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Changes to the Canadian postal network in Québec

Posted by | Aug 3, 2005 | |

Canada Post has announced its intention to transfer the processing of Lettermail and Admail from Quebec City to Montreal. This change will allow the Corporation to maximize its operations and improve service performance.

The Quebec Letter Processing Plant no longer meets operational needs, in part because processing must be performed on several floors. Furthermore, it is located in a highly congested traffic area, which causes many access problems.

“The Montreal Plant, one of the largest in the country, is currently under-used and has the capacity to absorb this mail,” said Michel Diotte, Field Operations Vice-president at Canada Post. “Moreover, approximately 70 percent of this mail is already being sent to Montreal after first being sorted in Quebec City. Sending it to Montreal at the outset will improve service for our customers.”

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Secret plan to replace UK post offices with a van

Posted by | Aug 3, 2005 | |

Small rural post offices will be under threat if a secret pilot scheme in the Highlands is successful and is rolled out across the country.

The Post Office would like to close five rural sub-post offices in Caithness and replace them with a van travelling around the area.

And to pave the way for the cost-cutting move, financial sweeteners are being offered to the current operators to quit.

The Post Office intends replicating the scheme in other outlying parts of the country as it seeks to reduce the £150million annual Government subsidy of its rural network.

Under threat are the long-established offices at Thrumster, Reiss, Keiss, Auckengill and Mey. Closure could mean difficulty for country people getting cash, with Auckengill, for example, 20 miles from the nearest cash machine at Wick.

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Koizumi’s posthaste approach to reform pushes envelope

Posted by | Aug 3, 2005 | |

Koizumi is confronting the final citadel, containing many from his own party, blocking his career-long crusade to privatise Japan Post. The decisive vote in the upper house may happen as early as Friday but the numbers remain too close to call.

If Koizumi fails, he vows he’ll force a lower house election. If he succeeds, an awesome collection of financial assets totalling some Y350 trillion (USD4.1 trillion) will begin a 12-year transformation that will also reshape Japan’s financial system.

For the most part, Koizumi’s LDP opponents simply want to keep Japan Post for pork and patronage. However, there’s an awkward possibility the Koizumi plan is so deficient they might be doing the country a favour by frustrating it.

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FedEx launches Khaosan Road world service centre in Thailand

Posted by | Aug 3, 2005 | |

FedEx has launched its new world service centre on Khaosan Road, catering to customers in one of Bangkok’s most popular tourist districts. The centre will meet the rising demand for express services from the Kingdom’s small to medium-sized business (SMEs).

The new world service centre is the sixth FedEx service point to open in Thailand in the past 18 months, joining similar facilities in Nana Square, Silom Galleria, Bangna, Pattaya and Chang Mai, providing customers with convenient access to fast and reliable express delivery to 220 countries and territories across the globe.

“FedEx’s global network makes it possible for Thai businesses to send their products to customers anywhere in the world, and we continue to increase services across the Kingdom, in response to customer demand,” said Clifton Chua, managing director for FedEx Thailand, Philippines and Indochina.

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Postal unions face many challenges

Posted by | Aug 2, 2005 | |

Representatives from the Universal Postal Union (UPU), Pan African Union (PAU), Postal Operators Associations and representatives from different African countries have expressed their views on the challenges that the postal sector is facing within the developing countries. The permanent secretary in the Ministry of Transport, engineer Kudenga says the postal service unions in developing countries are witnessing dramatic changes in recent years, which includes, deregulation and globalization of markets, commercialization and new technologies such as internet and electronic commerce among other changes. He also noted that in response to these changes Zimbabwe has embarked on an extensive five year postal reform program in an effort to position our postal service more competitively in a rapidly changing environment.

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TNT to sell off French truck unit

Posted by | Aug 2, 2005 | |

TNT has put up for sale its loss-making French trucking operations and expects to complete a deal this year, the Dutch post and logistics group said yesterday. The activities represent 60 per cent of the French unit, which has proved a drag on revenues for several quarters and has resisted efforts to stem losses running at EUR17m (USD20.6m) in the first half on revenues of EUR117m. TNT will also divest those parts of the remaining activities of the unit where it cannot earn its cost of capital, in order to focus on areas such as supply chain solutions for the automotive industry. French and international buyers are interested, said Peter Bakker, TNT chief executive, adding that it expected to complete the majority of the disposals this year. In total the portions to be sold account for 25 per cent of French logistics revenues of EUR250m, he said. The unit generated 5 per cent of logistics revenues of EUR1.2bn in the second quarter, and 2 per cent of group sales of EUR3.4bn.

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DHL targets Thai overseas students

Posted by | Aug 2, 2005 | |

Delivery company DHL launched a new express service targeting university students who plan to study abroad, The Nation reports.

Named “University Express”, the new service has been designed exclusively for the fast delivery of students’ applications for admission to universities abroad.

“We have seen business potential in the market as there are about 40,000 students who send their applications to universities abroad every year,” said Herbert Vongpusanachai, managing director of DHL Express (Thailand) Ltd.

DHL currently accounts for more than 50 per cent of Thailand’s international express service for documents, according to the company.

He said that about 70 per cent of those students who have sent application forms to universities abroad seek to study in master’s degree programmes.

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DHL Korea set to build new logistics center

Posted by | Aug 2, 2005 | |

DHL Korea Ltd., the South Korean affiliate of the global courier giant DHL, said Tuesday that it plans to establish a new logistics center in the city of Daejeon, about 160 kilometers south of Seoul.

The company said it plans to invest 4 billion won (USD3.92 million) to build the center on a 5,445 square meter site which will act as the company’s main overland transport logistics hub.

DHL Korea is currently in talks with local authorities on its site, it said. The expected date of completion was not immediately known.

The company plans to expand the facility to up to 16,500 square meters later.

DHL Korea is a joint venture between DHL International Ltd., a U.S.-based logistics giant, and South Korea’s Ilyang Group. It currently has 37 offices and six warehouses across the country.

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