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DHL May be Pulling out of USA

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Topic: DHL May be Pulling out of USA
Posted By: Pacman
Subject: DHL May be Pulling out of USA
Date Posted: Oct 24 2008 at 1:59pm

Industry sources are reporting to PARCEL that DHL Express will end domestic ground service by the end of November this year and end domestic air service by February 1, 2009. Our efforts to get a confirmation or denial from DHL Express or its parent company, Deutsch Post, got this response from Jonathan Baker, DHL Express Corporate Communications, "We are continuing with our restructuring efforts, but as you know we cannot respond to rumor or speculation."

As of yesterday, UPS stated that it was still in negotiations with DHL Express on the package hauling agreement but indicated that the agreement may be revised in light of less DHL volume. UPS executives indicated that they hoped negotiations would be completed by the end of the year.

DHL Global Mail is not affected by these developments and will continue to provide service as usual.

We will continue to follow developments closely and inform you as soon as we hear of anything further. If you are a DHL Express shipper, it would be prudent to have a "plan B" in place.

Sincerely,
Dan O'Rourke
Editor
PARCEL
mailto:dan.o@rbpub.com - dan.o@rbpub.com



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Posted By: John Beagle
Date Posted: Oct 24 2008 at 4:21pm
Wow that's a shocker. And a major job loser for Ohio.
 
More current news:
http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2008/10/20/daily64.html - NASDAQ gives air cargo company more time
Bizjournals.com, NC - 4 hours ago
It operates DHL’s air cargo hub in Wilmington where more than 8000 are threatened by DHL’s announced decision to move its air cargo operations to UPS’s hub ...


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Posted By: spiderjohn
Date Posted: Oct 25 2008 at 8:31am
One of my long-time Fla.renters has lost his job with DHL, where he was a highly-paid pilot.
Seems this shut-down has been a done deal for a long time.
I doubt the situation will change, and another Ohio community will be devastated.

Posted By: John Beagle
Date Posted: Oct 27 2008 at 3:35pm
Perhaps Wilmington will get a casino.

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