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Revamping Nigerian Postal Services

Posted by | May 2, 2005 | |

The Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) recently unveiled a new logo and postmen’s uniform in Abuja.

It also announced its objective of a 48-hour delivery time. The Minister of Communication Chief Cornelius Adebayo on the occasion stressed the determination of the federal government to ensure a speedy and safe postal system. The Postmaster General of the Federation reiterated the vision of NIPOST to be the best customer-responsive organisation in Nigeria and the best postal service in Africa and one of the best in the world, there was the need to change the old logo because of the wide criticism that it was outdated and expensive to produce due to its many colours.

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Nonprofits, USPS agree on Standard Mail Rule

Posted by | May 2, 2005 | |

Nonprofit mailers are celebrating an agreement with the U.S. Postal Service regarding the interpretation of an impending rule that seeks to clarify the application of Standard mail rates in mail that includes personalisation.
Slated to take effect June 1, the rule requires that mail including personal information for any purpose other than a solicitation must be sent at the First-Class rate rather than the cheaper Standard rate. After several test rulings from the USPS, nonprofits feared that solicitations would be meant to include requests for monetary donations only.

Because the First-Class rate is three times as expensive in some cases, nonprofit mailers worried that mail including common types of personalisation for reasons other than asking for money — such as a request for volunteers — would get hit with the higher rate.

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Congressman calls for Philippine Post privatisation

Posted by | May 2, 2005 | |

A congressman has called for the creation of a postal system that will provide “world-class postal services for Filipinos worldwide” and generate additional revenues for the cash-strapped government. Liberal Party Rep. Hermilando I. Mandanas of Batangas broached the idea of putting up a new Philippine Postal Corp. by privatising the state-run Philippine Postal Agency.

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Emirates Post to float 40 percent shares in 200

Posted by | May 2, 2005 | |

Emirates Post will float at least 40 per cent ofits shares in the local market by the end of this year, a top official from the company said yesterday.

Abdulla Ibrahim Al Daboos, director-general of Emirates Post, said that the issue will first be discussed with the board of directors and then with the Prime Minister cabinet for the final approval. The IPO will do tremendous impact on the financial market.

He said the company was not planning to go beyond that limit, according to a report in Khaleej Times Emirates Post expects to boost its annual turnover by 10 per cent this yearby continuing to diversify its range of services and believes postal services across the Gulf region can follow its example.

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Japan Post to Expand Tie-Ups with Convenience Stores

Posted by | May 2, 2005 | |

Convenience store chains Daily Yamazaki Co. and am/pm Japan Co. will start accepting parcels for delivery by Japan Post at all their outlets in Tokyo on June 1, Japan Post said Monday.

With the two convenience store operators due to expand their partnerships to cover stores across Japan possibly from September, the public enterprise will be able to build a network of 13,000 always-open convenience stores in Japan for its “Yu-Pack” service.

The total breaks down to 8,100 outlets of Lawson Inc. , which launched the agent service in November last year, 1,700 stores of Ministop Co. , which will begin handling Yu-Pack parcels from June this year, 1,900 outlets of Daily Yamazaki and 1,300 of am/pm Japan.

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TNT provides High-Tech services to Getronics

Posted by | May 2, 2005 | |

Getronics has selected TNT Logistics as its partner for its European spare parts logistics. Getronics is one of the world’s leading providers of vendor independent Information and Communication Technology (ICT) solutions and services. Under this 5-year partnership TNT Logistics will be responsible for the total spare parts supply chain of Getronics in Europe. The total value of the 5-year contract is 50 million Euros.

TNT Logistics has been selected to operate the 6 regional warehouses, over 60 FSL’s (Forward Stock Locations), and more than 675 PUDO’s (Pick Up Drop Off points) across Europe. Transportation of the spare parts will take place primarily via TNT Innight and TNT Express services. Especially for this contract TNT Benelux & Multi Country Logistics has designed a state-of-the-art solution, which will be fully integrated within TNT Logistics’ existing pan-European high-tech spare parts network.

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Irish Minister warns post offices on electronic payments

Posted by | May 2, 2005 | |

The convenience of electronic funds transfer (EFT) means consumers are increasingly choosing alternatives to the post office, Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources Noel Dempsey warned at the weekend.

He told the annual conference of the Irish Postmasters’ Union (IPU) in Castlebar, Co Mayo, that over 65 per cent of new social welfare recipients were opting for EFT payments mostly as a result of customer choice.

EFT is not currently an option in post offices but “it needs to become an option quickly”, the Minister stressed.

Mr Dempsey explained that in recent meetings with the Minister for Family and Social Affairs, Séamus Brennan, they had agreed that all social welfare payment options would receive equal standing on social welfare application forms and for the time being the Department of Family and Social Affairs would not actively promote alternatives to the post office system of payments.

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