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Pallet firms act on ADR shake-up

Posted by | Feb 3, 2005 | |

2005 looks like being a year of transformation in ADR, as Palletline members rush to join new specialist hub network. Rates are more likely to rise than fall.

Palletline this week announced a “strategic alliance” with The Hazchem Network and will stop handling dangerous goods on February 18. The alliance has seen around 14 Palletline members join The Hazchem Network, which is a dedicated ADR network. Members already signed up include Geoffrey Reyner, John Hackling Transport and Van Hee Transport; joining this month include: JH Davies, CS Ellis, Anglia Freight, Edge Distribution, Stiller Group and Taskforce. Palletline members who do not join the Hazchem Network will input their freight through their local Hazchem depots, many of which are from Palletline.

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Deutsche Post prepares to transfer European logistics centre from Brussels to Leipzig

Posted by | Feb 3, 2005 | |

Deutsche Post has overcome the final obstacle to transferring its European logistics centre from Brussels to Leipzig. DHL, the express and logistics subsidiary of the group, has concluded negotiations with Belgian trade unions regarding its current hub at Brussels airport, where the company has agreed to guarantee the preservation of jobs until April 2008. In exchange, staff have promised that there will be no disruptions to operations. DHL is planning to invest 300m euros in Leipzig, where the airport will be able to remain in operation 24 hours a day, unlike in Brussels. The company is to create around 3,500 jobs by 2012, and it is thought that a further 7,000 jobs could be created in the area.

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Deutsche post expects foreign growth to balance loss of letter monopoly

Posted by | Feb 3, 2005 | |

Deutsche Post has said that it is expecting the current operating income of 2bn euros for its letter service division to remain stable for the long term. Although analysts fear that the profits for the division could fall following the ending of the companys monopoly on letter services at the end of 2007, management explains that the company will compensate for loss of domestic business with gains in international letter activities.

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TPN members plan future strategy

Posted by | Feb 3, 2005 | |

The Pallet Networks members met last week to tour its new hub near Rugby and to discuss future strategy. Chariman Richard Eldred says the hub move at the beginning of January went smothly: We were aware that some networks have experiended operational problems immediately after moving so we spend a lot of time planning the intricacies of how hub operations would take place. We were delighted that these plans fell very much into place from the first nights at the start of January, with virtually no teething problems at all, he says.

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DHL terminates partnership with Swedish Wilson Logistics

Posted by | Feb 2, 2005 | |

DHL has terminated its strategic partnership with the Danish unit of Swedish transport and logistics group Wilson Logistics Group, it was reported on February 2, 2005. The move was attributed to the acquisition of Wilson Logistics by Dutch postal, express and logistics company TPG NV in the summer of 2004, DHL’s Danish division communications director, Pis Baagoe Skat-Roerdam, said. Under the partnership, Wilson Logistics sold DHL’s courier services to its Danish customers at a special price. After the termination of the partnership, Wilson Logistics will have to buy DHL’s products at the traditional price.

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TPG’s Italian Logistics wins new 3-yr contract from Canon

Posted by | Feb 2, 2005 | |

TPG NV said that its TNT Logistics unit in Italy has won a new three year contract from Canon Inc. No financial details were disclosed. Under the terms of the new contract, TNT Logistics Italy will develop solutions for a new logistics system with a central warehouse in the Netherlands and local warehouses in several European countries. All logistics activities provided to Canon Italia will be managed from the TNT Logistics Italy warehouse in Cerro al Lambro, Milan, which will also integrate the activities of Canon’s central European warehouse to perform all cross-docking operations.

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US Postal Service says gains package market share

Posted by | Feb 2, 2005 | |

The US Postal Service said on Wednesday it has gained a little market share in package shipments during the last three months even as the volume of standard letters continues to decline. A spokesman for the Postal Service, which delivers mail to 142 million homes and offices, said package shipments have risen “in the high single digits” compared with a year earlier, with the lion’s share of the increase coming from two-to-three day priority shipments and from residential shippers using Internet auction service eBay Inc.’s online postage.
“It’s three things all coming together: access, making it easy to do business with us; price stability; and the good service,” said Jerry McKiernan, manager of media relations for the Postal Service. “When those three things are in combination, that’s a winning formula.”

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New contract for Nightspeed

Posted by | Feb 1, 2005 | |

Preston based clothing wear manufacturer CCM, part of the Johnson Service Group, is using Nightspeed Secure Worldwide Express to deliver up to 3 million garments per year as part of a £500,000 contract. Nightspeed is providing CCM with a range of next day and premium delivery services to domestic and international destinations.

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