DHL recognizes CMA CGM as “Ocean Carrier of the Year”.

Brussels, December 18, 2014 (STAT):-DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of Deutsche Post DHL, recognized one of its partner carriers with the Ocean Carrier of the Year Award. The award was handed over to CMA CGM, a global leader in container shipping and the third-largest container shipping company worldwide, on December 10 in Brussels.

Dominique von Orelli, Global Head of FCL Product & Capacity Management, DHL Global Forwarding, explains: “We gladly award CMA CGM as Ocean Carrier of the Year. Over the last three years, the company has proven to be a trustworthy partner of ours and reliably delivers on most of our requirements”.

“CMA CGM has aligned its regional footprint, which resulted in a true global strategy and coverage. This allows us to have one common approach regardless of the geographic location, our and thus offer a high-level service to customers around the globe.”

The award is presented for outstanding achievements in categories such as geographic coverage, rate competitiveness, schedule reliability, flexibility, customer service or documentation. Based on these criteria, DHL Global Forwarding strives to achieve consistent quality and service levels across all of its suppliers and a strong handle on their deliverables. Due to CMA CGM’s brilliant performance, DHL Global Forwarding continuously increased its shipping volume with the carrier year on year. As a result, the supplier will be upgraded to a strategic partner carrier which means that we will enhance our collaboration even further in 2015.

Bertrand Simion, Vice President, CMA CGM says: “Being honored with the Carrier of the Year Award is a fantastic recognition of our commitment towards DHL Global Forwarding. We look forward to expanding our partnership with DHL and continuously delivering the high service quality our customers are used to.”