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Logistics World Alliance

Posted by | Mar 7, 2006 | |

Between them, Bibby Distribution UK, Azkar Spain and Portugal, Bartolini Italy, MGF Logistique France and the Rhenus group Germany have 24,800 employees and annual sales of €2.4bn. “We can serve customers from 500 sites in Europe and Asia and collectively can use over 2.5m m² of storage space”, says Hans-Peter Schneider who will head the World Alliance as Managing Director. The companies involved have a combined fleet of 10,000 vehicles – from bulk carrying trucks to messenger cars for parcel delivery. The European Office of the Alliance is at Rhenus headquarters in Holzwickede/Germany.

This World Alliance offers clients a complete range of high-grade contract logistics – from storage and handling to a variety of value-added services such as quality monitoring, repairs, and recycling. Geographically, the
focus is on Europe; for intercontinental supply chains the Alliance works with proven partners in Asia, etc.

Unlike other groups of companies, the Alliance practices a “One Face to the Customer“ approach where a client, instead of making separate agreements with each of the partners, determines conditions and services for all logistics firms involved through his contact. “Such an arrangement can only function with hand-picked partners who set high standards for themselves and their work. This is why we selected the founding members and cooperation partners very carefully“, commented Miguel Ambielle, Deputy General Manager for Azkar.

Cross-border integration of individual logistics solutions is supported by advanced approaches such as the Business Networking Platform. Developed by Rhenus, this system combines Internet techniques with functions derived from Enterprise Resource Planning. For example, an overseas customer can use the platform to monitor processes in individual European markets and to follow the development of previously defined indices.

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TNT still seen as takeover target

Posted by | Mar 6, 2006 | |

TNT remains a potential takeover target despite its status as the top European express business and the second-biggest logistics provider in the world. However, the former Dutch mail monopoly is restructuring operations to focus on its TNT Mail and TNT Express units. The company has also sold its contract-delivery business TNT Logistics in order to strengthen its defense against any takeover. Chief executive Peter Bakker is planning to use part of the proceeds for a share buyback in the second half and for small acquisitions to boost TNT’s presence in Europe and Asia.

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UPS: cutting transit time for US ground packages

Posted by | Mar 6, 2006 | |

UPS says it is shortening the amount of time it takes to deliver ground packages to major cities across the United States. The Atlanta company said Monday it has made improvements to its ground network over the past several months that are accelerating the transit times of more than a half-million packages nationwide by one day or more. The improvements revolve around lanes between certain major metropolitan areas.

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DHL gets Ohio air hub funding

Posted by | Mar 6, 2006 | |

State and regional officials in Ohio reached a deal for the Dayton-Montgomery County Port Authority to finance the USD300 million expansion of DHL’s air park in Wilmington, the carrier’s principal air and ground hub in the United States. The Dayton port authority had been locked in litigation with the Clinton County Port Authority involving the rights to finance the deal for more than a year. The agreement reached Monday afternoon says the Clinton County Port will contract with the Dayton port and DHL for the Dayton port to finance the expansion. The agreement also calls for Clinton port to provide the financing for any future projects, adding that the Dayton port will operate in Clinton County only under the current contract, according to a news release.

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France's La Poste chooses Pitney Bowes to provide third party mailing solutions

Posted by | Mar 6, 2006 | |

Pitney Bowes Inc announced today that its French subsidiary, Secap Groupe Pitney Bowes, a company that specializes in supplying mailstream equipment and solutions, has secured a major national deal with La Poste to provide Third Party Mailing Solutions (TPMS). Secap Groupe Pitney Bowes will provide La Poste with 250 networked mailing machines from its DM series, a solution designed to help enterprises optimize management of their high-volume mail. The new systems will help La Poste in its move to provide expanded business services to its customers. The value of the transaction is approximately euro 5.0 million (USD6.0 million)

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Slovenia Post Chairman calls for two-phase privatisation

Posted by | Mar 6, 2006 | |

The chairman of Slovenia’s state-run postal service has said that the company should be privatised in two steps, with a strategic owner allowed to buy 49% of the company within seven years. “If our proposal is approved by the government, a strategic partner will be allowed to buy 24% of the Post within two years, with the option to increase the stake to 49% after five years,” Ales Hauc told the daily Dnevnik on Monday, 27 February. According to Hauc, the Post of Slovenia has held talks with Swiss, Austrian, Belgian, French and German postal services on a possible partnership. He also said that the company was looking to make an acquisition of its own as part of the privatisation process. The Post has been in negotiations with the Macedonian postal service on cooperation and a possible takeover, Hauc told Dnevnik.

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German express carrier GO! grows 20% in 2005

Posted by | Mar 6, 2006 | |

German express carrier GO! General Overnight Service increased its revenues by 20 per cent to €200 million last year and raised volumes to over two million parcels. The group is again targeting double-digit growth in 2006 and planning a stronger international presence.

GO! managing director Ralf-Hans Dierks said the double-digit growth had been generated thanks to the organisation’s focus on quality and growth. “GO! has grown organically, focuses clearly on high quality standards and is well positioned regionally, nationally and internationally,” he commented. “We are again targeting a clear increase in consignment volumes this year, and I’m sure we will achieve this.”

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Japan Post eyeing over 200 direct outlets of postal savings bank

Posted by | Mar 6, 2006 | |

Japan Post Corp, the company formed in January to prepare for the privatization of Japan’s postal system, are looking into setting up more than 200 outlets under direct management by a postal savings bank, one of the four new companies to be established in the course of the privatization from October 2007, sources familiar with the matter said Monday. Japan Post is also considering setting up some 80 outlets to be directly managed by a postal insurance company, another of the four new entities, they said. The move is expected to draw strong opposition from private financial institutions on the grounds that the postal savings and insurance companies would eat into their business turfs on the back of the government’s partial ownership.

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