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Swiss letter delivery monopoly to be lifted

Posted by | Sep 14, 2005 | |

The Swiss cabinet has decided to partially liberalise the country’s letter delivery service from April 2006. It is the latest step towards privatising the state–owned company and opening the postal market to other licensed competitors. Swiss Post, which currently holds a monopoly on all letters delivered in the country, will face competition for the delivery of letters over 100 grams from April next year. Companies wishing to offer a delivery service need a licence from the authorities. The communications ministry said the government’s decision was based on a report by consultants. In their report, published last month, experts said a partial liberalisation of letter delivery services would not threaten the country’s mail service.

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First orange mailbox in Netherlands in January

Posted by | Sep 14, 2005 | |

As of 1 January 2006 TPG Post will begin converting its red icons in the Netherlands like mailboxes, staffwear, vehicles and buildings to the orange of the new TNT Post corporate identity on 1 January 2006. Royal TPG Post officially changes its name to Royal TNT Post on 15 May 2006. The corporate identity operation is a logical effect of the name change from TPG to TNT. The company will take advantage of natural replacements to make the changeover. This will allow completion of the corporate identity operation within a three-year period with a limited investment. Most corporate identity changes will be in place in January 2009. The gradual change will limit costs.

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UPS parcel carried faces pilots’ strike

Posted by | Sep 14, 2005 | |

After an almost three-year dispute with the world’s largest package delivery company, United Parcel Service, its pilots have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike. UPS has 2,459 pilots, of whom almost 97 percent are eligible to vote and agreed to authorize the Independent Pilots Association to call a strike. Despite the vote, the pilots are prohibited from striking unless the union is released from US federally supervised mediation. The president of the pilots’ union, Tom Nicholson, said he would delay in requesting a release from mediation because of the devastation of Hurricane Katrina and the role UPS pilots may could be called on to play in relief efforts. Nicholson said in an interview. “Will we ask for release? Without a contract, yes. When will that happen? I don’t know.” UPS last week said it had anticipated the vote, but that the threatened strike would have no impact on its business. UPS says its pilots are among the best paid in the industry, and it called for mediation to continue.

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Austrian Government amends Postal Law for IPO

Posted by | Sep 13, 2005 | |

The Austrian government Tuesday evening agreed on amending the country’s postal law, which is necessary for the planned privatization of the state postal service, Oesterreichische Post AG, reported Austrian news agency APA. The change in the postal law is needed to improve the postal service’s competitiveness in a liberalized market. It is the first step toward privatization and a possible public offering, which is planned for spring 2006.

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Dutch TNT to equip vehicles with smoke filters

Posted by | Sep 13, 2005 | |

TNT NV will equip its 4,500 operating vehicles with smoke filters, the company’s chief executive officer (CEO) Peter Bakker said on September 13, 2005. According to Bakker, it is crucial that TNT contributes to a clean environment. TNT, together with the Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and Environment (VROM), will conduct a study on the types of smoke filters, that are suitable for the company’s various diesel cars and vans. The study is to be completed by the middle of 2006, after which the subsidy from the ministry for the so-called retrofit will be utilised.

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TUC opposes UK postal liberalisation

Posted by | Sep 13, 2005 | |

The government was told tonight to scrap its plans to end the Royal Mail’s monopoly on delivering letters next year, as the unions joined forces to oppose greater competition in the postal sector. Labour promised in its election manifesto to keep the post office in the public sector, but since then the trade and industry secretary, Alan Johnson, has floated the idea of a sell-off to workers, on the model of the retail company John Lewis, whose permanent staff are all partners in the business. The government was told tonight to scrap its plans to end the Royal Mail’s monopoly next year, as the unions joined forces to oppose greater competition in the postal sector. Tonight the TUC voted unanimously to oppose liberalising the postal market with Amicus’s Derek Simpson declaring “a last post for UK jobs” and Communication Workers Union general secretary Billy Hayes saying any partial sell-off would be “a privatisation in my book”.

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Japan to delay start of postal privatization process by 6 months

Posted by | Sep 13, 2005 | |

The Japanese government on Tuesday decided to delay the start of postal service privatization by six months to give state-run Japan Post sufficient time to prepare its computer system. Under the new timetable, the privatization process will start in October 2007. The government will make no other major changes to its postal reform program plans. It will permit Japan Post to start international distribution services from April 2006 as planned. Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Heizo Takenaka, who is also in charge of postal privatization, said the changes were made solely for technical reasons. The government hopes for Japan Post to make utmost effort during the newly given preparatory period to prevent any computer system failures. But another half year can be added to the period if a major system glitch does occur.

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Kenya to host DHL’s new cargo division

Posted by | Sep 13, 2005 | |

Courier giant DHL Worldwide has established a new division that will cater for cargo. DHL Danzas Air and Ocean will operate in Equatorial Africa with Kenya as its regional base. The freight services will operate separately from DHL Express, the courier wing of the company. “Some things will change but for the better,” says John Cockayne, Danzas area general manager. “With the new development, our customers will now benefit from a better choice of products and services.” Kenya was picked as the base for the region that covers Uganda, Tanzania, Senegal, Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Zambia and Angola. Other countries that are also covered in the circuit include, Mauritius, Gabon, Reunion, Madagascar and the Congo. According to Mr Cockayne, Danzas will offer freight cargo services for air and sea and operate in 66 countries in sub-Saharan Africa where DHL Express has a presence.

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