Day: May 26, 2003

TNT Argentina advises small and medium sized companies on how to obtain new customers

Posted by | May 26, 2003 | |

TNT Argentina, the Argentinean subsidiary of TPG, the Dutch express delivery and logistics services holding company, expects to increase its 2002 turnover of USD18mil by 80% in 2003. In order to achieve its target, the company will focus on increasing delivery volumes and on targeting local small and medium-sized companies that are entering the foreign trade market. As part of its strategy to raise market share, TNT Argentina has formed partnerships with institutions such as export promoting bodies and chambers of commerce of other countries in order to advise local small and medium-sized companies on how to market their products abroad.

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Poor UK postal security lets criminals grap passports

Posted by | May 26, 2003 | |

Thousands of passports could be falling into the hands of terrorists and criminal gangs because of poor postal security, it has emerged. Almost 3,000 passports went missing in the post after the passport agency dispatched them last year, according to newly released government figures. Passports are still sent by first-class post, which leaves no record of their movement if they go astray. Special delivery is available, but only for an additional fee. The figures show that 2,359 passports went missing in 1999, 3,851 the following year, 2,541 in 2001 and 2,982 last year. A Home Office spokesman said: “Every year the UK issues up to 5.5m passports, so, put into context, the number that goes missing is very small. We are talking with the Royal Mail about moving to secure delivery of all passports by autumn or winter this year.”

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EU deepends probe into Computer Sciences buy of UK's Royal Mail unit

Posted by | May 26, 2003 | |

The European Commission said it deepened its probe into the acquisition by Computer Sciences Corp of Royal Mail Business Systems. The commission said it is now investigating the deal under its normal procedure rather than its simplified merger procedure, which is reserved for operations that are deemed unlikely to raise competition concerns.

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La Poste will focus on land

Posted by | May 26, 2003 | |

French post office-owned airline Europe Airpost is planning to withdraw its three A300-B4 freighters over the next two to three years. The move is in response to La Poste’s focus on shipping more mail, parcel and express traffic by high-speed train and road, a mid-term objective being a TGV postal service between Marseille and Paris.

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GCC postal working group discusses impact of UPU's new postal regulations and GATT

Posted by | May 26, 2003 | |

A Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) postal working group, consisting of representatives from the postal authorities of Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), are meeting in Dubai to discuss issues relating to UPU postal regulations and the impact of GATT on postal services in the region. Chaired by Saudi Arabia and hosted by Emirates Post, the working group began a five-day meeting to review a host of issues pertaining to the streamlining of postal activities in the region, including amendments to the agreement between the UPU and the respective countries.

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