DHL Express imports to the Caribbean up 22% in 2008
DHL Express announced revenue growth in its fastest growing product, Import Express Worldwide – a door-to-door import solution designed to expedite imports to the Caribbean.
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DHL new express service begins in the Caribbean and Bermuda
DHL launched its new express delivery, time definite service in five countries in the region: DHL Express 10:30 am for deliveries to the United States.
Caribbean customers can now enjoy the assurance and security of knowing delivery times while experiencing the added comforts of a money back guarantee, said DHL, one of the world’s leading express services and logistics companies.
The new morning express delivery service addresses the needs of customers that require time definite deliveries, giving them the option of when and at what time they wish their time-sensitive materials to arrive at their destination, DHL added.
This new offering is available to customers and companies that ship to key business centres in the United States from Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica.
Read MoreUPU and Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal (PUASP) strengthen their ties
The Universal Postal Union (UPU) and the Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal (PUASP), through the Declaration of Santo Domingo, urge the countries of Latin America to undertake postal sector reform.
The postal sector in Latin America, made up of public operators and a large number of private enterprises, is highly fragmented. With UPU assistance, postal sector reform has now been launched in nine Latin American countries, starting off with Costa Rica in 2005.
The integrated postal reform and development plans (IPDPs) replace an approach based solely on the restructuring of the public postal operator. These national plans, which take particular account of the universal postal service and of the regulatory and legal framework, provide for the whole sector. Since 2007, Latin America also has a regional development plan aimed at coordinating the activities of the various postal sector stakeholders.
At the regional conference of government authorities responsible for supervising the postal sector in the PUASP member countries, held in Santo Domingo (Dominican Rep.) on 22 and 23 May 2008, UPU Director General Edouard Dayan and PUASP Secretary General Serrana Bassini casci reiterated their commitment to cooperate in the development and good governance of the postal sector.
In a joint declaration signed by 22 of the region’s countries and territories, the UPU and PUASP encourage those countries which have not yet formulated an IPDP to do so, in conjunction with the UPU.
Read MoreUS Postal Service expands reach of money transfer service
Sure Money(R), the Postal Service’s international wire transfer service, also called Dinero Seguro(R), has expanded its reach to Latin America and the Caribbean.
Available to Mexico since 1996, Sure Money now provides customers with the ability to transfer money to nine additional countries. They are the Caribbean country of the Dominican Republic; and the Latin American countries of Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Peru. “Postal money orders have long been a favorite way for people to send money to friends and relatives internationally,” says Chief Marketing Officer Anita Bizzotto. “And Sure Money provides an electronic alternative that reduces the time it takes to receive the funds from days to minutes.”
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