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Australia's Toll Holding CEO wants slice of China's logistics market

Posted by | Jul 14, 2006 | |

As Toll Holdings Ltd moves to bed down its 6 bln aud-plus acquisition of stevedoring company Patrick Corp Ltd and the 1.1 bln aud acquisition of Singapore-based logistics group, Sembcorp Logistics (SembLog), Australia’s largest transport logistics group is starting to focus on China.

The group is planning to capture a big slice of the logistics business as the flow of manufactured goods from China to Australia and other parts of the Asia-Pacific region continues to grow at an unabated pace.

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Fedex's Qingdao Branch starts operation

Posted by | Jul 14, 2006 | |

Fedex announced on July 12 that the company’s Qingdao Branch has put into operation to satisfy the rising international express service in Qingdao, a port city in east China’s Shandong Province’.

So far, Fedex has 26 branches, 38 ground workstations as well as three ports in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen cities and its service now covers 200 cities in China.

According to the plan, Fedex will extend its service network to another 100 Chinese cities in the coming five years.

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New scanners for GLS Polish couriers and branches

Posted by | Jul 13, 2006 | |

GLS Poland has invested €2 million on some 800 new scanners for its couriers and branch offices in Eastern Europe’s largest express parcels market. Customers benefit from improved tracking options.

The hand-held data scanners, developed in cooperation with IBM and Symbol Technologies, enable GLS drivers to transmit shipment receipt data to the central system using Wireless LAN technology. The new scanners feature multi-coloured displays and high resolution cameras to record electronic signatures and also any damage to the shipment.

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German bank to sell Deutsche Post stake

Posted by | Jul 13, 2006 | |

KfW Group, the German state-owned development bank, said Wednesday that it would sell a 1.5 billion euro stake in Deutsche Post, increasing the proportion of freely traded shares to as much as 64.5 percent.

German state-owned development bank Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau (KfW) said it raised 1.3 bln eur after yesterday placing 63.6 mln Deutsche Post AG shares at 20.45 eur per share.

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Ghana Post's Diversification Plans

Posted by | Jul 13, 2006 | |

The Ghana Post Company Limited is positioning itself to provide a new image and direction of postal services on the African continent in the face of serious technological developments and competition.

As the new Chair of the Pan African Postal Union (PAPU), elected at the 25th Ordinary Session of the Administrative Council of the Union recently held in Accra, Ghana Post is now diversifying its services, and would provide the leadership to reform the African postal service to ensure its survival.

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Leveraging India Post's strength

Posted by | Jul 13, 2006 | |

The strengths of India Post are its long tradition of handling financial services, its wide reach among the mass market and its credibility and trust, says R. VAIDYANATHAN, arguing that more flexibility and autonomy can help the behemoth provide the latest financial services while making profits for itself

India Post is a fascinating organisation. It is effective, efficient, has phenomenal reach and boasts of a tradition of distributing financial products from 1882. It is best in terms of know-your-customer and sits on voluminous data. It needs functional autonomy and its staff more incentivised pay and perks. If India leverages the strength of its postal system, it can serve the people better and make some profits.

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A Sharp Reduction in the Home Delivery Market's Growth Reflects Declining Business by Traditional Mail Order Specialists

Posted by | Jul 13, 2006 | |

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c39469) has announced the addition of “UK Home Delivery & Fulfilment 2006” to their offering.

“UK Home Delivery & Fulfilment 2006” provides a thorough analysis of the home delivery market – products ordered online, by phone, in store and by catalogue and delivered to the customer’s home or place or work. It includes full analysis of a survey of 2,000 consumers, exploring their motivations for using home delivery and their expectations of home delivery services.

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DHL wins exclusive floral delivery contract

Posted by | Jul 13, 2006 | |

Global express delivery and logistics business DHL has signed an exclusive two-year, multi-million dollar agreement with GrowerFlowers, a leading online floral and gift supplier for businesses and consumers in the US.

DHL will provide overnight delivery for GrowerFlowers’ fresh grown bouquets direct from greenhouses on the east and west coasts to customers throughout the US.Online floral sales are expected to consistently reach 1.75 billion USD by 2008.

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