News / DHL unveils new Paris facility as it picks up air and sea heavy cargo slack

Source DHL Express

Global supply chain “traffic jams”, clogging up air and ocean freight lanes, are pushing more “heavy” freight towards express service providers, according to one leading integrator executive.

Speaking today at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, as DHL Express unveiled a €170m ($197m) international hub, Travis Cobb, operations director, told The Loadstar there were definite signs of modal shift as shippers run out of air and ocean options into key import markets, as the Q4 peak holiday season loomed.

“When ports start backing up ...