DHL Global Forwarding Americas has seized the opportunity to commemorate 15 years of transporting finished chocolate products and raw cocoa ingredients by air and ocean.

Each year the freight forwarding arm of Deutsche Post's DHL Express ships 4,450 TEU, 600 full truckloads of chocolate, 7,000 pallet positions and processes an average of 460 customs files per month to make sure the world's chocolate treats arrive unbroken and without melting, reported Atlanta area Air Cargo World.

"With a large number of shipments transported via the Europe-Americas trade lane and intra-Americas, DHL helps ship from the raw cocoa bean to the finished product, in addition to the machinery to make any chocolate treat," said air freight chief Jannie Davel.

During the chocolate's journey, the company maintains strict end-to-end temperature control, as well as warehousing, trucking and customs brokerage services.