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DHL to leave Brussels earlier than expected

Posted by | Mar 16, 2006 | |

According to La Libre Belgique today, DHL could leave Brussels much earlier than anticipated (April 2008), because the works at Leipzig are nearing completion. The move out of Zaventem would be coupled with an early withdrawal of DHL from Cologne to Leipzig. According to Knack magazine dated 15 March, DHL would stop its activities at Cologne in September 2007, i.e. 3 months earlier than announnced, to move to Leipzig where extension works are progressing at high speed. DHL management has submitted new requests to the Belgian trade unions in order to leave earlier.

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ABX Air notified of intent to reduce hub services

Posted by | Mar 16, 2006 | |

ABX Air, Inc. announced today an agreement with its major customer, DHL, that will reduce the range of services provided by ABX Air under the Hub and Line-haul Services Agreement during 2006, and provides a framework for negotiating other potential terms in the Hub Services Agreement and the Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance and Insurance Agreement. Specifically, ABX Air and DHL have agreed that: DHL will take over responsibility for the over-the-road truck line-haul network ABX Air currently manages for DHL; DHL will not require ABX Air to operate or manage its Allentown hub after a new facility opens at that location in the third quarter of 2006; ABX Air will have an opportunity to earn additional performance incentives beyond the existing contractual incentives in its ACMI Agreement and Hub Services Agreement if it can achieve very significant cost reductions in 2006; and ABX Air and DHL will undertake negotiation of additional modifications to the Hub Services Agreement and the ACMI Agreement to create greater risk/reward metrics for performance under these agreements.

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Hermes Logistik increases German market share

Posted by | Mar 16, 2006 | |

German parcels carrier Hermes Logistik Group has achieved record revenues and volumes in the year ending February 2006, and has increased its share of the German CEP market. The Hamburg-based firm, which has agreed a strategic alliance with TNT, is meanwhile pressing ahead with plans for a European B2C network.

Hermes Logistik, a subsidiary of the Otto group, one of Europe’s largest mail-order companies, said it transported 213 million parcels and generated revenues of €908 million (€782 million net revenues) in 2005/06. Hermes carried 192 million parcels and had turnover of €710 million in the year ending February 2005.

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DHL Lithuania lifts FY revenue to Eur 13.7 mln

Posted by | Mar 15, 2006 | |

Lithuanian express delivery and logistics company DHL Lietuva posted revenue of 47.4 million litas (EUR 13.7 mln) for 2005, a rise of 47.7 percent from 32.1 million litas in 2004. The company said in a statement that it handled over 220,000 shipments in 2005. “We managed to capitalize on Lithuania’s growing economy and offered perhaps the widest range of logistics services to the market. Last year growth was particularly strong in cargo transportation by land and sea,” said DHL Lietuva CEO Mindaugas Utkevicius. He said the acquisition by Deutsche Post World Net of the UK logistics company Exel at the end of last year should give a further boost to the Lithuanian company’s operations.

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Spanish Unipost appoints General Director

Posted by | Mar 15, 2006 | |

Spanish private postal services provider Unipost appointed Pablo Raventos general director, replacing Alejandro Silva Ramos, who will be Unipost vice president, the company said on March 14, 2006. Both Raventos and Silva are among Unipost founders.

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Deutsche Post buy of Williams Lea cleared by EU

Posted by | Mar 15, 2006 | |

The European Commission said it has cleared the acquisition by Deutsche Post AG of Williams Lea Ltd. The deal was cleared under the EU’s simplified merger procedure, a regulatory process use in cases which the commission considers are unlikely to raise competition concerns.

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Japan Post's planned JV with TNT to be delayed

Posted by | Mar 15, 2006 | |

Japan Post and Dutch mail and logistics giant TNT NV now expect the launch of their planned joint venture to be far behind the original schedule of April, Japan Post President Masaharu Ikuta said Wednesday. Last October, the two firms agreed to set up the venture in April to start joint express transport and delivery services in the Asia-Pacific region. It is uncertain when the two firms will be able to form the new firm, Ikuta told a news conference, adding that they will continue talks on the matter. Japan Post hopes the planned overseas business will be a major source of revenue, as it faces falling demand for its domestic mail service. In the talks on the joint venture, TNT has brought up many new proposals, Ikuta said.

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1p rise likely on UK first-class stamps

Posted by | Mar 15, 2006 | |

An extra penny could be added to the price of a first- class stamp to help Royal Mail absorb increases in its pension deficit, said Postcomm, the postal regulator. This would mean first class stamps would rise from 30p to 37p by 2010, according to the final version of proposed price controls published by Postcomm. The additional increase would be triggered if the Pounds 4.25bn pension deficit rose to more than Pounds 5.9bn. The latest price proposals are due to take effect on April 3, when first-class stamps will increase to 32p.

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