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DGX - Dependable Global Express
6/1/2018
Dear Valued Customers,
The following is
provided for your information:
Holiday Schedule
The following offices will be closed in celebration of
their local holiday:
Australia
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Western Australia Day
Queen’s Birthday (except Brisbane & Fremantle)
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June 4
June 11
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China
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Tuen NG Festival
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June 18
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Hong Kong
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Tuen NG Festival
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June 18
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Malaysia
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Nuzul Quran
Hari Raya Puasa
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June 2
June 15
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New Zealand
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Queen’s Birthday
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June 4
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Philippines
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Independence Day
Eidul Fitar
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June 12
June 15
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Singapore
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Hari Raya Puasa
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June 15
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Please remember that
certain offices are across the International Dateline. The dates above are
their dates, not the actual U.S. date.
Rate Changes
The following rate changes apply to origin/destination,
respectively:
RATE TYPE
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EFFECTIVE DATE
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DESCRIPTION
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AMOUNT OF INCREASE
OR DECREASE
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Truckload
Hazardous Surcharge
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5/1/2018
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Truckload
Hazardous Surcharge
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FCL
$100 LS
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We would like to share some recent news from our DHX-Dependable
Hawaiian Express blogs, with the below being a “cut and paste” effort from our
DHX.com website, and Facebook page(s):
New Honolulu Warehouse
A Win-Win for Honolulu:
Shipping, Distribution and Logistics
If you’ve looked at DHX.com or our social media pages, you have
seen our current major project in the works – we’re building a new warehouse
and distribution center in Honolulu.
This facility is different than our other owned freight-handling
facilities located in Southern California, Maui, Kona,
and Guam because the ground was contaminated with oil and gas
byproduct waste.
We bought four acres of land that has lain barren for over 20 years while being
remediated. It was an eyesore to those working in the area. The property was
not contributing positively to Hawaii or the community. We are now furthering
the remediation process to the point the land can be useful and productive. We
will be turning the four acres into a state-of-the-art public warehouse and
distribution center. The building will be located within 10 minutes of the port
in an area off Nimitz Highway.
DHX-Dependable
Hawaiian Express is proud of what we are going to be contributing to Oahu's economy
and future. Not only does the property itself become productive, but with 4,000
pallet positions for storage, we’ll help ease the current shortage of public
warehousing in the industrial part of town close to the port. A land lot with
thousands of plastic pipes jutting in and out of the ground will be replaced by
a new, clean facility providing job opportunities during construction and
thereafter. Once open it will allow us to move out of a building that is 70+
years old and very inefficient into something new.
Help us celebrate this for the community and for the
businesses needing our offerings. A complete win-win!
View our progress on our Facebook page.
Beard for Buck$
About Charity, a
Beard and a New Warehouse
As you may be aware, we’re building a new warehousing
facility in Honolulu. To make a long story short, we received the signed
agreement to purchase the property, vacant land, on a Saturday during the
period of the major league baseball playoff chase in 2017. On that Saturday in
September, I decided, like so many LA Dodger players in their quest to win the
World Series, to not shave again until the prize was won—in this case our new
warehousing facility opening. I then flew over to Oahu when we had to arrange
to finance both the land purchase and building construction. I told the bankers
that I was growing my beard as a daily reminder of our commitment to getting
the project done, so every morning when I stand in front of the mirror, I am
reminded of my responsibility to complete our project.
During one of my visits to Honolulu, I became aware that the fence on the
perimeter of the property served as a “lean-to” area that homeless folks had
been using to support their temporary shelters. They were camping in certain
areas around the outside of the fence. This visual sparked an idea for me to
believe that something good could come out of this construction project and the
beard!
I went out to our partners and vendors involved with the project and asked for
volunteers to donate to a charity that helps the homeless. Upon reaching out to
volunteers including Massdec (the developer) and DHX-Dependable Hawaiian
Express, Inc. (both owned by us), six additional companies or individuals
agreed to donate $250 an inch to charities assisting the homeless. That's
$2,000 an inch. We then had two other companies join us, bringing the number of
companies to ten as of this post, or $2,500 an inch. My beard is now four
inches long, growing slowly, meaning we’ve already earmarked $10,000 for
charity. The facility has another 11 months before completion, during which I
hope the beard will grow an additional 5-7 inches (may I add much to my wife’s
dismay– she really hates it)! But it’s for a great cause.
I would like to thank the following participants:
- American Savings Bank
(Financier) and Dan Oshima, its Vice President
- Central Pacific Bank
(Financier)
- Massdec LLC
(Developer)
- DHX-Dependable
Hawaiian Express, Inc. (Lessee)
- Honolulu Builders (Contractor)
- Anonymous Officer at
Massdec’s Environmental Consultant
- Anonymous Officer at
our Ocean Carrier to Hawaii
- Cades Schutte and the
Cades Foundation
- MC Architects
(Architect)
- Honolulu Freight
Service- Mike Beidleman
Again, these participants have already raised $10,000 to be donated to
charities!
Our campaign was
developed to raise money for "every inch" of hair grown by President
Brad Dechter of DHX-Dependable Hawaiian Express during a timeframe of one year,
ending on April 1st, 2019 (Grand Opening of our new warehouse in Honolulu, HI).
The progress of the Beard for Buck$ campaign will be documented monthly here on
our company Facebook page. Our primary goal is to help end homelessness in
Honolulu through the provision of charitable donations from a group of
DHX-Dependable Hawaiian Express partners and friends. It initially started as a
campaign within our partners, but others have now joined in, and we have now
opened the campaign to everyone who would like to help contribute to our cause!
Your contribution supports diverse organizations involved, but specifically for
the homeless outreach programs in Honolulu. Your involvement and donations can
be in any increments including $1 or more per inch and/or specific pledges of
your choice (one-time donation, etc.) 100% of the donations will go to Kahauiki
Village http://www.kahauiki.org/ and The Salvation Army-Hawaiian and
Pacific Islands https://fundraise.salvationarmyhawaii.org/…/beard-f…/c184542. We hope that you join us in this fun, yet
charitable cause. #beardforbucks #honolulu #hawaii
We will be posting monthly updates, with beard pictures to our Facebook page (Beard for
Buck$ Photo Album). Just so you know, for a single donation of $25,000, I, the
president of DHX-Dependable Hawaiian Express, and DGX (Dependable Global
Express) would be willing to dye the beard “purple,” the official color of
Dependable Supply Chain Services for a month!
For $50,000 and I’ll dye the beard and my hair, too! It’s all for a great
cause, folks!
To view current
progress and updates, please visit the
DHX Blog
Should you have
additional questions or scheduling concerns, please contact your local office
or contact our DGX at 888-488-4888 or at 310-669-8888. For DHX Customer Service Center call us at 800-488-4888,
Ext. 2020.
For Hawaii news updates see News Updates
at www.dhx.com.
Thank
you for your business - we appreciate it!