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protection costs. This is not an easy job for Chinese in- dustry. Therefore, the companies are concentrating on strengthening their innovative power and quality, to re- main competitive on the world market.
The excellent development in the technology segment cannot be overlooked in Germany: ‘Made in China’ technology is loved by German families. Electronics and optical products, such as computers, memory me- dia, consumer electronics and data processing equip- ment are the money-spinners. In 2018 alone, products worth 106 billion euros were exported to Germany.
TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS FOR PREMIUM PRODUCTS
To ensure that products ordered arrive punctually and intact to their Chinese and German recipients, first class transport solutions are called for.
The maritime business to and from China is handled by DHL Global Forwarding, primarily via the Port of Ham- burg. With a high concentration of departures, it offers door-to-door shipments of general cargo (LCL), full container (FCL) and refrigerated container (Reefer) with real-time tracking and tracing to all important Chi- nese ports and ensures seamless customs clearance. Through its Buyers Consolidation Service, DGF offers to pool cost-efficient sea freight shipments from vari- ous suppliers for a customer. Companies from the au- tomotive, chemical, mechanical engineering and con- sumer goods industries use the sea trade route to China a great deal, profiting from such services. “Hamburg is one of the important locations for Chi- nese activities in Europe, and for DHL too. As the sec- ond largest sea freight service providers in the world, here we find sound port management, as well as a well-developed infrastructure for rail, inland waterway and trucking to meet the requirements of our German, European and Asian customers,” states Alexander Naumann, Head of Ocean Freight Germany von DHL Global Forwarding.
Two years ago, DGF opened a central China Rail Com- petence Center in Stuttgart, to structure the ever-in- creasing freight traffic more efficiently and customer friendly. Overall, daily door-to-door rail services are co- ordinated from Germany to all of the important eco- nomic centres in China, Taiwan, Japan and Korea. Apart from the sea trade route, Hamburg is very well served by rail with China.
The industrial project business is managed from Bre- men. A well-rehearsed team is specialized in the de- manding end-to-end project logistics, organizing safe, secure, compliant and reliable transport shipments for customers from overall planning, to organisation and coordination processes.
At Frankfurt and Munich Airports the worldwide lead- er loads individual and consolidated shipments many times a day, as well as time-defined products for Chi- na’s most important trading centres. Two weekly com- plete charters from Hahn Airport to Wuxi round off the picture.
DEUTSCHE POST DHL GROUP AND S.F. HOLD- ING SIGN COOPERATION AGREEMENT
Deutsche Post DHL Group, the worldwide leading post and logistics group, has closed a ground-break- ing deal with S.F. Holding, one of the leading premi- um logistics service providers in China.
Deutsche Post DHL Group has transferred its Chi- nese supply chain activities to S.F. Holding. The agreement covers the supply chain units in mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau – hereafter ‘China’. It has no impact on the international Express, For- warding and eCommerce logistics business of Deutsche Post DHL Group in China.
In the course of this strategic agreement, Deutsche Post DHL Group will receive an advance payment to the sum of 5.5 billion Renminbi – some ■700 million euros, as well as a partnership fee based on turno- ver for the next ten years. S.F. Holding will receive access to the first-class supply chain services and management expertise and the transport and ware- housing technologies of Deutsche Post DHL Group. Acting under the umbrella of a brand partnership, the company will be run by Yin Zou, currently CEO for the Greater China region at DHL Supply Chain, and his existing management team.
Through this strategic partnership, Deutsche Post DHL Group will continue to participate in the strong growth of the Chinese supply chain market. It will al- so profit from S.F.Holding’s comprehensive domes- tic infrastructure, its distribution network and wide local customer base. This will facilitate the company acting under a brand partnership to widen its cus- tomer base more quickly. ■
DHL Global Forwarding in brief
· Employees: More than 32,000
· Countries & Territories: Approx. 150
· Branches: More than 850
· Sea Freight Volume: 3,225 million TEU
· Air Freight Volume: 2,150 million tons
HAMBURG AND CHINA ■
Alexander Naumann
Head of Ocean Freight Germany, DHL Global Forwarding
Joachim Hermansky
Vice President Marketing & Sales, DHL Global Forwarding Germany
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