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UPS to close hub in 2006, laying off 1,400

Posted by | Feb 25, 2005 | |

UPS Inc said Thursday it plans to close its recently acquired freight sorting hub in Dayton in 2006, eliminating 1,400 jobs, in a move the company said would make its overall operations more efficient. The facility is the company’s only sorting hub for heavy airline freight. A new hub for handling cargo weighing more than 150 pounds will be built at another UPS facility in an effort to improve efficiency, said Norman Black, spokesman for Atlanta-based UPS. UPS has operated the hub at Dayton International Airport since Dec. 20, when the company bought it from Menlo Worldwide Forwarding for USD150 million. It also assumed USD110 million in debt in that deal.

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Deutsche Post Dutch venture Selekt Mail sees over 220 mln deliveries this year

Posted by | Feb 25, 2005 | |

Selekt Mail Nederland, a joint venture of Deutsche Post AG and Royal Wegener NV, said it expects to achieve over 220 mln deliveries this year, with an 8.3 pct share of the Dutch postal market.

The forecast is based on the ‘explosive growth’ witnessed in the first quarter, which will see some 55 mln items delivered, and the ‘well-filled’ order book. January deliveries alone resulted in sales of 6 mln eur.

In November, the company’s forecast was for processing 175-200 mln items in 2005 as it aims to double its delivery numbers for the third year in a row.

According to a spokesperson for the company, Selekt Mail Nederland delivered some 100 mln items, resulting in sales of between 25 and 30 mln eur and an unspecified profit.

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French PriceMinister and Chronopost enter Partnership

Posted by | Feb 25, 2005 | |

French e-commerce website PriceMinister, specialised in trading new, half-priced and second-hand items, has signed a co-operation contract with local logistics and mail delivery solutions provider Chronopost International to ensure a rapid delivery of its products, it was reported on February 25, 2005.

Following the contract, all companies and entrepreneurs that sell their products through PriceMinister, can create and upload their digital order forms at PriceMinister.com.

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Royal Mail’s standards of service: still nothing to write home about

Posted by | Feb 25, 2005 | |

Royal Mail has today published in a low-key manner via its website its performance statistics for the quarter (October to December 2004). The service standard targets are cumulative for the year. The cumulative statistics for the first three quarters of 2004/05 show that performance against 13 of the 15 service standards is below target. Based on these statistics Postwatch predicts that Royal Mail will for the year as a whole fail possibly 12 of its 15 service targets, including that for 1st class stamped and metered, Special Deliveries and the Standard Retail Parcel. It is recognised that failing 12 standards will be an improvement on last year when all 15 targets were failed. Peter Carr, Chairman of Postwatch, commenting on Royal Mail’s performance said: “Whilst we are pleased that recent performance is on an upward trend, the results that matter continue to disappoint. Yet again, customers have paid for service levels that have not been delivered.

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China Post to merge logistics and courier business units

Posted by | Feb 25, 2005 | |

China’s State Postal Bureau (China Post), currently both the regulator and dominant player in the country’s mail delivery market, plans to merge its logistics unit and parcel delivery business, the Beijing News reported.

China Post set up the country’s then largest logistics company, China Post Logistics Co Ltd, at the beginning of 2003 to offer logistics services, also known as EMS, and explore new markets outside postal services.

The newspaper quoted an unidentified source as saying that the integration of the two units is expected to be complete by the end of this year.

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Maltapost launches new courier service

Posted by | Feb 25, 2005 | |

A new International mail and parcel service offering speed and security has just been launched in Malta and Gozo by Maltapost plc. Aptly titled Maltapost Express International, this new service offers delivery to key worldwide destinations in the shortest possible time.

Speaking at a media launch to which members of the business community were also invited, Maltapost CEO Stephen Sultana said the new service offers global coverage to over 200 countries around the world. Mr Sultana also emphasised the security element of the new service.

Maltapost Express International also incorporates proof of delivery, and the service provides for compensation in instances of loss or damage, with the option to the client of purchasing additional insurance in instances where this is felt necessary.

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Italy will sell post group but dithers on Enel Privatisation

Posted by | Feb 24, 2005 | |

The Italian government yesterday made clear it would press ahead with the privatisation of Poste Italiane, the state-run postal services and banking group, but sent conflicting signals over whether it might sell another stake in Enel, the utility giant.

Silvio Berlusconi, prime minister, told reporters that privatisations were essential to cut Italy’s public debt, which stands at 106 per cent of gross domestic product.

“Debt reduction could happen with a certain immediacy, by putting some assets on the market that are part of the state’s patrimony,” he said.

Although Mr Berlusconi suggested that Enel as well as Poste Italiane could form part of a new privatisation drive, Domenico Siniscalco, finance minister, later told Italian radio that he knew of no plans to reduce the government’s 31.5 per cent stake in the utility group.

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UK Country offices could take council tax and reports for the police

Posted by | Feb 24, 2005 | |

Village post offices need to provide more services if the rural network is to survive, according to leading figures in the industry.

While this could include serving as the village shop and bank, it could also include police and council services for which the government should pay, they argue.

Rural post offices are threatened by the same long-term trends undermining other village businesses: migration to urban areas and a shift to supermarket shopping.

But the 8,100 remaining rural offices, most of which are privately-owned and operated, have also been hit by the introduction of direct payment of pensions and benefits into bank accounts. This business used to ensure a steady flow of customers to smaller post offices, to whom the postmasters or mistresses hoped to sell other goods and services. But Postcomm, the regulator, estimates only one in 10 rural post offices are now profitable.

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