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Paul Kehoe appointed Chief Executive of DX Services

Posted by | Nov 10, 2005 | |

DX Services plc is pleased to announce the appointment of Paul Kehoe as Chief
Executive with effect from 14 November 2005 when he will also join the Board.
Paul replaces Peter Brougham, who steps down from the Company on 11 November
2005. Paul (46) joins DX from a career in the Aviation and Business Services sectors. Most recently he was Operations Director and an executive Board member of airports owner TBI plc, the largest regional airport operator in Europe, and
managing director at Belfast International & London Luton Airports.

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Pall-Ex director joins Palletways member

Posted by | Nov 10, 2005 | |

Former Pall-Ex director Glynis Hargreaves has joined Palletways with Barking-based Multi-Link, one of three new network members. Multi-Link began operating the E postcodes on October 31 after joining the network from Pall-Ex. Sales manager Hargreaves says: “We did N and NW for Pall-Ex which was too far away from our depot.” Network newcomers are TS International, operating parts of the LL and SY postcodes, and Dove Collections for the TN postcodes, previously covered by Laser Transport.

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DHL expands Hong Kong superhub

Posted by | Nov 10, 2005 | |

DHL announced an additional USD110 million investment to expand its Central Asia air express hub at the Hong Kong International Airport. The center of DHL’s regional network, the Central Asia SuperHub is being built six years ahead of schedule to meet soaring demand, the company said. The flagship facility, serving the Pearl River Delta manufacturing center, “is strategically positioned for us to meet the growth in intra-Asia, as well as inter-regional trade,” said Scott Price, chief executive, DHL Express – Asia Pacific. The expansion was originally scheduled for completion in 2013.

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Global mail services seen as new frontier for RFID

Posted by | Nov 10, 2005 | |

Postal and courier mail services are expected to become the second largest market for radio frequency identification item-level tagging following the retail sector, according to a research firm.

The technology already is being deployed at carriers to secure access to vehicles, trailers, and sorting and shipping areas. “We see a strong move toward revamping total postal systems to make it much easier to send and receive the correct package more promptly with better cost and security control,” said Peter Harrop, chairman at research firm IDTechEx on Thursday. “That is why Arabia is rolling out smart post boxes, and Korea is looking to change its receiving and shipment to a holistic system with near real-time traceability.”

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Amtrak customer messenging

Posted by | Nov 10, 2005 | |

Home delivery parcels specialist Amtrak has taken a leaf out of the gift market and now allows customers to have a message printed on the outside of its parcels. Customers ente the message when booking a parcel delivery online an it is printed within a box on the bar-code label.

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Wincanton relaxed on Deutsche Post takeover of Exel – interview with Chief Executive

Posted by | Nov 9, 2005 | |

Wincanton PLC, the pan-European logistics group, is relaxed about the competitive implications of Deutsche Post AG’s agreed 5.5 bln eur takeover of Exel PLC that will create a world leader in air and sea freight forwarding and contract logistics, according to chief executive Paul Bateman. He said the deal won’t make the combined group any bigger in terms of UK logistics as Deutsche Post currently doesn’t have a presence. ‘On the Continent yes they will be bigger but I would guess that on the track record of Deutsche Post acquisitions ‘watch this space and see if they make any progress’. Last month Klaus Zumwinkel, Deutsche Post’s chief executive, admitted he was disappointed with the integration of DHL, which it acquired in 2002, in both France and the UK. Bateman noted that, unlike Wincanton, Deutsche Post has a presence in both America and in Asia and delivers letters and parcels.

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Poor start to South Africa’s bid to regulate courier firms

Posted by | Nov 9, 2005 | |

Only about 5% of the thousands of courier companies that should have applied for licences under new regulations have done so, according to estimates by the South African Express Parcel Association. This signals a poor start to government’s efforts to regulate the industry. Companies transporting items that weigh less than 30kg had to apply for licences by May under new regulations introduced mainly to protect the Post Office from unfair competition. The Postal Regulator was expected to issue the first batch of licences at a ceremony on Friday. Garry Marshall, executive director of the association, said yesterday that all the large operators such as Fedex, DHL, TNT and Sun Couriers had applied for licences. They account for about 80% of the industry, which has turnover of more than R6bn a year.

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Dempsey urged to act over Irish An Post jobs move

Posted by | Nov 9, 2005 | |

Minister for Communications Noel Dempsey was called on yesterday to intervene after An Post outsourced 30 jobs in response to industrial action by staff on Monday. Staff who returned to work at the company’s customer services section at the GPO in Dublin following the removal of pickets were told their jobs had been outsourced to a call centre in Clonakilty, Co Cork. They remained on the payroll yesterday but had only minimal duties. The company’s action sparked a new row with the Communications Workers’ Union, which organised Monday’s 18-hour action in pursuit of a pay claim. It called off the industrial action at the request of the National Implementation Body (NIB), which is this week overseeing an independent examination of costs in dispute between the two sides.

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