Enabling e-Air Waybill DHL

DHL Global Forwarding effect from January 1, Cathay Pacific Airways and Dragonair to Hong Kong freighter delivery of the goods fully electronic air waybill (e-AWB), save a lot of paper for customers, but also help reduce costs and provide faster and more reliable air service.

DHL Hong Kong, Macau and South China president, said Xu Qin industry, at present, an average of more than 30 per shipping paper copies of documents to and use of different units and / or treatment, including shippers, freight forwarders, agents, export and import brokers, airlines , customers and other government departments.

International Air Transport Association (IATA) earlier set a target to require all shipping companies and airlines at the end of 2014 before the full adoption of all possible routes e-AWB.

DHL to implement e-AWB, the client can save the cost of paper handling and archiving, thereby reducing data entry errors and loss caused by delays in air waybill. Staff around the air waybill can extract information at any time, enhance the flexibility of freight operations.

DHL through the "GoGreen" environmental plan, promised before the end of 2020, the Group's operating divisions and suppliers of carbon dioxide emissions from 2007 levels by 30% this year, aims to offset the more than 5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions. The 2009 offset the carbon dioxide emissions compared with 38,500 tonnes.