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TNT to set up own mail delivery system in Germany

Posted by | Nov 28, 2005 | |

TNT’s Europost unit is planning to set up its own unified mail delivery system in Germany to close in on local rival Deutsche Post AG, Handelsblatt newspaper said, citing Europost head Mario Frusch. As part of the plans, Europost hopes to unite 120 of its 160 regional mail delivery partners in Germany under a single Europost franchise structure. ‘We want to strengthen our position as the number two behind Deutsche Post,’ Frusch told the newspaper.

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Palletforce goes to Italy

Posted by | Nov 28, 2005 | |

Pallet network Palletforce has added Italy to its European services, bringing the total number of countries covered in mainland Europe to eight. The service, run by Leeds-based member Viamaster Transport, started last Monday.

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TPG Post targets digital market leadership

Posted by | Nov 28, 2005 | |

TPG Post, aims, besides its leadership on the regular mail provision market, also at a leading position on the digital market, a local financial daily said on November 28, 2005. TPG Post has signed an agreement with local bank Rabobank for provision of digital payment traffic services to the bank. The two companies presented today in Amsterdam the central digital mailbox NotaBox, developed to serve their cooperation. TPG Post is currently negotiating with banks ABN AMRO and ING over the establishment of similar services.

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UK regulator ponders 39p first class post

Posted by | Nov 27, 2005 | |

A long-awaited review by Postcomm, the postal services regulator, that could see Royal Mail authorised to raise the price of a first class stamp from 30p to as high as 39p is expected to be published this week. The review will set out the terms on which Royal Mail is forced to face open competition when its 300-year-old monopoly ends in January. Alan Leighton, chairman of Royal Mail, wants to raise the price of a stamp to 39p. This would allow him to plug the pension deficit and to maintain the universal service obligation. Postcomm favours restricting the rise to 34p.

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DHL Express opens terminal in Gdansk, Poland

Posted by | Nov 25, 2005 | |

DHL Express opened a new parcel terminal in Gdansk, northern Poland, it was reported on November 25, 2005. DHL Express invested 3.3 mln euro (USD3.9 mln) in the Gdansk parcels sorting and processing centre, which is the fifth one opened in 2005. The terminal is expected to process 15,000 parcels per day.

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DHL Express expects USD35 mln revenue in Argentina 2005

Posted by | Nov 25, 2005 | |

DHL Express expects revenue in Argentina to grow by 20 pct year-on-year to USD35 mln (29.7 mln euro) in 2005, DHL Express chief executive for Argentina, Sergio Del Casale, said on November 25, 2005. DHL Express projected 15 pct year-on-year revenue growth in Argentina in 2006, reflecting the strong performance in the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) sector. Argentina’s express delivery market totals some USD70 mln (59.5 mln euro) annually.

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Sinotrans in logistics push as express business wanes

Posted by | Nov 25, 2005 | |

Sinotrans, China’s largest freight forwarder, plans to spend HK$800 million to HK$1 billion annually over the next three years to strengthen its logistic business as margins of its express business have been shrinking.

Sinotrans’ management said it expects to establish regional logistics services centers in Shanghai, Qingdao, Tianjing and Nansha. The company currently doesn’t run any such center. Sinotrans also plans to use more than 50 percent of the planned investment for storage, warehouse facilities and terminal services, analysts said.

“Unlike the express business, the company’s other logistics businesses are more integrated and can therefore be run as a whole [to cut cost],” South China Brokerage analyst Ben Yang said.

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Paris court postpones postal bank company agreement ruling

Posted by | Nov 25, 2005 | |

The Paris district court has said that it will not rule until November 29 on a challenge by French postal unions to the company agreement of Efiposte, the investment arm of the French post office (La Poste). The unions are asking for the agreement not to be applied to the transfer of 900 La Poste employees to that organisation’s new postal bank.

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