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DHL strengthens network in India

Posted by | Jul 19, 2006 | |

The best part of the facility, says Chandrasekhar Pitre, head, marketing, DHL Express India, is that from the moment of checking-in till despatch the package need not touch the ground. The conveyor belt system allows for this, adds Pitre.

The facility is equipped with weighing dimensional labelling machine for weighing, radio frequency scanners, powered conveyer belts and other machinery. It has next-generation data scanners for data transfer from anywhere in Bangalore, and access controlled movement among others.

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Middle East Logistics 2006

Posted by | Jul 19, 2006 | |

The Middle East Logistics Report 2006 is packed full of useful macro-economic data, providing an ideal background to the growth of the express and logistics industries in the region. Included in the report are statistics on trade, GDP and demographic figures for the region as well as individual countries.

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Cathay wants a cargo hub to call home

Posted by | Jul 19, 2006 | |

Cathay wants to build its own self- handling cargo terminal at Hong Kong International Airport, with as much as 2.5 million tons of capacity by 2009 and 5 million tons by 2018. This would be the world’s largest cargo terminal.

But Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals is loath to lose the client, which, with Cathay’s subsidiary Dragonair, uses 43 percent of the cargo company’s facilities at the airport now.

Both companies are awaiting a decision by Hong Kong’s airport authority.

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Europe's New Frontier

Posted by | Jul 19, 2006 | |

Eastern Europe is the hot spot for air cargo growth in Europe, and airports are competing for a prime place on air trade’s economic map.

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Scotland set for privatised post trial

Posted by | Jul 19, 2006 | |

Britains first fully privatised door-to-door post service to rival the Royal Mail is to be trialled in Scotland.

Glasgow and Edinburgh have been chosen, along with Manchester, for an experiment which will give customers the choice of having collection, sorting and delivery carried out entirely in private hands.

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DHL signs an agreement with the Aragonese franchise Foticos

Posted by | Jul 18, 2006 | |

As of July 1st, DHL services are available through the Aragonese chain of photograph stores, Foticos, thanks to an agreement signed by both companies.

The agreement will allow the 900,000 residents of the province of Zaragoza to use DHL’s comprehensive transport services, for both domestic and international shipments. The agreement, slated to begin in the month of July in Zaragoza-based Foticos stores, will later expand to other Foticos establishments in provinces including Huesca, Teruel, Barcelona, La Rioja and Gipuzkoa.

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Canada Post – National performance YTD

Posted by | Jul 18, 2006 | |

NAMMU National Association of Major Mail Users meeting.

Canada Post is exceeding their 96% delivery service target for all product lines.

The delivery standard for Business Reply Mail is 3 business days for local delivery, 4 days within the province, and 5 days nationally. Significantly, the induction day at the originating plant is day 0. There is a specific Service Grid and exceptions list in Section G of the Canadian Postal Guide.

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Home Delivery of Mail by Next Year

Posted by | Jul 18, 2006 | |

Residents of major Saudi cities will now be able to have the added luxury of having their mail delivered to and sent from their doorsteps in an initiative that will soon cover the whole of Saudi Arabia.

Muhammad Saleh Benton, president of the Saudi Postal Corporation (SPC), has announced that the new service, called Wassel, will be launched at the beginning of the year as promised. He said the service is now available on subscription in Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam.

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