DHL wins Freight Forwarder of the Year at STAT Times 2010

Feb. 19, 2010 - PRLog -- Mumbai – DHL, the world’s leading logistics company, has been awarded the ‘Freight Forwarder of the Year’ at the STAT TIMES International Awards for Excellence in Air Cargo, held in Mumbai recently. The award was received by Christoph Remund, CEO, DHL Lemuir Logistics, in recognition of DHL Global Forwarding’s outstanding capabilities in freight forwarding to meet the increasingly complex air freight requirements of industry. This is the second time DHL Global Forwarding has won this award, having received it previously in 2008.

Commenting on the occasion, Christoph Remund, CEO, DHL Lemuir Logistics said, “DHL has demonstrated its competence in the air freight sector by combining global presence with local knowledge, as well as its innovation, service excellence and commitment to providing customers with superior end-to-end logistics solutions. This award has greatly encouraged us to maintain and improve the benchmark that we have set for ourselves.”

As a global market leader, DHL Global Forwarding offers consumers highly experienced professionals ensuring time and cost efficacies. A core element of DHL’s freight management service offering is the ability to move single or complex shipments by air, at any time and to any destination.

“This prestigious industry award is a testament of our efforts to continually provide the best service to our customers. It comes as recognition of our seamless efforts towards delivering consistent and timely services in the air freight business,” Mr. Remund added.

STAT TIMES, the international multimodal transport media has been encouraging excellence in various categories of Air Cargo industry since 2006 through the STAT TIMES International Award for Excellence in Air Cargo.

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