Deutsche Post AG said it has signed a collective wage agreement with trade union ver.di for employees of logistics unit DHL’s Leizig/Halle air cargo hub.
Under the four-year contract, Deutsche Post will introduce a 40-hour week for the 3,500 staff working at the hub.
Read MoreThe Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) today issued its second strategy statement outlining ComReg’s views on possible developments in the telecommunications and postal sectors for 2005 to 2007. ComReg is legally obliged to publish a strategy statement every two years setting out its regulatory strategy in order to meet its objectives and functions as set out in the 2002 Communications Regulation Act.
Read MorePosten Sverige AB, Sweden’s national postal service, has selected Lockheed Martin to upgrade its address recognition technology and mail automation capabilities for processing the nation’s letter mail. The upgraded programme will create a common recognition platform to consolidate automated sorting systems at Swedish national processing centers. In addition, it will improve the recognition technology used to process and deliver letter mail. Lockheed Martin will also integrate more than 70 legacy sorting machines to further streamline and improve automated letter sorting capabilities across the country. This new system is similar to the highly efficient Lockheed Martin-developed address interpretation system now in place at the United Kingdom’s Royal Mail.
Read MorePrime Minister Junichiro Koizumi expressed his intention Tuesday to loosen conditions for companies to launch postal services by allowing them to operate fewer postboxes than stipulated by law. Japan’s postal services are under the control of a state-backed entity, Japan Post. The mail delivery law, enacted in 2003 to set rules for entry into the business by private firms, requires new entrants to provide at least 100,000 postboxes nationwide. The government “will create an environment to start the business as easily as possible,” Koizumi told the Budget Committee of the House of Councillors. “There is no need to fix the number at 100,000.”
Read MoreAustralia Post will launch an online authentication option for its bill payment service using two-factor devices during the first half of 2006. The organisation has already held discussions with a number of key providers of e-services, including financial institutions and government agencies. An Australian Post spokesman said the level of interest has been “so encouraging” that although final approval of the service was still pending, management had approved the next stage of the project. “If all goes to plan, Post will have the service operating in the first half of 2006,” the spokesman said. According to Australia Post’s 2003-04 annual report, it processed 170 million Postbillpay transactions.
Read MoreDHL International plans to double its express cargo terminal capacity at Chek Lap Kok with a new USD100 million (HKD780 million) building to deal with the relentless stream of high-value manufactured goods from factories in Guangdong. DHL, owned by Deutsche Post World Net, plans to build another terminal close to its existing express cargo terminal which was awarded by Airport Authority’s franchise in 2002. The original plan was to expand to three terminals over an 11- or 12-year period. “We’re full,” said Kelvin Leung, DHL’s regional vice president. “We had envisioned a three-phase expansion of the hub, but the second two phases will be rolled into one now. ” The existing terminal’s peak handling capacity is about 20,000 shipments per hour, with plans to raise that to 45,000 by 2018 once all three phases are completed. The existing terminal handled about 440 tonnes per day in 2004, with an ultimate capacity of 900 tonnes per day expected by 2014. The new terminal will be of similar size to the existing 18,200-square-meter terminal, with building costs not expected to exceed USD100 million investment, Leung said.
Read MoreItaly’s state-owned postal services company Poste Italiane ended the first half of 2005 with a consolidated revenue of 4.8 bln euro (USD5.737 bln), up 6.5 pct year-on-year, the company said on October 3, 2005. Consolidated operating profit stood at 412 mln euro (USD492.5 mln) and earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) increased 18.3 pct. The company’s investments amounted to over 200 mln euro (USD239.1 mln). Poste Italiane expects to post a turnover of 9.0 bln euro (USD10.758 bln) for 2005.
Read MoreClaude Béglé will be joining DHL, the global market leader in express and logistics, after having spent several years successfully building an international network and managing the Geopost International Division. He has been a Board Member of the Geopost group since 1999 and the Chairman of the European DPD organisation. Both Geopost and DPD are subsidiaries of the French La Poste. Béglé, 56, will assume the role of Chief Operating Officer for DHL Express Germany and will also be Managing Director DHL Express Central Europe, responsible for Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia and Slovakia. In his new position, Claude Béglé will report to Peter E. Kruse, Management Board member of Deutsche Post World Net and CEO of DHL Express Europe.
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