DHL Launches Direct LCL Services from US to Korea

Logistics Insight Asia - Industry News, 3/3/2010

DHL has launched a direct Less than Container Load (LCL) service from New York and Chicago to Pusan, enhancing its connectivity between South Korea and the US. These new direct services will enhance the company’s presence in both the US and Asia, where customers, especially Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs), will be provided with an expanded service portfolio and access to the Korean market in a more secure and efficient manner.

The service from New York and Chicago to Pusan will serve to bolster trade volumes between US and South Korea. Bilateral trade between the two countries amounted to US$67.9 billion in 2009, while Korea is US' seventh-largest trading partner.

The direct weekly LCL service, operated by Danmar Lines, the in-house carrier of DHL Global Forwarding, can reduce the transit time between the US and South Korea by three or more days from New York and by three to five days from Chicago when compared to current service transit times. The direct service can reduce the risk of damage, loss and other contingencies, resulting in enhanced security for customers’ shipments.

The service, with an estimated 26-day transit time, eliminates rail delays and re-handling of cargo in Los Angeles, US by moving directly from the Port of New York. The Chicago-Pusan weekly service, via the Port of Long Beach, eliminates re-handling of cargo, utilizing intact containers.

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