DHL’s sustained leadership in integrated logistics, through itsproficiently managed express, air and ocean freight forwarding and supply chain operations, thecompany said.
Jerry Hsu, Chief Executive Officer of DHL Express Asia Pacific, said: “We are honoured toreceive such an esteemed industry accolade of being the ‘Best Express Operator’ for 25 years. Wetake this opportunity to thank our customers for their unwavering support and at the same time,acknowledge the efforts of the DHL team across the region. This award is also a motivation for usto continuously improve our services and serve our customers more efficiently.”
Kelvin Leung, Chief Executive Officer of DHL Global Forwarding Asia Pacific, added: “Being arecipient of the ‘Best Logistics Service Provider – Air Freight’ award is testimony of the qualityof our services and high calibre of the people within DHL. Today, we are the world’s largestprovider of air and ocean freight services to individuals and businesses of all sizes. We areoptimistic in maintaining this success, especially in the intra-Asian market, which offers a numberof opportunities for us.”
Paul Graham, Chief Executive Officer of DHL Supply Chain Asia Pacific, said: “Winning theBest 3PL award is certainly a feather in our cap. We have worked hard at staying innovative andensuring we deliver our customers’ requirements efficiently, and would like to thank all ouremployees for their contribution. We also have a number of upcoming investments to launch acrossthe region this year that will further help us improve our services and find new ways of creatingsustainable competitive advantage for our customers.”
The AFSCAs are organised by Cargonews Asia magazine to honour outstanding shippers, logisticsproviders and cargo transport companies. The awards recognise companies who exemplify excellence inleadership as well as consistency in service quality, innovation, customer relationship managementand reliability. More than 12,000 Cargonews Asia readers were polled to select the best serviceproviders in over 40 industry specific categories. AFSCA is considered to be one of the industry’sforemost accolades as it is the only Asian freight awards to rely solely on customer satisfactionto determine its winners.
