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Japan: postal privatisation

Posted by | Dec 13, 2005 | |

From April, the big “four” providers of international express and delivery services will face a formidable new upstart in the Japanese market: Japan Post.
But the question is whether Japan Post can compete head-to-head against the established express mail and logistics providers. FedEx, DHL and UPS all enjoy global economies of scale that they have built up over decades. Though Japan Post has unparalleled domestic mail delivery operations, the move will mark its first foray into the international express delivery market. Until now, the “big four” providers – United Parcel Service (UPS), Federal Express (FedEx), DHL of Germany and TNT of the Netherlands – have dominated the Japanese market, with an estimated 70 per cent market share. Minoru Hasegawa, the manager of Japan Post’s business development division, says it is essential for the entity to expand its services as part of its privatisation process.

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SingTel trims postal stake

Posted by | Dec 13, 2005 | |

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. trimmed its 30.85% stake in Singapore Post Ltd. and said it plans to sell the remaining shares, valued at about SD568 million, or USD338 million. Southeast Asia’s largest telephone company by market capitalization said it had sold 95 million shares in the city-state’s postal company for net proceeds of SD105 million, paring its stake to 25.87%. “The sale is in line with SingTel’s ongoing strategy of divesting noncore business in order to focus on its core telecommunications business,” the company said.

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UK Royal Mail appoints Wholesale Director

Posted by | Dec 13, 2005 | |

Royal Mail today announced the appointment of Stephen Agar, currently the Group’s Regulatory Affairs Director, as Director of its Wholesale arm, which deals with letters which are collected and sorted by Royal Mail’s competitors before being handed to Royal Mail for final mile delivery. Mr Agar will report to Ian Griffiths, the Managing Director of Royal Mail Letters, who joins the company early in 2006.

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Lane nets £3.9m in property deal

Posted by | Dec 13, 2005 | |

Lane group has exchanged contracts on a sale and leaseback of its property at Portbury.
Proceeds net of costs will be £3.9m and there will be an ongoing rental obligation for 15 years to the break clause, starting at £325, 000 a year. Bank facilities are confirmed, subject to the completion of the sale and leaseback.

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DX Services new CEO Paul Kehoe buys 5,000 co shares

Posted by | Dec 12, 2005 | |

DX Services PLC said its newly appointed chief executive Paul Kehoe has bought 5,000 ordinary shares in the British mail delivery company at 323.50 pence each, and now holds 11,500 shares, or 0.014 pct of the issued capital. Kehoe was appointed DX Services chief executive last month.

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TNT to set up strategic alliance with Germany’s Hermes

Posted by | Dec 12, 2005 | |

TNT NV said it intends to start a strategic alliance with Germany’s Hermes on the distribution of parcels and other mail. The combining of distribution operations on the German market is slated to start in the first quarter of next year. The deal does not involve any exchange of finances, a TNT spokesman said.
Later, TNT and Hermes might start what the spokesman called a ‘joint production operation’, which – at a later stage – might also be expanded to the French and English distribution markets, where Hermes and TNT are also active.

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Austrian Post, German trans-o-flex launch cooperation

Posted by | Dec 12, 2005 | |

Austrian postal company Oesterreichische Post AG has concluded a cooperation agreement with German freight company trans-o-flex for the delivery of business shipments within Austria and those eastern European countries where Post AG is represented, the company said on December 12, 2005. Under the terms of the agreement Post AG will handle all shipments between business customers under the market name “EURODIS”, starting January 1, 2006. tran-o-flex, in its turn, will deliver all Post AG shipments in Germany.

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The future of Canadian Postal Services goes on trial in Washington D.C.

Posted by | Dec 12, 2005 | |

The future of Canada’s public post office will be decided by a private trade tribunal operating from the World Bank headquarters in Washington D.C. The hearings over our post office will run from December 12-17th.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) and the Council of Canadians (the Council) are concerned that the tribunal, which is looking at a complaint filed by United Parcel Service (UPS), could issue a decision that has disastrous implications for postal and other public services.

UPS is using Chapter 11 of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to demand financial compensation of 185 million CDN from Canada’s federal government. This amount will double if UPS wins damages to date.

UPS claims its investments are being limited by Canada’s publicly funded network of mailboxes and post offices. It believes this network gives Canada Post an unfair advantage when delivering parcel, express and courier services that are in competition with private courier services.

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