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DHL Express Thailand foresees 20 percent growth this year

Posted by | Sep 9, 2004 | |

DHL Express (Thailand) Co Ltd expects to post 20-per-cent revenue growth this year as it expands its services to keep pace with the rapid growth of trade in Thailand and the Asia-Pacific region, managing director Herbert Vongpusanachai said. The company will increase its payload capacity for express service between Thailand and the region and plans to upgrade air express facilities, such as its distribution centres in Thailand, to handle more shipments. DHL Thailand is also continuing with various marketing activities aimed at all target markets.

‘The outlook for the express business is optimistic, with an expected revenue increase of 20 per cent, as earlier targeted,’ said Herbert.

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Polish Post on brink of bankruptcy

Posted by | Sep 9, 2004 | |

The Poczta Polska (PP) state-owned postal service may soon face bankruptcy, warned the company’s officials in the Sejm yesterday. PP is in desperate need of a development plan, state subsidies of ZL500m and new regulations that would tone down the liberalisation of the postal deliveries market. The crucial year for PP is 2006, when Poland complies with the EU’s postal services liberalisation. With regards to letters, PP has been a monopoly, but it is now expected to lose one-third to two-thirds of that market. When the changes come, they may cause PP to post a net loss of ZL330m. If that is the case the company will have to sack some 15,000 employees to sustain profitability. Even then bankruptcy will still be a likely scenario. A positive scenario includes higher revenues and profits, but that will require nearly ZL3bn in investments by 2006.

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UN Postal Authority’s snail mail races into profit for first time in decade

Posted by | Sep 9, 2004 | |

United Nations snail mail sprinted into the black in the first six months of 2004 after years of wallowing in red ink as the world body’s Postal Administration (UNPA) registered its first net profit since 1994 thanks to lowered operating costs and new marketing initiatives such as personalised stamps.

UNPA, which has been issuing stamps since 1951 for mailings from its various headquarters with themes devoted to peace, health, the environment and other global concerns, expects to maintain or even improve on the net profit of USD706,434 for the first half of this year as more new products are introduced.

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Irish An Post to bring in consultants

Posted by | Sep 9, 2004 | |

An Post is to bring in outside consultants to study its performance in the next-day delivery of mail, it has emerged.

The loss-making company wants to examine whether it is possible to reach a 94 per cent next-day delivery target and to assess what it might cost. The telecommunications and postal regulator ComReg has said it wants An Post to reach the 94 per cent target as soon as possible

Hiring the consultants is likely to cost between EUR300,000 and EUR500,000, sources claimed last night. An Post already does its own sampling of next-day delivery performance and this contract, held by PricewaterhouseCoopers, is not affected by the latest move.

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ABX Air to staff and operate seven new DHL regional sort centers in US

Posted by | Sep 8, 2004 | |

ABX Air have announced that it will be staffing and operating seven new regional sort centers for DHL. The first facility will be located in Denver, Colorado, and is scheduled to begin operating on September 10, 2004. DHL has yet to announce the location of the six other new sort centers, all of which are expected to be operational by year-end.

ABX Air will initially employ 26 people at the new DHL facility in Denver, bringing in temporary employees as needed to accommodate increases in volume during the holiday season. The facility will handle a variety of shipments, including letter and parcel items, palletized and container freight. DHL is investing USD3 million in the 74,800 square foot facility, which will operate six days a week and have a sort capacity of 4,000 letter pieces per hour/3,500 parcels per hour.

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FedEx Express names new regional chief for Middle East/Africa

Posted by | Sep 8, 2004 | |

FedEx Express, the world’s largest express transportation company, has announced the appointment of Brian Britnor as Regional Manager Sales for Global Service Participants (GSP) & Airline Sales, Middle East, Indian Subcontinent and Africa.

In his new position, Britnor will focus on maintaining FedEx’s world-class service standards. This appointment further strengthens FedEx’s position in the region and confirms the company’s continued commitment to its customers.

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Foreign express giants speed up expansion in China

Posted by | Sep 8, 2004 | |

International express magnates such as UPS, TNT, DHL and FedEx are speeding up to further explore the Chinese market as China opens up its domestic express business on December 18 of 2005.

United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) currently runs six cargo flights from the United States to China a week. If winning approval from the US administration, UPS will be in a position to fly six new flights to Shanghai immediately and six new ones to Guangzhou next year. The new flights will allow UPS to connect Shanghai with Japan for the first time with non-stop service, and the 2005 flights will allow UPS to offer non-stop service from the U.S. to Guangzhou for the first time.

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DHL-Trans cooperates with SDB to fight against rivals in China

Posted by | Sep 8, 2004 | |

Shenzhen Development Bank Co., Ltd., a join stock commercial bank, had approved the application for tens of million RMB loan from a logistics company located in Guangzhou City, in a bid to enlarge the shipping market share of domestic private logistics companies.

Sources said that DHL-Trans, a joint venture between DHL and SinoTrans, had decided to make an additional investment of USD 20 million in Chinese logistics market, mainly in Pearl River Delta, Guangzhou City and Hong Kong.

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