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Garant Post- number one in Russia

Posted by | Mar 4, 2005 | |

Demand for GEP services is growing strongly in Russia, in particular in the Moscow and St Petersburg metropolitan areas. Not only the well-known international CEP service providers are benefiting from these developments, but national companies too. Russia is currently one of the most interesting growth markets in Europe for express service providers too. Number one in the domestic market is Garant Post, a joint venture founded around 15 years ago by the Russian national airline Aeroflot, the French national airline Air France, the French express service provider Chronopost (a subsidiary of the French post office), Sodexi (the Air France CEP subsidiary) and a Russian bank. The Russian post office withdrew from the enterprise last year.

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PalletForce’s Scot’s team

Posted by | Mar 4, 2005 | |

PalletForce unveils its new Scotland. Existing members Wm Armstrong and Glenhire Express are joined by North of Scotland specialist JBT which has never been in a network before, and Paisley based Gordon Leslie Distribution, which has joined from Fortec.

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PRINTING: Surfacing work

Posted by | Mar 4, 2005 | |

With the print industry consolidating rapidly, the smart money is in high-value, non-standardised direct mail. While service is key, investment in new equipment can also unlock doors. By David Reed

If you see a juggernaut heading towards you, have two options: jump out of the way or start moving in the same direction. Direct mail print specialists may feel they are facing such a decision. Blue-chip clients are increasingly looking to outsource printing, including direct mail.

As well as the cost savings, the ability to operate automated document factories often plays a part in these contracts. Enabling print on demand and combining transactional and marketing messages, this new infrastructure is closely linked to core operational and customer management systems.

Direct mail printers need to either increase the value of their proposition, or move in the same direction by introducing workflow and management information systems in their own factories. The only other alternative is to persuade clients that direct mail print needs to be kept out of the hands of print and facilities management companies.

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FedEx launches industry’s first direct connection between mainland China and Europe

Posted by | Mar 3, 2005 | |

FedEx Express has launched the express air cargo industry’s first direct flight from mainland China to Europe. The flights, which will provide daily service from Shanghai, China to Frankfurt, provide numerous benefits for FedEx customers worldwide. “Again, FedEx leads the express industry in connecting our global customers with the world’s fastest growing market, China. The new flights emphasize the importance of China on the world business stage and the flourishing trade and political ties between China and the European nations,” said Michael L. Ducker, executive vice president-international, FedEx Express. “This past year, Europe became China’s number-one trading partner, and this new flight strengthens our leadership in facilitating trade between Asia, Europe and North America. These trade benefits are the direct result of the liberalization of China’s aviation market and support our belief that the elimination of trade barriers encourages global economic growth.”

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Hazchem Network launches Irish service

Posted by | Mar 3, 2005 | |

The Hazchem Network is to launch an Irish service in mid-March. MD Jim Scanlan, tells MT that the firm has “selected our partner which will have two depots – one based in Belfast, the other in Dublin”. He declined to reveal the identity of the partner. Scanlan hopes to push the membership of the UK Network up to 40, from its present 38, in the “next couple of weeks”. It has already added 18 members since the turn of the year. Scanlan says that his aim of increasing its input of pallets to 400 pallets a night with 38 members compared to 100 pallets a night with 20 members was “not far away” from being realised. He maintains that the network will not rise above 40 members.

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TNT Express invests EUR 14 million in Duiven International road hub

Posted by | Mar 3, 2005 | |

TNT Express has today announced a EUR 14.3 million investment plan to expand capacity and upgrade facilities at its European road hub in Duiven, the Netherlands. The planned expansion – to be completed by October 2005 – follows a significant increase in volumes since the hub first started operating in 1998. It will create around 100 new jobs over the next five years and clearly confirms the company’s commitment to the local area and to the development of its most important international road hub which handles 126,000 consignments and 5,700 tonnes of freight weekly.

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DHL reaches deal with US MobileMail

Posted by | Mar 3, 2005 | |

DHL announced March 1 an arrangement with MobileMail, a company that forwards mail to Americans spending a significant amount of time away from home.
MobileMail provides forwarding for customers who frequently travel and need their mail to follow them wherever they go. Truck drivers, actors, musicians and traveling nurses are typical customers. Recipients of MobileMail have their mail addressed to a private P.O. box at the MobileMail facility in Atlanta. When they are ready to receive mail, the MobileMail customer selects the time, date and location for delivery by calling in with a secure passcode. Under the arrangement, MobileMail customers can get their mail at any location served by DHL using its Next Day 10:30 a.m. service in the United States.

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Belgian Post Lost Consignments at 1.031 Million in 2004

Posted by | Mar 3, 2005 | |

Belgian postal services company De Post/La Poste registered 1.031 million lost consignments in 2004, compared to 800,000 in 2003.

De Post/La Poste delivers some 3.4 billion consignments annually.

The company registered 283 customer complaints about lost items in 2003, compared to 144 in 2002.

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