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DHL leads Venezuela market with 18% share

Posted by | Sep 1, 2004 | |

The express and logistic service company DHL Danzas Air & Ocean has a share of 18% in Venezuela, in a market that moves 120,000 units and US$150mil. Among DHL’s competitors in the country are Kuhne & Nagel, Schencker, Panalpina and Taurel. In the first half of 2004 (Jan-Jun), DHL turned over US$20mil in Venezuela and transported 20,000 units, with a growth of 60% in sales in comparison with the same period of 2003. Drug and pharmaceutical sector is DHL’s main client, accounting for 26% of the operations.

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Lawson asks Yamato Transport to continue partnership

Posted by | Sep 1, 2004 | |

Convenience store chain operator Lawson Inc. said Wednesday it has asked Yamato Transport Co. to continue their partnership even after Lawson begins handling parcels for Japan Post in mid-November. Lawson said it wants to renew a business tie-up contract with Yamato, Japan’s largest door-to-door parcel delivery service company, when the current contract expires Nov. 19. Yamato last month decided to end its alliance with Lawson when the current contract expires because Lawson agreed to handle Japan Post parcels through its nationwide store chain.

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Deutsche Post says no decision to move 1,000 courier jobs to subcontractors

Posted by | Sep 1, 2004 | |

Deutsche Post World Net AG has not made a decision to replace 1,000 express couriers in its DHL unit with subcontractors, a spokesman for the company said in response to a pre-released article in Die Zeit weekly magazine. ‘DHL has always worked with subcontractors,’ he said. A formal agreement stating that the majority of courier services must be handled by DHL rather than subcontractors recently expired, he added. Deutsche Post is now in talks with German public services workers union Verdi, he said, and will make no further announcements until these talks have been concluded.

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GeoPost expands into Africa

Posted by | Sep 1, 2004 | |

French parcel company GeoPost is to expand into the North African market following a co-operation agreement with Tunisias postal service. The two organisations have reportedly agreed to establish the DPD parcel service in Libya. The government-owned Tunisian Post became the first non-European co-operation partner within the DPD network in March 2004.

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Palletways goes to Phoenix Equity Partners

Posted by | Sep 1, 2004 | |

3i has sold its interest in Palletways to Phoenix Equity Partners for an undisclosed sum as part of a secondary buyout transaction. 3i, which bought the business in April 2002 for GBP12m, says its investment in Palletways has brought it a 72% return.

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Fortec fleshes out fulfilment proposition

Posted by | Sep 1, 2004 | |

One of the later arrivals in the world of pallet networks, Fortec has found its feet, and reckons it has some special benefits to offer. Question: what do pallet networks have to do with fulfilment? Answer: a great deal. You can appreciate this best if you recognise that parcels delivery companies are fundamental to fulfilment, whether it’s business-to-business or business-to-consumer. Pallet networks are really just part of that equation, coming into play at the upper end of the parcels companies’ weight range. You could consider them part of an unbroken continuum that starts with document delivery and extends to full loads of freight.

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ComReg to direct An Post over Bulk Mail Access for business users

Posted by | Sep 1, 2004 | |

The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) has today issued
a draft direction to An Post to ensure that businesses and organisations – who
send bulk mail or who consolidate mail from different customers – have
sufficient access points to An Post’s system in order to meet their needs.
ComReg is statutorily obliged to ensure that the number of access points to An
Post’s system meets the needs of users of the universal postal service.
In a report on consultation published today, ComReg sets out a draft direction
to An Post which states that there should be at least one access point for bulk
mail in every town with a population in excess of 15,000. In cases where a
county does not have a town with a population in excess of 15,000, an access
point will be made available in the largest town of that county.

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Home delivery of mail on the cards in Saudi Arabia

Posted by | Sep 1, 2004 | |

Postal articles such as letters and parcels will be delivered at the doorsteps of houses and companies shortly as the Saudi Postal Corporation has given final touches to the project in a major move to modernize the service. It requires all institutions and housing units in the country to provide their full addresses to help postal officials deliver the letters without difficulty. “The service will be introduced shortly after a large-scale media campaign aimed at informing Saudis and foreign residents on the need to provide their full addresses” to make the project a success, Al-Riyadh Arabic daily said, adding that the corporation has prepared the maps required for launching the landmark project.

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