The freight administration arm of DHL Group on Monday introduced the acquisition of Uruguay-based Aero Cargas S.A., giving the corporate its first direct operation in a rustic that’s experiencing regional and worldwide commerce progress.
Latin America has seen sturdy progress in cross-border commerce, together with airfreight, up to now couple of years as geopolitical tensions, wars and tariff proliferation make commerce in different elements of the world tougher. DHL World Forwarding (XETRA: DHL) stated the funding in Aero Cargo was motivated by Uruguay’s potential to seize extra commerce flows given its place as an Atlantic gateway to the Mercusor commerce bloc, with the Port of Montevideo on the entrance to the first inland waterway that flows previous Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina.
However DHL’s annual report on international commerce ranks Uruguay No. 130 on this planet for connectedness, a measure of a rustic’s worldwide commerce, capital, individuals and knowledge flows. Uruguay exported $13.5 billion in items throughout 2025, the best determine in 10 years, pushed by beef, soybeans and dairy, in keeping with the federal government of Uruguay. Imports have been rising quicker than exports up to now yr. The nation’s largest commerce companions are China, Brazil and Argentina.
The acquisition follows DHL’s 2030 progress technique of investing in high-growth markets and evolving commerce corridors.
Aero Cargas has served as a DHL agent in Uruguay for greater than 30 years. It arranges air and ocean freight, mission cargo, land transport and customised multimodal companies. It additionally has a robust track-record in Free Commerce Zone operations, pharmaceutical logistics and regional stock administration, DHL stated in a information launch.
The flexibility to coordinate freight transportation for giant industrial initiatives is necessary as Uruguay’s knowledge heart sector continues to broaden, anchored by large investments from multinational tech giants and state-backed AI-infrastructure, and the nation grows as a prime digital hub in South America. DHL has lengthy expertise with complicated logistics strikes, similar to transporting heavy equipment, cooling methods and superior elements for giant know-how initiatives.
In April 2025, DHL Group stated it might make investments $2.2 billion over 5 years in healthcare logistics. About 10% of that’s anticipated to be invested in Latin America.
Greater than $1 billion price of prescribed drugs strikes by Uruguay yearly as international pharma manufacturers more and more depend on the nation as their regional distribution heart for Latin America. Energetic elements and completed merchandise arriving from Europe and North America must be reprocessed, repackaged and re-exported to markets like Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and Colombia.
Erik Meade, the pinnacle of DHL World Forwarding Latin America, stated the acquisition of Aero Cargo permits DHL to shortly assist shoppers that require precision logistics and temperature-controlled services to succeed in clients within the area.
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