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New Royal Mail price proposals to incorporate size and format leave 70% of mail unaffected

Posted by | Mar 29, 2005 | |

Royal Mail today published new proposals for pricing mail mainly based on size, which could affect up to 20% of items sent by consumers, and up to 30% of the UK’s total business and consumer mailbag. The changes, which are subject to regulatory approval, would not be introduced until April 2006. They would move postal prices in line with costs by removing some of the hidden cross subsidies funded by high charges to customers sending certain items which are cheaper for postal operators to handle. UK mail prices have historically been set purely on the basis of weight, even though the size and shape of items are what largely determine the costs of collecting, sorting and delivering letters and packets. The new prices would be mainly based on the format of the item being sent.

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Background on Odewald & Cie

Posted by | Mar 29, 2005 | |

Some info re Odewald/Trans-o-flex from Ludwig-Michael Cremer)
Odwald & Cie are a private equity company with several hundreds of
million Euros which should be invested primarily in logistics
providers. The founder and chief of the company, Dr. Jens Odewald, has
been a former Logistics Chief of Kaufhof. He and his wife are fans and
friends of former German chancler Helmut Kohl and have been the largest
sponsors of Kohl when he collected money to pay the fine, his party was
filed because of illegal fund raising through Kohl himself. NB: Odewald
was the guy who brought together Peter Amberger and Dr. Klaus Zumwinkel
when Deutsche Post bought trans-o-flex.

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German DHL Logistics to open centre for Gillette in Poland

Posted by | Mar 28, 2005 | |

German logistics service company DHL Logistics will open a logistics centre in Poland, to be used by the US-based razorblade maker Gillette, in early April 2005.

Gillette’s 18,000 sq m logistics centre, to be located in Dabrowa Gornicza, in the Katowice Special Economic Zone (Katowice SEZ), in southern Poland, will be the largest distribution centre of Gillette in Europe, Katowice SEZ authorities said.

The centre will be build on a 28-hectare land, purchased by the UK-based property developer Parkridge Developments in 2004. DHL Logistics is a business partner of Parkridge Developments and prepares logistics centres for investors in the Katowice SEZ.

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UPS pilots may vote to strike

Posted by | Mar 28, 2005 | |

The union representing 2,500 pilots at United Parcel Service Inc. has called for a vote to authorize a strike that could severely cripple the nation’s largest carrier. UPS handles an average 13.6 million packages a day. According to the Wall Street Journal, results of the strike vote are expected in mid-May. UPS pilots have been without a contract for two years. Even if a strike is authorized, it would be unlikely in the near term. For one thing, eight months ago, the union invited federal mediation. It can’t legally strike as long as mediation continues. For another, President Bush could step in to block a strike temporarily.

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FedEx Freight continues strategic expansion and growth throughout US

Posted by | Mar 28, 2005 | |

FedEx Freight, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. continues its aggressive nationwide expansion by opening four new service centers and expanding a fifth facility to meet growing customer demand throughout the United States. “Increasing capacity remains an important business goal as FedEx Freight continues its long-term growth strategy focusing on next-day and second-day regional markets,” said Douglas G. Duncan, president and CEO of FedEx Freight. “Our efforts to build new facilities and upgrade current centers underscore our commitment to exceeding customers’ service and reliability expectations in these growing markets.” Newly-constructed and recently-opened facilities include state-of-the-art service centers in Des Plaines, Ill., Salem, Ore., Texarkana, Ark. and Springfield, Mass.

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Foreign firms could buy into Japan’s Privatised Postal Entities

Posted by | Mar 28, 2005 | |

The government has concluded that it will be difficult under World Trade Organisation rules for it to legally regulate foreign ownership in the postal savings bank and postal life insurance company due to be created in April 2007 as a result of privatising Japan Post, government sources said.

WTO rules stipulate that free cross-border investment activities should be guaranteed, in principle, for service companies and other businesses.

The rules, however, allow national governments to protect their interests by legally regulating the percentage of foreign holdings in certain types of businesses, such as airlines and broadcasting firms, as well as other operations directly run by governments.

Japan and other industrialised nations do not include service firms, including financial institutions, among the businesses that should be protected against foreign capital.

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French Chronopost selects technology of Inovia

Posted by | Mar 28, 2005 | |

French logistics and mail delivery solutions provider Chronopost International has selected the technology of local optimisation software solutions developer Inovia to optimise its flow control between its hubs and agencies across France, it was reported on March 25, 2005.

Chronopost decided to implement the Optimal Flux transportation plan optimisation solution of Inovia in order to achieve its objectives.

Set up in 1997, Inovia (www.inovia.com) is jointly managed by Olivier Serfaty and Frederic Leroy. Among its clients are companies such as Carrefour Carburants, L’Oreal, Transports Guisnel, Hutchinson and Mory Group.

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Poste Italiane renews labour agreement

Posted by | Mar 28, 2005 | |

Italian state-owned postal services company Poste Italiane has renewed the collective labour agreement of its employees for the period 2005 to 2006, it was reported on March 25, 2005.

The renewal of the contract envisages an increase of the salary with an average 80 euro (USD103. 28). The salary increase will be carried out in three tranches. The first tranche will be of 29 euro, payable in May 2005, while the second and third will be of 22 euro (USD28. 40) and 29 euro (USD37. 44), payable in March and October 2006, respectively.

The contract also includes a one-time bonus of 150 euro (USD193. 65).

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