Isn't that exactly what the guide describes?
1. At the factory
2. At the airport in Shanghai
3. (back to 1.) On the plane
On the guide I can read :
1. Shipped
The goods are ready to be picked up.
2. In transit to customer – shipment on schedule
It's sitting at the airport in Shanghai waiting to fly out.
3. Shipment dispatched
Your air cargo flight left.
4. In transit to customer – shipment on schedule
It is in AMS, but not cleared customs yet.
5. Preparing handover to final carrier
It's passed through customs, and is on its way to AMS DHL hub.
I've had for my apple tracking the following steps :
1. Shipped (at the factory)
(maybe there was a brief In Transit to Customer between 1 and 2 like the guide states, but I didn't see that)
2. Shipment dispatched (on the plane)
3. In Transit to Customer (AMS Customs?)
4. Shipment dispatched (in fact, it's maybe again on a plane, an intra-european one this time
Instead of "4. Shipment dispatched", I was waiting for the next status : Preparing handover to final carrier / In transit to customer / In transit to destination country / With courier.
It's not a big deal, just hard to say if it's still in Shanghai or not.
I'm sure there will be some moves on DHL tracking by tomorrow.