DHL has launched two new direct LCL services connection Dalian and Shanghai in China with Hamburg in Germany.
Both services are operated by DHL's in-house carrier, Danmar Lines.
The new direct service from Shanghai to Hamburg operates twice a week.
The new service from Dalian reduces transit time by six days, and from Hamburg shipments can be further delivered to an additional seven destinations in Germany (including Frankfurt, Munich and Stuttgart) through DHL's inland network.
The Chinese ports of Dalian and Shanghai are both ranked in the world's ten largest ports. In the past year, Shanghai port handled 29.07 million TEU and Dalian handled 5.24 million TEU, an increase of 16.3% and 15% respectively.
Germany is China's largest trade partner in the EU and vice versa. Bilateral trade volume between the two countries totalled US$128.56 billion in 2009.
DHL currently operates the world's largest LCL network, handling almost two million cubic metres of LCL freight every year.
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