In order to strengthens presence in transport logistics business, DHL, a leading logistics company has announced an upgrade to its transport fleet by introducing state of the art, new generation, 40 tonner Mahindra Navistar vehicles in India.
DHL personnels with 40 tonner Mahindra Navistar
Vikas Anand, Chief Operating Officer, DHL Supply Chain said, “This deployment of new generation trucks is in line with our strategy to bolster substantial growth in India. With the introduction of these vehicles, we expect to bring in better operating efficiency, reduce down time and focus on safe and secure delivery within agreed standard transit times.”
The new modernized fleet will help reduce carbon emissions and improve fuel efficiencies, an integral part of the Deutsche Post DHL Group’s global GoGreen strategy which has the goal of improving the company’s carbon efficiency worldwide by 30 percent by 2020.
Additionally, on long hauls these vehicles are expected to increase capacity and reduce cost per unit, thereby allowing DHL to serve customers with sustainable solutions and improved resource efficiency.
Over the past two years DHL Supply Chain extensively studied various truck models, trailer types and container manufacturers. The detailed research included feedback from drivers and several customers based on which an exhaustive mapping was carried out of their expectations in terms of fleet capability.
“These new generation trucks come with GPS, intensive driver training programs, fleet management systems and a dedicated team to manage the transport fleet operations,” Les Kawoh, Director, Transport, DHL Supply Chain said.
“We also have established centralized control towers to monitor the safe movement of trucks and customer shipments across India”, he added.
The new fleet will be used for customer specific projects and products to be transported between a network of national warehouses and transport hubs that DHL Supply Chain is building to support growth in India.
The first of these Build To Suit (BTS) warehouses, being constructed in accordance with DHL Supply Chain’s global quality standards, will be operational by end of February 2012 in Bhiwandi, Mumbai and the upgraded transport fleet will support in connecting these BTS warehouses to the various transport hubs across the country.
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