Post Office eyeing more alliances
BY WILLIAM ARMBRUSTER
JoC ONLINE
NEW YORK — The U.S. Postal Service will look at the prospects for developing new alliances with both existing partners and new partners, Deputy Postmaster General John Nolan told the Bear Stearns Global Transport and Logistics Conference here Thursday.
Nolan said the Postal Service will consider both current partners Federal Express and DHL as potential partners for new initiatives. It has an agreement with DHL for international deliveries, while it will use FedEx for transport of priority and express mail beginning in August.
Nolan also said the Postal Service will look to less-than-truckload carriers, both regional and national, to handle mail shipments that now move by air.
Faced with prospective losses of between $2 billion and $3 billion this year, Nolan said the USPS is examining all its options. He also reiterated the agency’s call for legislative reforms that would enable it to offer more flexible pricing and delivery options, as well as greater flexibility with labor.
