GERMANY's DHL express delivery giant has commenced three new direct Less than Container Load (LCL) services connecting San Jose in Costa Rica, Tanjung Pelepas in Malaysia and Constanta in Romania from Hong Kong.

    Launched in August the weekly service from Hong Kong to San Jose in Costa Rica now connects 24 terminals in North Asia Pacific and 25 in South Asia Pacific to the port in Central America. With transit time between the two ports reduced to 36 days, the service promises to be more than 15 per cent CO2 efficient than standard shipments.

    The new weekly service between Hong Kong and Tanjung Pelepas in Malaysia launched in September offers a transit time of five days between the two ports and enables CO2-savings of up to 21 per cent, a company statement said.

    The service connects China, Taiwan, Japan and Korea in North Asia Pacific along with Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines and India in South Asia Pacific to Tanjung Pelepas in Malaysia.

    A further new direct LCL route was introduced in October between Hong Kong and Constanta in Romania, to connect Central and South-eastern Europe to the North Asia Pacific and South Asia Pacific with a reduced transit time of 28 days.

source:www.schednet.com