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DHL kicks off China priority strategy

Posted by | Apr 26, 2006 | |

DHL announced its China Priority strategy in Beijing, a move coming as the country, with a growth rate of 50-60% in 2004, has become the fastest-growing market among DHL’s global networks. Deutsche Post World Net (DPWN), parent company of DHL, will further elevate DHL’s capacity in China through heavier investments, revealed DPWN chairman Dr. Klaus Zumwinkel. Under the strategy, DHL-Sinotrans, its China joint venture, will inject up to USD 24 million in constructing the DHL-Sinotrans building as one of several big steps, bringing DHL’s total investment in the Greater China region to more than USD 900 million.

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207 companies active in Romanian postal services market

Posted by | Apr 25, 2006 | |

The Romanian postal services market currently comprises 207 active companies authorised by the market regulator ANRC, ANRC said on April 25, 2006. Of the total, 160 companies offer non-value added services and 196 offer value added services. Of the total 196 companies offering value added services, 118 offer insurance services for parcels with especially valuable contents, 108 companies offer a registered mail service. 151 companies offer collection protection insurance and 126 companies offer special courier services.

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Indian govt may act on illegal courier companies

Posted by | Apr 25, 2006 | |

The government is contemplating action against private courier companies for bringing international post in the country illegally and delivering them as domestic post, depriving the Department of Post of terminal dues. According to senior officials in the Department of Posts, the courier companies have been routing international posts illegally as domestic ones, creating a similar situation to one existing in telecom sector in the internal call segment. Although DoP officials declined to give any estimates of illegal posts entering the country, informed sources said it could run between Rs 10 billion (USD221 million) to Rs 15 billion.

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Global courier groups may sue over India post changes

Posted by | Apr 25, 2006 | |

Global courier companies including DHL and Federal Express will take legal action against India’s postal authority if it succeeds in winning amendments to the country’s postal laws that they fear could shut down some courier businesses. The courier companies said they were “shocked and surprised” by what they called “dramatic changes” proposed by India’s department of posts, which wants to create a new postal regulator and charge a levy on courier company revenues to pay for publicly run services to remote areas. The postal department is also seeking to redefine what constitutes a “letter” in a long-heralded reform to India’s 108-year-old postal service laws. This would in effect impose a state monopoly on the fastest growing segment of the courier industry. An executive of the Express Industry Council of India (EICI), which represents both private Indian and foreign courier operators, said the body would fight these proposals “all the way”, following a fiery meeting on the subject yesterday in Mumbai.

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Bayer, Deutsche Post in document logistics agreement

Posted by | Apr 25, 2006 | |

Bayer Business Services and Deutsche Post have entered into a document logistics agreement covering invoice receipt processing. Bayer said the deal will strengthen its integrated services for finance and accounting. The framework agreement calls for Deutsche Post to provide international handling of services such as processing and scanning of incoming invoices, reading invoice data, reconciliation with master, order and goods receipt data, and physical archiving.

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APX fallout claims more

Posted by | Apr 24, 2006 | |

More third-party firms in the package market tied to the U.S. Postal Service are folding their tents, hit hard by trends that drove the giant parcel consolidator APX Logistics out of business. DDU Express and Parcel Corporation of America were the latest victims, pushed aside in recent weeks as the large express carriers ramped up their own versions of mail consolidation services. APX was the largest 3PL using USPS for delivery – claiming to put a million packages each day into the hands of postal carriers – before it abruptly collapsed at mid-March. APX had been in a line of business with lots of competition and low pricing. A market analyst said APX also used a number of smaller firms as subcontractors, and some that were already struggling with tough market conditions were reeling as they lost their APX business.

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TNT Express celebrates 60 years of successful delivery 1946 – 2006

Posted by | Apr 24, 2006 | |

TNT Express today announced the 60th anniversary of the company’s first operations, which began in Australia in 1946. Delivering 3.5 million parcels, documents and pieces of freight every week to over 200 countries across the world, TNT Express reported profits of 474 million euros in 2005. When the company was first established with a single truck in Australia at the end of the Second World War, TNT Express made a profit of eight dollars per week during the first few months of trading, hauling timber, glass bottles, cement and soil. “Evolving from a small Australian enterprise into a globally recognised brand which employs 48,000 people across the world is a great achievement. With the on-going development of new customer-focused services and additional air and road routes that offer unlimited capacity, we are confident that TNT Express will maintain its success over the next 60 years,” said Marie-Christine Lombard, Group Managing Director, TNT Express.

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