19/06/2006
19.June 2006
PLANTATION, FL – June 19, 2006 – DHL, the world's leading express delivery and logistics company, announced last May 31st the launching of the DHL Disaster Response Team (DRT) Americas. Based out of the DHL Americas Corporate Headquarters in South Florida, the DRT Americas will provide logistical support to ensure that relief goods will quickly reach victims of major sudden-onset natural disasters, primarily in Latin America and the Caribbean, but also in northern South America and the southern United States, as needed.
The DHL Disaster Response Team applies its professional knowledge of logistics and transportation to help governments organize the handling, warehousing and loading of relief goods for onward transportation in an efficient manner, ultimately reducing bottlenecks at the airport close to the scene of a major sudden-onset natural disaster.
“By setting up the DRT Americas we are making a significant contribution to preparing for the upcoming hurricane season and to support relief efforts in the case of a natural disaster anywhere in the region,” said John Mullen, Chief Executive Officer for DHL Express Americas. “We are committed to sharing our core competence in logistics and transportation as well as our expert manpower to support disaster relief efforts, not only in our South Florida home but where we are needed most in the Americas.”
DHL has considerable experience in direct disaster management worldwide. DHL employees were actively engaged in providing humanitarian assistance in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in the United States in the summer of 2005, after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, and in the aftermath of last year’s South Asian earthquake in Pakistan and India.
The DHL DRT Americas has been established as part of a worldwide network of Disaster Response Teams to support the UN and the international community’s humanitarian relief efforts. The DRTs are the first initiative to result from a strategic partnership between DHL and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the area of disaster management. In April, DHL inaugurated the DRT Asia Pacific which will provide coverage in disaster situations throughout that region.
“The DHL Disaster Response Teams show how valuable the support from companies can be for supplementing the existing disaster management system,” said United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) representative Carlos Monteiro-Pereira.
The DRT Americas draws on a pool of approximately 80 trained DHL employees, who, in addition to their normal jobs at DHL, have volunteered to take part in humanitarian missions with the DRT. Disaster Response Teams include experts in cargo handling, warehouse management, inventory control, customs clearance, road operations, communications, safety, security and other areas.
Sergio Barquet, Director of Security; Gabriela Sordo, Human Resources Coordinator and José Luis Calderón, Import and Export Manager, are part of DHL Mexico DRT team.
Mexico is very important as the main bridge towards Caribbean, Central and South America, besides, being a country also prone to a natural disaster.
The teams will normally be deployed for a period of up to three weeks following a major sudden-onset natural disaster. By that point in time, the initial surge of international charter aircraft bringing aid supplies has normally decreased to a more manageable level.
The DHL Disaster Response Teams’ services are provided as an in-kind donation. In addition to the existing work in the field of disaster response, the strategic partnership between DHL and the UN System will also cover other areas of disaster management such as disaster preparedness.
It is important to mention, that DHL Mexico supported last year, diverse communities that suffered the ravages of natural disasters, such as Cancun, Quintana Roo, where relief supplies were donated in support of the victims of Hurrican Wilma.
DHL Inaugurates Disaster Response Team on the eve of the 2006 Hurricane season.
- DHL Commits Professional Disaster Relief Resources to the Americas Region in Partnership with UN System. - DHL Mexico participates in this effort with hightly qualified employees.
PLANTATION, FL – June 19, 2006 – DHL, the world's leading express delivery and logistics company, announced last May 31st the launching of the DHL Disaster Response Team (DRT) Americas. Based out of the DHL Americas Corporate Headquarters in South Florida, the DRT Americas will provide logistical support to ensure that relief goods will quickly reach victims of major sudden-onset natural disasters, primarily in Latin America and the Caribbean, but also in northern South America and the southern United States, as needed.
The DHL Disaster Response Team applies its professional knowledge of logistics and transportation to help governments organize the handling, warehousing and loading of relief goods for onward transportation in an efficient manner, ultimately reducing bottlenecks at the airport close to the scene of a major sudden-onset natural disaster.
“By setting up the DRT Americas we are making a significant contribution to preparing for the upcoming hurricane season and to support relief efforts in the case of a natural disaster anywhere in the region,” said John Mullen, Chief Executive Officer for DHL Express Americas. “We are committed to sharing our core competence in logistics and transportation as well as our expert manpower to support disaster relief efforts, not only in our South Florida home but where we are needed most in the Americas.”
DHL has considerable experience in direct disaster management worldwide. DHL employees were actively engaged in providing humanitarian assistance in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in the United States in the summer of 2005, after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, and in the aftermath of last year’s South Asian earthquake in Pakistan and India.
The DHL DRT Americas has been established as part of a worldwide network of Disaster Response Teams to support the UN and the international community’s humanitarian relief efforts. The DRTs are the first initiative to result from a strategic partnership between DHL and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the area of disaster management. In April, DHL inaugurated the DRT Asia Pacific which will provide coverage in disaster situations throughout that region.
“The DHL Disaster Response Teams show how valuable the support from companies can be for supplementing the existing disaster management system,” said United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) representative Carlos Monteiro-Pereira.
The DRT Americas draws on a pool of approximately 80 trained DHL employees, who, in addition to their normal jobs at DHL, have volunteered to take part in humanitarian missions with the DRT. Disaster Response Teams include experts in cargo handling, warehouse management, inventory control, customs clearance, road operations, communications, safety, security and other areas.
Sergio Barquet, Director of Security; Gabriela Sordo, Human Resources Coordinator and José Luis Calderón, Import and Export Manager, are part of DHL Mexico DRT team.
Mexico is very important as the main bridge towards Caribbean, Central and South America, besides, being a country also prone to a natural disaster.
The teams will normally be deployed for a period of up to three weeks following a major sudden-onset natural disaster. By that point in time, the initial surge of international charter aircraft bringing aid supplies has normally decreased to a more manageable level.
The DHL Disaster Response Teams’ services are provided as an in-kind donation. In addition to the existing work in the field of disaster response, the strategic partnership between DHL and the UN System will also cover other areas of disaster management such as disaster preparedness.
It is important to mention, that DHL Mexico supported last year, diverse communities that suffered the ravages of natural disasters, such as Cancun, Quintana Roo, where relief supplies were donated in support of the victims of Hurrican Wilma.
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