DHL helps accelerate road freight growth in Asia Pacific

The new service taps the acceleration of road freight growth in Asia Pacific which is forecasted at an anticipated compound annual growth rate of 8.3 per cent from 2014-2019 and expected to drive the sector to a value of $822 billion by the end of 2019.

Delivered under DHL AsiaConnect's less-than-truckload (LTL) service, the interconnecting five-city service offers a seamless interconnecting delivery service with improved time and cost efficiencies and assures a consistent level of service quality regardless of the destination.

DHL AsiaConnect was launched in 2011 connecting Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand and now links to Vietnam and China.

The five-city interconnecting road freight network comes at a time when China's ‘One Belt, One Road’ initiative is taking shape and expected to strengthen cross-border economic ties in markets between Europe and Asia.

Specifically, the land-based Silk Road aims to enhance economic cohesiveness through infrastructure and wider trade links across the markets between Europe and Asia while the 21st century maritime Silk Road is oriented towards ASEAN, putting DHL's integrated five-city road freight network in good stead to tap the growth potential of the ‘One Belt, One Road’ strategy.

Clement Blanc, managing director, DHL Global Forwarding Vietnam said, “The Vietnamese market has seen rapid growth over the past decade since its economic transformation, with GDP almost quadrupling from under $50 billion in 2004 to $186.2 billion in 2014. Our customers need to ensure they can tap this development.”

“With our AsiaConnect LTL service, all of our clients, including those small and medium in size, have added flexibility and reduced wait time even with small shipment volumes so they can look to DHL for continuous support throughout the lifecycle of their business growth,” Blanc added.

DHL's road freight network features GPS-equipped trucks to ensure customer goods are monitored for safety and tracked every step of the way, providing complete supply chain visibility.

Road vehicles also are armed with anti-hijacking tools and are constantly in touch 24/7 with DHL's Command Centre, which will be alerted immediately if problems arise.

DHL's comprehensive multimodal network is well positioned to support trade expansions across different regions and ensures a fully secured and robust delivery system.

With DHL's expansive multimodal transport network, logistics customers are offered a wide array of options to get their goods delivered safely wherever they want.

With about 325,000 employees in over 220 countries and territories worldwide, DHL is the leading global brand in the logistics industry.

DHL is part of Deutsche Post DHL Group which generated revenues of more than 56 billion euros ($62 billion) in 2014.