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DHL Express enhances Asia Pacific network to help customers manage geographic headwinds
- Continuous investments have bolstered DHL’s aviation network and ground facilities in the past year, enabling it to support new trade demands and the traditional peak season spike
- The company saw 6% more international shipments move between Asia Pacific and other continents through its network, comparing the first nine months of 2023 and 2024
SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 17 December 2024 – DHL Express, has bolstered its aviation network and ground facilities with significant enhancements across Asia Pacific in the past year. Comparing the first three quarters of 2023 and 2024, DHL Express moved around 6% more shipments between Asia Pacific and the rest of the world this year, proving that Asia Pacific will continue to play a bigger vital role in global trade. Amplifying its regional connectivity and efficiency enables DHL Express to cater to new poles of trade growth emerging across Asia Pacific driven by supply chain diversification and geographic tailwinds.
Ken Lee, CEO for Asia Pacific, DHL Express said, “Asia Pacific markets are facing significant growth boosted by diversification of global supply chains, structural tailwinds and e-commerce. Thanks to our forward planning, we are well-positioned to respond to these shifts in demand with the timely and strategic enhancements we have made across the region. These enhancements also put us in an excellent position to support our customers during the traditional peak season where consumer e-commerce traffic will spike.”
Responding to Southeast Asia’s growth demand
Southeast Asia is a rising star in global trade. With its young and skilled workforce, several trade agreements, and focus on innovation, the region is attractive and one of the fastest-growing destinations for international traders looking to diversify their supply chains.
In the past year, DHL Express has expanded several key facilities in the region to keep pace with increased trade. It upgraded the South Asia Hub located by Changi Airport, Singapore to cater for anticipated volume growth, which stood at more than 20% in 2021 and 2022. Playing an essential role in DHL Express’s multi-hub strategy for Asia Pacific, the South Asia Hub leverages Singapore’s position as a key logistics hub to serve shipments destined for Europe, Americas, Asia and Oceania. Upgrades to the Hub include the deployment of new X-ray screening machines that raise scanning capacity by close to 30% and enhancements made to the existing material handling system that increase sorting capacity by almost 40%.
South Asia Hub is also home to five DHL-owned Boeing 777 freighters operated by Singapore Airlines under a crew and maintenance agreement. These aircraft offer an additional payload capacity of over 1,200 tons, optimizing transit times between the Americas and Asia, as well as bridging trade between the continents. The new Boeing 777s consume 18% less carbon emissions compared to the legacy B747-400s – reducing DHL’s Scope 1 emissions.
In October 2024, DHL Express opened the advanced gateway in Kuala Lumpur, firmly supporting Malaysia’s prominence as a sourcing destination, particularly for electric and electronics manufacturing. With an investment of around EUR60 million, the expanded facility spans over 13,000 square meters, and is equipped with a fully automated sorting system. It is also constructed in accordance with DHL Group’s guidelines for a carbon-neutral building, where solar panels, energy-efficient systems for water and electricity are installed across the complex.
The regional upgrades also include reinforcing the company’s network across high-demand trade routes. In September, a new direct flight from Hong Kong to Jakarta was introduced to further improve transit time and customer service quality. Businesses and consumers in Indonesia stand to benefit from faster deliveries of their intra-Asia Pacific shipments and more trade opportunities with Asian partners.
Peter Bardens, Senior Vice President for Network Operations & Aviation – Asia Pacific, DHL Express said, “We take a proactive approach to continuously adapt our network and enhance our service quality. Our customers today have diverse needs, and our robust international network will help connect them to global markets and drive new growth opportunities in the region. International trade remains integral to the world economy and we will continue to play a central role to that.”
Strengthening Oceania’s connectivity for international trade
Oceania’s export-driven economy is strongly supported by the company’s modern logistics networks and efficient customs procedures. To help customers better leverage the region’s opportunities and trade routes to its Asia-Pacific counterparts, a dedicated flight route now operates between Sydney and Hong Kong to further enhance connectivity from the Oceania region. Upon shipment arrival in Hong Kong, it offers next-day delivery services to Mainland China, India, Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, Philippines, and Vietnam.
Besides additional air cargo capacity, DHL Express has also commissioned two ground facilities in Adelaide and Newcastle in the last 12 months.
The company cemented its presence in Australia with a recently opened gateway in Adelaide. Re-located nearer to the airport, the enlarged facility’s peak facility handling capacity has increased fourfold and it improves transit times for outbound shipments to Asia Pacific, Europe and the U.K. by a day. It will also help local businesses gain direct air freight access into and out of Adelaide and South Australia, reducing the need to rely on other Australian ports. In addition, DHL Express has established a new multi-million dollar service center in Newcastle that is more than 10 times larger than the previous site. The infrastructure will help businesses in the region export their products to international markets and access a wider range of imports for their supply chains.
DHL Express will also open a new gateway in Christchurch, New Zealand, as it further extends its footprint in the country. As the largest investment ever made in the country, the facility will be DHL Express’s first 100% carbon-neutral facility in New Zealand. Its line sorter conveyor system, capable of processing up to 6,500 parcels per hour for inbound shipments and 5,600 parcels per hour for outbound shipments, will enable local Kiwi businesses to import and export more efficiently.
Scaling network capacity in North, East and South Asia to accelerate trade
Hong Kong is a crucial gateway for trade between mainland China and the rest of the world. DHL Express has inaugurated its Hong Kong West Service Center to further enhance the special administrative region’s connectivity as the city gears up to meet growing trade demand. The facility can handle over 50,000 shipments a day and has earned the LEED gold status – a globally recognized green building certification program.
In the first quarter of 2024, DHL Express and Japan Airlines also strengthened their partnership with a wider air network connecting Japan, Seoul, Shanghai, and Taipei. This demonstrates DHL Express’s ability to be agile and commitment to raising service reliability and efficiency standards.
As a popular multi-shoring destination, India’s overall exports continue to trend upwards, attaining a growth of 1.23% between November 2022 and 2023. According to the latest DHL Global Connectedness Tracker, India is also one of the countries with the largest increases in its share of world trade. Recognizing the need to cater to the growing demand for logistics services, DHL Express invested and opened its first automatic shipment shorting hub in New Delhi, India. This investment caters to local businesses’ desire to export seamlessly to foreign markets.
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DHL – The logistics company for the world
DHL is the leading global brand in the logistics industry. Our DHL divisions offer an unrivalled portfolio of logistics services ranging from national and international parcel delivery, e-commerce shipping and fulfillment solutions, international express, road, air and ocean transport to industrial supply chain management. With about 395,000 employees in more than 220 countries and territories worldwide, DHL connects people and businesses securely and reliably, enabling global sustainable trade flows. With specialized solutions for growth markets and industries including technology, life sciences and healthcare, engineering, manufacturing & energy, auto-mobility and retail, DHL is decisively positioned as “The logistics company for the world”.
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Asia’s first Design & Innovation Festival announces its venue and key speakers — where Japanese design expertise meets the cultural diversity of Asia
| Name | SYNC Design & Innovation in SITE 2026 |
| Date | Friday, June 26, 2026 |
| Venue | Paragon Hall, 5th Floor, Siam Paragon, Bangkok, Thailand |
| Admission | Free (advance registration required) |
| Languages | Thai / English / Japanese |
| Website | https://syncforum.asia |
| Organizer | Nikkei Business Publications, Inc. |
| Production & Co-organizers | FOURDIGIT Inc., National Innovation Agency (NIA), Thailand |
| Supported by | Creative Economy Agency (CEA) |
| Production partners | Y’s Connection Inc., J-WAVE, Inc., iDID |
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Code4Mzansi highlights the growing strength of South Africa’s developer ecosystem and the role of youth-led innovation in shaping the country’s digital future
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – Media OutReach Newswire – 26 May 2026 – South Africa’s emerging developers are building close to the ground, with many of the strongest solutions at the inaugural Huawei Code4Mzansi finals focused on systems people use every day: township retail, healthcare, energy, agriculture, payments and the creative economy.
The competition was held in partnership with the Department of Small Business Development. “The Code4Mzansi competition is not just a celebration of achievement, it is a launchpad for the future,” said Minister Stella Ndabeni, whose department co-hosted the event and delivered the closing address.
The finals revealed a clear shift from building abstract digital products to practical tools that help small businesses trade better, communities access services more easily, and local industries solve problems faster.
Four finalist teams focused directly on the township economy, with solutions covering food safety verification for spaza shops, offline point-of-sale systems built for load-shedding, WhatsApp-native marketplaces for informal retailers, and community credit systems for SASSA grant recipients.
Others addressed AI-driven healthcare access, electricity theft detection, smart agriculture, financial infrastructure for the creator economy, and AI-generated African music.
Held at Huawei Office Park in Woodmead, the finals brought together more than 100 attendees, including government representatives, academic partners, industry leaders and media.
“The quality of the finalist solutions demonstrated the potential of local innovation to respond to real market needs,” said Steven Chen, Cloud CEO of Huawei Technologies South Africa.
Academic partners included the University of Pretoria, the University of Johannesburg, the University of the Witwatersrand and the University of Cape Town.
“Small businesses are the backbone of our economy, and technology is their greatest accelerator. The participants here today are future entrepreneurs who will drive South Africa’s digital economy forward,” said Professor Thokozani Shongwe, Vice Dean of Postgraduate Studies, Research and Internationalisation at the University of Johannesburg’s Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment.
Industry partner rain also attended. Leon Nortje, Principal and Senior Architect at rain, said the competition offered a strong view of the country’s emerging technology pipeline.
“It is always good to see new projects and new teams working on solutions that are valuable and industry-related. We will be looking out for potential new employees,” said Nortje.
The winners
The finalists competed for a prize pool of R800,000. MAAT by SIMVAK was named the overall grand winner and received the Business Value Award, taking home R300,000. The platform addresses food safety and regulatory compliance in South Africa’s informal retail sector through AI agents, real-time product recall alerts, and counterfeit detection for the spaza shop ecosystem.
“The spaza network is the supply chain for most South African households,” said SIMVAK founder Shingirayi Mandebvu.
HealthHive by FTCK received second prize in the Business Value Award category, taking home R200,000, for its AI telemedicine platform that matches patients with the right medical practitioners based on their symptoms.
Auraa received the Grand Innovation Award for its AI music engine built to generate authentic African sound. The platform has been associated with an album that has crossed one million streams.
The Future Star Award went to e-Khadi, a community credit and stokvel platform giving SASSA grant recipients access to essentials at their local spaza shops, supported by AI-assisted credit scoring and fraud detection.
The People’s Choice Award, voted by the public on Huawei’s social media channels, went to DevRift, a semi-finalist in the competition, who took home R100,000.
Minister Ndabeni delivered the closing address, positioning Code4Mzansi within the government’s agenda for youth entrepreneurship, small business development and digital inclusion.
“Our task is to ensure that innovation does not remain a moment of applause, but becomes a pathway to enterprise creation, digital inclusion, and sustainable growth,” she said.
“Thank you to Huawei for being a perfect partner on the journey that we are travelling, and of course, those that matter most, the developers who dared to compete,” she said.
Code4Mzansi forms part of the global Huawei Cloud Developer Competition. In its inaugural edition, South Africa attracted more participants than any other country: 1,041 across 353 teams, including 176 enterprise teams, resulting in the highest enterprise participation rate among all competing markets. Twenty semi-finalists were selected before the top nine advanced to the final.
For the finalists, the work is just beginning. As Minister Ndabeni said, “Go home today proud. But tomorrow, wake up, build again.”
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Congratulating Dr Lai on her achievement, John Lee, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), said that the HKSAR can “transform from a ‘supporter’ of the country’s great aerospace endeavours into an ‘executor’ “.
“This not only demonstrates the HKSAR’s capability in contributing to the country’s development into an aerospace power, but also showcases how Hong Kong could better integrate into and serve the overall national development,” Mr Lee said.
“This mission is of great significance, as it is not only the first manned spaceflight mission during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, but also the first time for a payload expert from the HKSAR to participate in it.”
The Shenzhou-23 crew will conduct on-orbit rotation with the Shenzhou-21 crew. The crew, including Dr Lai, will stay in the space station and conduct multiple experiments and applications in various fields such as scientific applications.
The Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry of the HKSAR Government, Professor Sun Dong, led a delegation to the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center to witness this historic moment. Members of the delegation included other government representatives, I&T experts, youths and students.
“I truly believe this is a great demonstration of Hong Kong integrating into and serving the overall national development through concrete actions, while contributing our strength in I&T,” Professor Sun said.
” ‘Science and technology is primary productive force, talent is primary resource, and innovation is primary driver of growth.’ The HKSAR Government will continue to drive the development of I&T, accelerate the establishment of an international I&T centre, and make greater contributions to building our nation into a strong power in science, technology, and aerospace.”
Commissioner for Innovation and Technology of the HKSAR Government, Mr Ivan Lee, said that the Government had been providing funding support for universities and research institutions in conducting aerospace technology-related projects through the Innovation and Technology Fund.
“In 2024, we launched a special call for funding applications, inviting universities to submit project proposals related to aerospace technology. Following a selection process, we supported six projects. Among them was the Multi‑Spectral Imaging Carbon Observatory (MUSICO) developed by a team from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,” he said.
On the Tiangong Space Station, Dr Lai will conduct experiments including operating the MUSICO — the world’s first lightweight, high-resolution synergistic observatory for carbon dioxide and methane emission point sources.
Born and raised in Hong Kong, Dr Lai is a Superintendent of the Hong Kong Police Force. In the recruitment exercise of China’s fourth batch of preparatory astronauts launched in 2022, she was successfully selected as a payload expert and was deployed to the China Astronaut Research and Training Center for training.
Before embarking on the historic spaceflight, Dr Lai expressed hope that it would inspire more Hong Kong youths to devote themselves to the field of I&T, thereby contributing to the country’s scientific and technological self-reliance and strength.
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