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Evenings with Amtrak

Posted by | Jan 27, 2005 | |

Amtrak this week rolled out an extended home delivery service across the the UK; it will deliver up to 8.30pm. Amtrak first trialled the service in London and then expanded to several other large cities for the past year, and trialled it before Christmas with a major customer, before rolling out nationwide. Amtrak says the move is in response to growing demand. MD Jonathan Smith says: “People want deliveries at a convenient time when they are already at home and for many that is not in the working day. Evening deliveries are pretty essential in our view and are a part of a range of services we are developing to tackle the home delivery sector.”

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UPS 4th quarter shows 10% revenue gain

Posted by | Jan 27, 2005 | |

UPS today reported a solid revenue gain of 10.2% in its fourth quarter and earnings of USD0.76 per diluted share, up 1.3% compared to the prior-year period. For the full year, revenue increased to a record USD36.6 billion while net income climbed 15%. Consolidated revenue for the three months ended Dec. 31, 2004, rose to USD9.84 billion, with strong double-digit growth reported by the international and non-package segments and a 6.6% increase by the US domestic segment. “Our global small package business remains strong and 2004 was an excellent year,” said Scott Davis, UPS’s chief financial officer. “UPS delivered almost 3.6 billion packages in 2004 – the most in our history – although we were disappointed with our US ground volume growth in the fourth quarter. As a result, we will focus several new efforts in this area in the coming months.”

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DM focus for TNT’s UK bulk mail service

Posted by | Jan 27, 2005 | |

TNT Mail has used this week’s official launch of its bulk mailing delivery service to target direct mail firms.

“With innovative systems, an enterprising approach and competitive pricing, we are setting new standards in the postal services sector,” said chief executive Nick Wells.

The firm has two methods of delivery, a two-day business service, which offers 100pct nationwide coverage for items up to 60g and a five-day option for items from 60g to 2kg, which are delivered by Express Dairies to 20pct of UK households.

At present the two-day service involves the firm collecting, trunking and then sorting and delivering to Royal Mail sorting offices for “final mile” delivery.

The firm’s business offering is a rival to Royal Mail’s second class post, delivering 95pct of its items within two days, a day faster than the Royal Mail’s service.

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DHL Lithuania Sales Rise Almost 15pct in 2004

Posted by | Jan 27, 2005 | |

Lithuania’s express and logistics company DHL Lietuva reported sales above 32 million litas (EUR 9.27 mln) for full 2004, a rise of 14.7 percent from the year-earlier figure.

The company attributed the rise in turnover to improvements in business environment and successful completion of program on reorganization of companies DHL International Lietuva and Danzas, which had been merged into DHL Lietuva.

For 2005 the company was projecting an even faster growth in sales, said Ramunas Vaskevicius, DHL Lietuva sales and marketing director.

DHL Lietuva, which employs a workforce of 90, is a unit of international express and logistics company DHL, which is 100-percent owned Deutsche Post World Net.

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UK Postal competiton hots up

Posted by | Jan 27, 2005 | |

The Royal Mail is facing growing competition in the deregulated postal market, with rival firms already snapping up large contracts.

Last week TNT Mail, part of the TPG Group that owns the Dutch national post office, revealed that it has secured a further five customers in three months of operation. Its client base now totals 25 and includes names such as Sky, Caudwell Communications and Specsavers.

Chief executive officer Nick Wells said: “Business cannot afford to ignore the opportunities now available in the deregulated postal market. Every financial director of every company should be looking at how we can make their mailing budgets work harder for them.”

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Japan Post privatisation should not be delayed

Posted by | Jan 27, 2005 | |

If there is one achievement with which Junichiro Koizumi, the Japanese prime minister, hopes to make his mark on his country’s history, it is the privatisation of the post office.

Outsiders might regard this as a curious choice for a man who has moulded a more assertive Japanese foreign policy and overseen a recovery, albeit fragile, of the world’s second largest economy. Mr Koizumi, however, has been determined for 20 years to reform an organisation at the heart of Japan’s old-fashioned political and financial systems; the post office, with savings and life assurance assets of Dollars 3,300bn (Pounds 1,800bn), is the world’s biggest bank as well as a means of sending letters.

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An Post puts off closure of SDS

Posted by | Jan 27, 2005 | |

An Post has had to put off plans to close its loss making SDS parcels division next Monday. The postponment comes as a result of its acceptance last night of a National Implementation Body plan to head off industrial action in the postal services. The company has also lifted the suspension of 68 workers who had been refusing to co-operate with the run down of the operation. The plan has also been accepted by the CWU union, and obliges it to accept a binding Labour Court investigation of the closure plan.

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Belgian Post returns to 36 Mln Euro profit in 2004

Posted by | Jan 26, 2005 | |

Belgian postal services company De Post/La Poste returned to profit posting 36 mln euro (USD46.9 mln) in 2004, compared to a 64 mln euro (USD83.3 mln) loss for 2003, it was reported on January 24, 2005. The company’s operating profit increased to 34 mln euro (USD44.3 mln) in the same period. It laid off some 2,000 employees through a natural attrition programme in 2003 and 2004. Currently, the company has 37,920 full-time employees.

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