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DHL takes over Scandinavian SAS cargo operations

Posted by | Sep 29, 2005 | |

International express and logistics company DHL will take over part of the operations of Scandinavian air cargo carrier SAS Cargo, part of Scandinavian airline SAS Group, it was reported on September 28, 2005. The move concerns SAS Cargo’s loading and unloading operations of Korean Air’s cargo flights. The operations take place at Danish Kastrup Airport, near Copenhagen, and the cargo is then transported by trucks to the rest of the Nordic region. Korean Air was attracted as a result of the partnership between DHL and Kastrup Airport.

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US Postal Service adds ‘hold for pickup’ to delivery options

Posted by | Sep 29, 2005 | |

The US Postal Service today launched a new delivery option that can save customers shipping costs on products they have ordered by agreeing to pick them up at a designated Post Office. “Hold For Pickup” meets the needs of cost-conscious mailers shipping high-value and heavyweight goods and the customers receiving them. A package delivered Hold For Pickup will be kept safely at the Post Office until the customer collects it. Items shipped using Hold For Pickup are delivered directly to the Post Office instead of customers’ street address. This provides additional security for mailers who may not want expensive products left at a customer’s door.

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Dell transfers deliveries to US Postal Service

Posted by | Sep 28, 2005 | |

Dell is to shift some of its computer deliveries from private parcel shippers to the US Postal Service, underlining the growing competitive threat posed by the government-owned organisation to companies such as UPS and FedEx. The computer maker plans to drop off some newly-bought computers at US post offices for customer pick-up rather than delivering them directly to homes through private couriers. Any loss of business from Dell would be a particular blow to UPS, which counts the company among its 20 largest customers. Analysts have been warning for months that the US Postal Service is becoming a more powerful force in the US parcel market. The additional competition comes at a time when UPS is facing growing competition from FedEx and German-owned DHL in its domestic market. Dell said the change in shipping arrangements would initially affect only the company’s most basic products, with the majority of shipments continuing to be made through UPS. However, a spokeswoman said Dell planned to eventually offer the choice of home delivery or post office pick-up to all customers.

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UPS finds favour with German logistics managers

Posted by | Sep 28, 2005 | |

United Parcel Service, the US parcel forwarding company, enjoys the most favourable image among logistics service providers on the German market, according to the annual survey by the market research institute Emnid involving 300 logistics managers. The German shipping and logistics company Hapag-Lloyd Container Line ranks second, while Lufthansa Cargo, the freight arm of the airline group Deutsche Lufthansa, ranks third. They are followed by DPD Deutscher Paketdienst, which belongs to the French group La Poste, US group Federal Express (Fedex) and Hermes, a subsidiary of the German mail order group Otto. DHL, the German market leader, ranks only 11th with a verdict of ‘average’.

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Royal Mail accused of delaying investment in post offices

Posted by | Sep 28, 2005 | |

Royal Mail has come under fire for delaying investment in its urban post office network and leaving government money “lying idle” by spending only Pounds 13m of Pounds 30m allocated for the work. The criticism by Postwatch, the consumer group, coincided with the start of talks between the publicly owned postal operator and unions over further job losses. Royal Mail is lobbying the government to allow it to change its ownership and balance sheet structure, arguing that it needs billions of pounds of investment to compete effectively when the postal services market is opened to full competition next year. Royal Mail is also locked in a fierce dispute with Postcomm, its regulator, over future price controls. Any suggestion Royal Mail has failed to spend money already at its disposal could strengthen Postcomm’s argument that Royal Mail is overstating the prices it needs to charge customers to generate a decent financial return.

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Post Danmark, CVC Capital Partners close to buying stake in Belgium’s De Post

Posted by | Sep 28, 2005 | |

Post Danmark AS and the UK’s CVC Capital Partners are close to buying a 49 pct stake in the Belgium postal services, De Post – La Poste, daily Jyllands-Posten reported, citing Post Danmark chairman, Fritz Schur. The shareholding in De Post – La Poste has been put up for sale by the Belgium government. Post Danmark and CVC Capital Partners have been negotiating with the Belgians over the weekend and Schur told the daily that he expects to call a board meeting as soon as next week in order to have the deal cleared.

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DHL takes on US rivals at the shop-front

Posted by | Sep 28, 2005 | |

DHL is planning to open a new front in its competition with United Parcel Service and FedEx by launching a chain of retail outlets in the US. The German courier company believes it needs a bricks-and-mortar presence in America to woo customers from the two main domestic operators. John Pearson, vice-president of commercial operations, said DHL had yet to decide how many stores it needed but the number could reach the thousands. “We are in the process of mapping out where we need to beand what is realistic,” he told the FT. The prospect of DHL-branded shop-fronts springing up across the US underlines the company’s ambition to become a significant force in North America. The Deutsche Post subsidiary has secured about 10 per cent of the US parcel market since its Dollars 1bn acquisition of Seattle-based Airborne two years ago. Retail outlets would help DHL strengthen its reach among lucrative small business customers not big enough to receive dedicated pick-up services.

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USPS new five-year plan builds on success

Posted by | Sep 27, 2005 | |

The US Postal Service Board of Governors Tuesday approved the “Strategic Transformation Plan 2006-2010,” initiating the agency’s next strategic phase, building on the successes of the original Transformation Plan, introduced in 2002. “Transformation became the watchword of the Postal Service in 2002,” said Postmaster General John E. Potter. “Our goal was to position the Postal Service to navigate a dynamic market environment and communications landscape successfully. The results speak for themselves.” He noted that postal product and service offerings are marked by innovation, ease-of-use, and accessibility.
Potter said, “We have reduced costs and increased productivity. Our people, the men and women of the Postal Service, have brought service performance and customer satisfaction to record levels.” During the next five years, the Postal Service will remain focused on its core business and those strategies that produce results, he said.

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