TPNs pallet throughput rose 21% in the financial year just ended, says chairman Richard Eldred. Growth came through expansion with existing member and from new memebers. The introduction of quarter-pallets had minimal impact he says.
Read MoreWyndeham Press Group has appointed DHL Freight and Contract Logistics (UK) to provide transport distribution and managed logistics. Under the terms of the three-year, multi-million-pound deal, DHL will supply Wyndeham with freight services, SameDay and NextDay parcel services, and NextDay pallet deliveries.
Wyndeham Press Group chief operating officer Roy Kingston said: “DHL is very experienced in moving time-sensitive material and is flexible enough to ensure we meet the changing requirements of our customers.”
TNT is providing a further jobs boost to the North East with news of an additional 40 vacancies at the company’s recently opened GB4.5 million national customer contact centre at Team Valley near Gateshead. TNT Express Services moved into the new facility at Maingate House at the back end of last year and now expect to have a full complement of 240 employees by the end of 2006.
Read MorePostcomm today confirmed a financial penalty of GBP271,000 on Royal Mail. The penalty follows Royal Mail’s contravention of its licence in 2004-05 in relation to poor performance in the following London postcode areas: SE (intra and posted), E (intra) and WC (posted). The penalty is due to be paid on 14 June. Before confirming the penalty, Postcomm took account of representations from Royal Mail and other parties.
Read MoreDeutsche Post World Net announced today the launch of research and development initiatives to be carried out in the new DHL Innovation Center. Located near Bonn, Germany, the center supports the development of cutting edge innovations in the field of global logistics, including the mail and express segments. “The DHL Innovation Center allows us to develop tomorrow’s solutions for our customers today,” said Frank Appel, Board Member responsible for Deutsche Post World Net’s Global Business Services, at Wednesday’s topping-out ceremony. He announced that, together with experts from DHL, specialists from IBM, Intel, Philips and SAP would research innovations covering the entire logistics chain. These companies have recently joined forces in the DHL Innovation Initiative.
Read MoreTNT plans to integrate its German mail subsidiaries, including EP Europost, its joint venture with Hermes Logistik, under the single “TNT Post” brand. The objective is to improve customer awareness as it aims to become the leading competitor to Deutsche Post in the German mail market which is due for full liberalisation in 2008. The re-branding was announced by Mario Frusch, head of EP Europost, at a German CEP conference in Bonn. “Thanks to the strong recognition of the TNT brand-name, we expect many positive, added-value effects for customers, shareholders and partners,” he declared. “We will take on the bright orange of the TNT group and thus underline our performance standards such as excellent service, complete customer focus and high quality standards,” he added. The re-branding will be complete by this summer.
Read MoreThe GLS subsidiary in Italy has re-branded from its Italian name of Corriere Executive to GLS in the latest move towards establishing the group name in all European subsidiaries. The GLS brand, which was already partly used by the Italian company during a co-branding phase following its acquisition by the Royal Mail subsidiary in 2001, replaced the Executive logo and symbol on the company’s vans, driver uniforms, office signs and corporate publications with effect from April 1. The formal company name was already GLS Italy.
Read MoreChina’s post and telecommunications sector posted 169.2 billion yuan (21.1 billion U.S. dollars) in revenue growth in the first quarter, up 11.8 percent year on year.
A Ministry of Information Industry statement said postal revenues totaled 15.83 billion yuan (1.98 billion U.S. dollars) for the quarter, up 13.7 percent, while telecommunications revenues stood at 153.43 billion yuan (19.18 billion U.S. dollars), up 11.6 percent.
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