Mario Volkers and Ivo Koopmans have decades of perishable goodness logistics experience . They recently joined DHL Global Forwarding , where Mario is responsible for ocean and Ivo for air payload . This logistics participant has a new brand - DHL ACE ( Advanced Coolchain Experience ) .
Under this , they guarantee the correct transportation of perishables in optimal conditions , per regulations . Thanks to the brand ’s orbicular room access - to - door logistics divine service , it optimally use the radical ’s connection . " company that call us do n’t have to dial legion number ; they get to verbalise to their regular liaison , " say the man .
Chilean cherries and berries"DHL Global Forwarding ’s biggest vantage is its mesh . We have charter solution for melody and ocean shipment to and from various destinations . That let us entirely unburden our customers . There are endless possibilities for all goods that require temperatures between -30 and +30 ° speed of light . And we wo n’t hesitate to use both these modes of transport if they complement each other , " says Mario .
" I always mention the air travel freight possibility to my clients , and I know Ivo does the same for ocean freight . Chilean cerise and blueberry that come to Rotterdam by gravy boat are a good example . We insure that Ivo ’s team at Schiphol gets the fruit in good condition . He then gets to work on cooling , cross - docking , and packaging the yield for export via air payload . That ’s DHL ACE in a nutshell . "
" DHL start rolling out its activities in the reefer segment in South America . The company has a marijuana cigarette desk in every state there . Later , this concept was rolled out to Asia . Europe followed , with Rotterdam immediately conceive a life-sustaining ( transportation ) porthole . A huge measure of fruit add up and go through there , " Mario continues .
" The Ocean Freight division relocate to a future - proof federal agency construction during the pandemic . We ’ve since expanded our service range and have reefer desks in Belgium , Germany , Italy , France , and Spain . We declare oneself the market tailor - made significance as well as export root . "
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New airfreight facility in 2023"DHL has lofty ambitions for the airfreight segment , too , " adds Ivo . " We allow for air freight to all requested finish , but we ’re out-and-out medical specialist when it comes to Dubai . That ’s for yield , veg , gist , fish , and flowers . For that , we use the same test concept to cooperator with our sister company , DHL Aviation . "
" We should begin using a young 20,000m2 + blank in 2023 . One part is full equipped for perishables . The building has assorted forward-looking refrigeration facility where we can guarantee various mathematical product ' cold chain . It also has Dutch Quality Bureau and Netherlands ' Food and Consumer Product Safety inspection point . "
" We can , thus , alleviate all the necessary customs formality . All our discipline will come together , and we ’ll be able-bodied to perform all service under one roof . All in all , a dream amount true . It also proves that DHL is genuinely invest , long - term , to handling spoilable as well . This dedication penetrate all our organization ’s layers , " he read .
Both sea and airfreight have face major logistical challenge in recent year . " I ’m a little hesitant to call it unprecedented . There have been several post with rigorous capacity in recent tenner , such as the ash cloud in Iceland and , more recently , the global pandemic . And the products we may enthral have to deal with maximal price elasticity . For some destinations , both consequence and export tariffs are so gamy that certain trade flows simply are n’t going there at present . "
" Take Japan , for example : because tune consignment has become too expensive , scarcely any Alexander Melville Bell capsicum are fly there at the moment . There are also importantly few tomatoes being exported to the United States . charge per unit seemed to have stabilized passably in late hebdomad , but capacity definitely is n’t back to its former level . The bighearted current challenge is carriers ' fluctuating rates , " Ivo continues .
Mario agrees that there are challenges aplenty for ocean freight too . He see to reefer - related cargo at DHL Global Forwarding . " The unlike carriers genuinely presently order the market . They determine the market situation for many exporters . We , too , have to apportion with discontinued craft line . We can , for illustration , no longer use certain services to Australia and New Zealand . "
" Also , get marijuana cigarette container is still an issue . Sometimes ship companies have enough of these , but they only employ them for specific trade routes . Then , even though your client is hunky-dory with the rates , you ca n’t arrange the shipping . You have to have everything in business to ensure a unspoilt package for your client , " he explain .
ocean and airfreight charter solutions"However , at this twelvemonth ’s Fruit Logistica , I noticed merchant marine fellowship were approaching each other more to see how they can organize things together . That hardly ever find two year ago . Some have even stop accepting consignments wholly . But once equipment handiness improves , forwarders will give preference to those company that are willing to help them now , " Mario expect .
What places DHL asunder ? Its service , both man agree . " DHL is a huge company , but we have a small , close - pucker team that deal perishable ' logistics . We believe in personal customer contact with steady contact multitude . client are sometimes reluctant to be a mere number within a large organization . However , when it come to spoilable , we ’re the individual decimal point of contact . There ’s always a person on the other end of the contrast . "
" So , client do n’t get stuck with dialing numbers . That suits us down to the ground . We represent DHL to customer and know our way around our formation . We can , thus , optimally unburden our clients . And we do n’t treat them in a stock path ; we give the customers what they require . For one , that may be a door - to - door solution ; for another , a bit of consulting . But we consider no node too freehanded or small , " Mario concludes .
For more informationIvo Koopmans / Mario VolkersDHL Global ForwardingEmails:[email protected]/[email protected]Website : www.dhl.com
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