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DHL starts work on new Chicago service centre

Posted by | Aug 30, 2006 | |

DHL has announced it has broken ground on a new, modernized service centre operation near O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, IL. DHL will invest USD 7 million in the new 78,960-sq.-ft facility, which will serve DHL’s local pickup, delivery and sorting operations. The new DHL Chicago service centre is expected to be operational by early 2007.

This is the second recent major facility investment by DHL to enhance operations in the Chicago area. In September 2005, DHL opened a new 70,000-sq.-ft facility on West Cermak Road serving the Chicago loop area and providing pickup and delivery services for DHL’s largest customers in the financial, legal, and banking industries. The new airport area facility will feature new, state-of-the-art conveyors and sorting systems to process a higher volume of customer shipments more quickly throughout the Chicagoland.

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Deutsche Post says it will remain majority shareholder in Postbank

Posted by | Aug 30, 2006 | |

Deutsche Post AG plans to remain a majority shareholder in Deutsche Postbank AG for the forseeable future, a Deutsche Post spokesman said.

‘We intend to remain a majority shareholder in the forseeable future. (Chief executive) Mr (Klaus) Zumwinkel had said that in an interview over the weekend and I would like to reiterate that,’ the spokesman said.

The spokesman said he would not comment on German media ‘speculation’ that a number of banks were interested in buying Deutsche Post’s 50.1 pct stake in Postbank.

Die Welt newspaper, citing Deutsche Post sources, said that Unicredito Italiano SpA and Royal Bank of Scotland have both expressed an interest in the acquisition of Deutsche Post shareholdings in Postbank.

It said that Deutsche Post is not ready to sell its 50.1 pct interest in Germany’s largest retail bank but suggested it might do in the future.

Last week, German media suggested that Deutsche Bank AG was keen to buy Postbank.

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Royal Mail 'is keeping secret way of avoiding junk post'

Posted by | Aug 30, 2006 | |

The Royal Mail is failing to give customers sufficient information on how to avoid receiving its junk mail deliveries, a consumer watchdog said yesterday.

The accusation follows the suspension of Roger Annies, a postman who told people on his round how they could stop receiving unsolicited letters and fliers.

“It should not be difficult for customers to opt out,” a spokesman for Postwatch said. “They have the choice. At the moment it is a little prohibitive.”

Royal Mail makes large profits from delivering fliers and letters addressed to “The Householder” or “The Occupier” and, although it says it offers all customers the opportunity to choose not to receive such mailshots, which are known as Door to Door items, the service is not publicised.

Postwatch said that the Door to Door opt-out service had changed its address several times and that customers still had to write a letter to make sure that their wishes were carried out, even after they had called a special number.

The service is also not advertised anywhere and no details could be found during a search of the company’s website.

Royal Mail said that the business mail sent through the Door to Door system was vital for the group’s ability to compete with its rivals.

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New TPG Post rates from 1 January 2007 – stamp to cost 44 euro cents

Posted by | Aug 30, 2006 | |

TNT N.V. today announces that TPG Post will amend its rates on 1 January 2007. The rate for single-item domestic letters up to 20 grams will be increased to 44 euro cents. This will be the first rate increase for single-item mail in five and a half years. The rate for letters between 500 and 3.000 grams will be reduced to euro 2.64 on the same date. TPG Post intends not to increase the 44 euro cent rate again until 2010. The rate for letters has not risen since 2001. The newly announced rates (12.1% average increase) mean that the increase will remain within the inflation rate of 12.5% on aggregate since 2001. With a stamp price of 44 euro cents TPG Post will continue to offer the lowest price for a 24-hour service in Western Europe and the best price-quality ratio in Europe.

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DHL wins national contract for Sainsbury's TU fashion brand

Posted by | Aug 30, 2006 | |

DHL Exel Supply Chain has been awarded a GBP 37 million, five-year contract with J Sainsbury plc, for the provision of warehouse services for the “TU” fashion clothing range. The adult clothing range has been managed by DHL Exel Supply Chain since 2004, and the children’s range was included in operations from May 2006. DHL Exel Supply Chain, through its Department Stores & Fashion division, will now manage UK warehouse management operations for the entire clothing TU range at Sainsbury’s Fashion Business dedicated 20,000 sq m facility in Coventry until November 2009.

The DHL Exel Supply Chain operation will incorporate the receipt and storage of Sainsbury’s adult and children’s clothing ranges to the central Coventry warehouse. Pre retailing services which makes garments ready for store includes store picking, conversion from boxed to hanging garment and onward transportation to 200 stores nationwide. Retek RDM, a new warehouse management system, was installed into the Coventry site in June 2006 which has helped to enable a smooth transition.

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DHL expanding in Pattaya

Posted by | Aug 30, 2006 | |

The express and logistics company DHL has opened its second retail branch in Thailand in Pattaya.

The opening of the Pattaya branch follows the good response to the launch of the first retail outlet in March on Silom Road in Bangkok’s central business district, said Herbert Vongpusanachai, the managing director of DHL Express International (Thailand) Ltd.

He said the opening of the Pattaya outlet, located at Thip Plaza on Pattaya II Road, would ensure that the company was well-positioned to support customers’ needs with its internationally recognised service reliability.

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Postal Service plans to close center in Tampa

Posted by | Aug 30, 2006 | |

The U-S Postal Service has announced plans to close a postal center in Tampa in March.

A mail processing center in Fayetteville, North Carolina, will also close that month. The agency has closed 43 of its 55 remote encoding centers since 1999 because of improvements in technology. Automated equipment can now read more than 90 percent of mail.

Meanwhile, the Postal Service is expanding a facility in Charleston, West Virginia, and plans to hire more than 100 workers there. The Charleston facility currently employs 350 workers who manually read addresses that automated machines cannot read.

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DHL Mexico releases its new air network, an investment of more than 200 million pesos.

Posted by | Aug 30, 2006 | |

DHL, the world’s leading express delivery and logistics company, announced all details concerning its new Air Network that will begin operations this week. The initial investment in 2005 was more than 140 million pesos. It is expected to increase to a total of 230 million pesos by 2007.

The decision to make this improvement is due in part, to the maintained volume growth that the company has registered within the last 15 months, which is more than 40 percent on shipments that require air routes.

With this evolution, DHL will fly about 3.1 million kilometers every year which add up to more than 6,200 flight hours. Annually, DHL will have the capacity to handle more than 4.8 million kilograms of packages; approximately 2 million kilograms more than the ones handled before the implementation of the new air network.

There will be 6 daily domestic flights, featuring new generation aircrafts. This will mean a great benefit for the clients who desire to make shipments from or towards the following destinations: Hermosillo, Ciudad Obregon, Ciudad de México, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Monterrey, Villahermosa, San Luis Potosí, Mazatlan, La Paz, and Guadalajara.

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