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DHL opens export facility at Sydney Airport

Posted by | Mar 14, 2005 | |

US-based logistics company DHL today opened a USD20 million export facility at Sydney Airport, as it anticipates further free trade agreements between Australia and its trading partners.

The air express cargo facility, dubbed Oceania Hub, is the largest of its kind in the Asia Pacific region, with the capacity to move over 90,000 kilograms of freight each day.

DHL said it was hoping to benefit from increased international trade following Australia’s free trade agreement with the US, as well an expected deal with the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN).

“Recognising the potential for further growth, DHL has implemented a business strategy that has focused on capacity building,” DHL Express regional director Gary Edstein said.

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Major mover on the road less travelled – interview with head of TNTs Express Road Network

Posted by | Mar 14, 2005 | |

When a fourth Boeing 737 joined his fleet last year, Niky Terzakis, MD of TNT Airways, told IFW it would enable the whole of Europe to be connected at speed. He chose Portugal to Finland as the longest possible journey across the continent, and one that most road operators would think twice about undertaking.
By genuine coincidence, however, one of the first packages I studied during a recent evening tour of TNT’s Express Road Network (ERN) hub in Duiven, near Arnhem, was a batch of Tyco wiring harnesses which had begun their journey in Lisbon on 15 February. Two nights later, they had reached Arnhem via Benavente in Spain, one of the network’s 14 sub-hubs. In another two days they would arrive at their final destination of Turku, either on a direct trailer or via an “overspill” trunker through the Helsingborg sub-hub.

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Deutsche Post abandons Austrian Post takeover

Posted by | Mar 14, 2005 | |

German postal company Deutsche Post has abandoned its plans to take over Austrian sector company Oesterreichische Post AG (Post) as the political framework over Post partial privatisation is still unclear, Deutsche Post said on March 14, 2005.

In July 2004 German media reported that Deutsche post had given an ultimatum to the Austrian government, which was later denied by the German company.

Recently Austria has proposed Post privatisation via the stock exchange.

Post largest shareholder state-owned holding company OeIAG sees the future of the postal company either listed on a stock exchange or managed jointly with a strategic partner like Deutsche Post.

The OeIAG supervisory board is not expected to discuss the Post privatisation at its meeting on April 7, 2005.

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Siemens wins EUR195mln automation technology order from Schweizerische Post

Posted by | Mar 14, 2005 | |

Siemens AG said its Logistics and Assembly (L&A) unit won an order worth roughly 195 mln eur from Schweizerische Post to supply automation systems for three new mail sorting centres and six subcentres in Switzerland.

Siemens will supply letter sorting systems, automatic address reading systems and a range of other advanced mail delivery technology to the Swiss national postal company.

Siemens said it will have the equipment in place by 2008.

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14percent of Japan’s Post Offices in the red in fy03

Posted by | Mar 14, 2005 | |

Japan Post announced on Friday that of post offices nationwide, 14 per cent were in the red in fiscal 2003.

Shimane Prefecture had the highest share of post offices with losses, with 54.1 per cent in the red. Kochi and Hokkaido prefectures also had high shares of poorly performing post offices.

Areas with the smallest shares of post offices in the red were in prefectures surrounding Tokyo, including Saitama, Chiba and Kanagawa. Only 0.3 per cent in Saitama and 1.3 per cent in Chiba were in the red.

The results show that post offices tend to perform better in areas of high population density.

This is the first time that Japan Post has announced results for individual offices.

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Situation & development of the express industry in mainland China

Posted by | Mar 14, 2005 | |

Executive summary only, not full report
CONTENT
LIST OF CHARTS
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
1 INTRODUCTION
2 DEFINITIONS AND TRANSLATIONS
2.1 THE TERM OF EXPRESS DELIVERY IN GENERAL
2.2 THE GERMAN CONCEPT OF EXPRESS SERVICES
2.3 THE ENGLISH CONCEPT OF EXPRESS DELIVERY
2.4 THE CONCEPT OF EXPRESS SERVICES IN CHINA
3 THE CHINESE EXPRESS MARKET
3.1 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF EXPRESS SERVICES IN CHINA
3.2 CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS
3.2.1 China’s transport infrastructure
3.2.1.1 Rail transport
3.2.1.2 Road transport
3.2.1.3 Air transport
3.2.2 Regulatory conditions for foreign companies
3.2.2.1 Former situation
3.2.2.2 Present situation
3.2.2.3 Upcoming changes in regulations
3.3 COMPETITION BETWEEN FOREIGN-INVESTED AND CHINESE SERVICE SUPPLIERS
3.3.1 Situation in the 80s and 90s
3.3.2 The competitive situation today
3.4 VOLUME AND STRUCTURE OF THE CHINESE EXPRESS MARKET
3.4.1 The international express market
3.4.2 The domestic express market
4 EXPRESS SERVICE SUPPLIERS
4.1 THE FOUR GLOBAL PLAYERS
4.1.1 DHL Worldwide Express
4.1.1.1 Market entry of DHL in China
4.1.1.2 Present situation of DHL in China
4.1.1.3 Future plans of DHL in China
4.1.2 United Parcel Service (UPS)
4.1.2.1 Market entry of UPS in China
4.1.2.2 Present situation of UPS in China
4.1.2.3 Future plans of UPS in China
4.1.3 Federal Express (Fedex)
4.1.3.1 Market entry of Fedex in China
4.1.3.2 Present situation of Fedex in China
4.1.3.3 Future plans of Fedex in China
4.1.4 TNT International Express
4.1.4.1 Market entry of TNT
4.1.4.2 Present situation of TNT China
4.1.4.3 Future plans of TNT in China
4.2 OTHER FOREIGN COMPANIES IN THE MARKET
4.3 THE MOST IMPORTANT CHINESE COMPANIES
4.3.1 The China Post/ China Courier Service Corporation (EMS).
4.3.1.1 Establishment of EMS
4.3.1.2 Situation of EMS today
4.3.1.3 Future plans and outlook for EMS
4.3.1.4 The conflict between China Post and its competitors
4.3.2 China National Foreign Trade Transportation Corporation (Sinotrans)
4.3.3 Da Tian W Air Service Corporation
4.3.4 China Air Express (CAE)
4.3.5 EAS International Transportation Ltd.
4.3.6 China Southern Airlines
4.3.7 Other successful Chinese express companies
5 DEVELOPMENT TENDENCIES IN CHINA’S EXPRESS MARKET
5.1 THE IMPORTANCE OF EXPRESS SERVICES FOR CHINA’S ECONOMY
5.2 FACTORS ACCELERATING THE DEMAND FOR EXPRESS SERVICES
5.3 OUTLOOK FOR CHINA’S EXPRESS MARKET
6 RESULT
P:LibraryCourier Express ParcelsExpress Market in China.pdf

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Middle East transport sector to undergo major changes

Posted by | Mar 13, 2005 | |

The Middle East’s transportation industry including the $10 billion (Dh36. 8 billion) logistics and express mail market is set for more competition, consolidation and privatisation in the coming five years, a study from The National Investor (TNI) said.

“Following the worldwide convergence towards ‘one stop shop’ supply chain and logistics management solutions, we believe the transportation industry in the Middle East is on the verge of revolutionary developments such as consolidation and privatisation,” said the comprehensive research report obtained by Gulf News. The report comes in the wake of the ongoing initial public offering (IPO) of Arab International Logistics Company that plans to acquire Aramex International.

The Middle East logistics market is valued at more than $10 billion with the GCC market accounting for about 10 per cent of this. The UAE accounts for roughly 35 per cent of the GCC but Saudi Arabia leads with a 55 per cent share.

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La Poste raises Seur stake

Posted by | Mar 12, 2005 | |

Rough translation from Spanish:
Geopost, the express delivery subsidiary of French state postal services operator La Poste, has acquired a 60 per cent stake in Seur Madrid.

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