DHL invests in air freight capacity to cater for surge in Japanese seafood exports

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Tapping into a growing appetite for Japanese seafood exports, DHL Global Forwarding has opened a wholly-owned office in the city of Sapporo.

Capital of the mountainous island of Hokkaido, northern Japan’s largest food producing region, Sapporo’s premium seafood such as fresh scallops, oysters and prawns are in high demand in China and Hong Kong, DHL said.

“We have operations across Japan, including Tokyo, Okinawa and Fukuoka, but we feel the time is right to further entrench our presence in Sapporo,” said Charles ...