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Saudi Post and Siemens sign contract to develop postal services

Posted by | Sep 24, 2006 | |

The Minister of Telecommunication and Information Technology, Eng. Mohammed Jamil Mulla, who is the chairman of the board of directors of the Saudi Postal Corporation, signed in Riyadh recently a contract with Siemens International Company to develop and upgrade the Saudi postal operations. The contract, worth SR 50 million, includes, among other things, enhancing the Saudi post competitive capabilities and auto processing of incoming and outgoing mail items in the Kingdom.

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Rainer Hengst joins Mail Services, Inc.

Posted by | Sep 22, 2006 | |

Rainer Hengst, a recognized expert with over 30 years experience on international postal affairs, has joined Mail Services, Inc. as Vice President of Marketing & Public Affairs.

Hengst created the first Deutsche Post international mail branch office in the United
States in 1998 and, in the mid-90s, served as Senior Vice President Marketing and
General Manager, Americas of TNT Mailfast, the international mail division of TNT Post Group.

In a 25-year career with the United States Postal Service (USPS), he held a number of senior management positions including: Director of Facilities Program Management, Product Manager of international marketing and Director of International Business Management. Mr. Hengst also represented the USPS as delegate to the 1994 Universal Postal Union Congress in Seoul, Korea.

Mr. Hengst’s special focus over the past decade has been the growing global direct
marketing sector, where he has extensive personal experience on both sides of the
Atlantic.

An American citizen born in Berlin, Germany, Mr. Hengst holds a Masters Degree in Public Administration from The American University in Washington, DC.

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Leader seeks better postal pay, benefits, budgets

Posted by | Sep 22, 2006 | |

Charles Mapa is president of the National League of Postmasters
Sheila Vemmer / Federal Times

Barely one month on the job, the new president of the National League of Postmasters is gearing up for consultations with U.S. Postal Service headquarters about pay, benefits and budgeting.
This year for the first time, the league will enter those consultations jointly with the National Association of Postal Supervisors and the National Association of Postmasters of the United States, said the new league president, Charles Mapa. The consultations — not the same as union “negotiations,” since postmasters are part of management — are mandated to begin within 30 days of completion of talks with the largest union, which are set to end no later than November.

“I think it is better that all three enter this together because we all have the same concerns and the same pay considerations,” Mapa said.

At the top of the list for the league will be pay. But another big issue will likely be health care benefits, whose costs postal headquarters has said it hopes to contain this year. The league is hoping to protect what it has.

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Spanish parcels carrier Azkar extends national network

Posted by | Sep 22, 2006 | |

Azkar, one of Spain’s leading parcels and freight transport operators, has extended its nationwide network with the opening of two new distribution centres.

The company has strengthened its presence in the Basque region with a new distribution centre at Zubieta, near to Lasarte (Guipúzcoa). Substantially larger than its previous site in the area, the new facility covers 10,550 sqm on a plot of land covering 30,034 sqm.

Azkar said it has invested euro2.6 million in building and fitting out the warehouse, which has 89 docking bays, 38 for heavy vehicles and another 51 for local collection and delivery vehicles. The new centre is also fitted out with modern sorting systems and has capacity to handle more than 7,500 packages per hour. There are 2,600 pallet positions for logistics activities.

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Deutsche Post to shift road cargo business into logistics division

Posted by | Sep 22, 2006 | |

Deutsche Post AG said it will shift its road cargo business, with about 4.0 bln eur in annual sales, to its Logistics division from the Express division.

The company said the move will make Deutsche Post more transparent for investors because the Express division’s business activities will be easier to compare with competitors.

The realignment means all air, sea and road cargo forwarding businesses will be grouped within the Logistics division.

In addition, the Express division will be led by one member of the management board instead of two.

John Mullen will head the division, while Peter Kruse will depart and become a special representative of chief executive Klaus Zumwinkel.

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German logistics provider Dachser eyes China market

Posted by | Sep 22, 2006 | |

Leading Germany-based logistics provider Dachser Far East Ltd, a subsidiary of GmbH & Co KG, will add new services to sharpen its competitive edge as part of its five-year development plan in China.

The company said yesterday it had set up a wholly foreign-owned enterprise (WFOE) in Shanghai to monitor its business in North China and is applying for another WFOE based in Shenzhen in South China.

Dachser plans to establish logistics centres in the areas of South China/Pearl River Delta, North and Central China, as well as in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing and Tianjin.

The company also plans to introduce a highly integrated logistics service, Contract Logistics, by 2007. Its Air & Sea logistics service is currently the company’s pillar business in China.

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Japan Post to reduce mail collection frequency

Posted by | Sep 22, 2006 | |

Japan Post will reduce the frequency of its mail collection from mailboxes to cut costs, the first major overhaul in its mail collection operations in 13 years, it was learned Friday.

Subject to the step are mailboxes supervised by some 900 large post offices across Japan, excluding those in Tokyo’s densely populated 23 wards, Japan Post officials told Jiji Press.

Specifically, for mailboxes from which mail is collected three times or more a day, the first collection service of the day will be omitted from Oct. 16, the officials said.

Japan Post, which is outsourcing part of its mail collection operations in urban areas, hopes that the streamlining measure will reduce its annual commission payments by 3 billion yen, the officials said.

In the year that ended in March this year, the government-affiliated corporation’s mail collection and delivery outsourcing costs came to 184.4 billion yen, up 8.6 pct from the previous year. Of the total, 23 billion yen was for mail collection from mailboxes.

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Global management structure of Deutschen Post World Net aligned

Posted by | Sep 22, 2006 | |

An alignment and strengthening of Deutsche Post World Net’s global management structure was announced by CEO Dr. Klaus Zumwinkel. All Air-, Sea- and Road-Cargo forwarding businesses will be grouped within the Logistics division. The Express division will be lead by one member of the management board instead of two.

With the integration of Exel into the Logistics division progressing well, now the road cargo business (Freight) with revenues of around 4 billion Euros will be separated out of the Express division and brought into the Logistics division as an own subdivision. With a central management of the European road cargo business the market position of DHL can be strengthened and further revenue potential can be realised. A triple-digit-million Euro worth of transport volume can be awarded to the Freight subdivision, which has so far been purchased by the Logistics division externally.

Management responsibility for the completed Logistics division is with board member John Allan. Dr. Peter Kruse leaves the management board in best mutual agreement and will assume a new role in the group as a special representative of the CEO. John Mullen now heads the Express division globally.

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