This year, the Chairman of the Board of Management of Deutsche Post AG, Dr. Klaus Zumwinkel, and his head of communications, Prof. Manfred Harnischfeger, are to be awarded the “German Image Award 2004”. Presented by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, the F.A.Z-Institut and PRIME research, the award is for an especially positive media image.
Read MoreThe three biggest unions of La Poste, the French post office – the postal and telecoms branches of FO, CGT and SUD – have urged its employees to join in a day of action on September 21 in support of jobs and against La Poste’s dismantling and post office closures. The protest comes in the run-up to the French parliamentary debate this autumn on the French postal services reform bill, which incorporates into French law the European Union’s directives on postal service liberalization. The proposed legislation also provides for the creation of a postal bank in France.
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Read MoreDHL Express has appointed Tim Patey as Product Manager for its international mail product, named Globalmail Business. Tim Patey has been with DHL since 2000 and previously worked within DHL Sales looking after a major accounts within Central London. He will be based at the DHL Express Head Office in Hounslow, reporting into Group Product Manager, Mark Peacock. A key focus for Tim Patey’s role will be to extend DHL’s international mail offering to existing and prospective international and domestic express services customers.
Read MoreTNT is opening a new GBP8.2 million purpose built facility in Birmingham later this month – the biggest in the company’s nationwide network of more than 50 depots. Handling tens of thousands of parcels and packages each week, the state-of-the-art depot at Network Park, Saltley, provides a vital strategic link for the delivery and collection of business-to-business consignments for industry and commerce in Birmingham and the West Midlands. Employing 300 people, the depot represents the largest ever investment in a single site by TNT Express Services in the UK. The new 68-door loading bay means more than five-dozen vehicles can be either delivering or collecting packages at the same time.
Read MoreFedEx Corporation today announced it has completed the USD120 million acquisition of leading national parcel consolidator Parcel Direct from Quad/Graphics. With this acquisition, FedEx adds to its range of distinct, yet complementary, residential services, including FedEx Express and FedEx Home Delivery. Parcel Direct extends the unequalled FedEx portfolio to customers in the fast-growing e-tail and catalog industries who are looking for a cost-effective means of shipping low-weight, less-time-sensitive goods. “This acquisition adds another proven solution to our portfolio and offers customers even greater choice for residential shipping,” said Daniel J. Sullivan, president and chief executive officer of FedEx Ground. “I’m confident that we can build on the successful operating model put in place by Parcel Direct to quickly meet increasing customer demand.”
Read MoreThe US-China freighter rights allocation just announced by the US Department of Transportation unfairly favours express operators, Northwest Airlines claimed last week. NWA Cargo, which currently flies three freighters a week into Shanghai, told IFW it was disappointed its allocation ignored the greater needs of the heavy cargo market. The DoT proposed allocating FedEx and UPS six weekly freighter flights each and a further six from March 2005. These would be in addition to the 11 and six respectively the two currently operate. NWA Cargo was offered three this year and three next. “NWA Cargo will continue to have substantially fewer frequencies than FedEx and UPS, despite the fact that the predominant demand in the US China market is heavy freight, ” the company said.
It declined to speculate on why the US government had favoured express operators, although FedEx and UPS are known to have a strong lobbying influence in Washington.
The domestic pallet market in the UK is maturing fast, with multiple networks now fighting each other for a share of the cake. However, in Ireland, the sector is still in its infancy.
Ace Express Pallets was the first to launch a hub-andspoke operation earlier this year, followed in July by PalletXpress, an offshoot of logistics operator Transland Group.
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