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Transportes Azkar reports increase in sales

Posted by | Aug 27, 2004 | |

Spanish transport and logistics company Transportes Azkar has announced a marked increase in interim sales. The half year figure rose by 14.6% over the comparable period in 2003 reaching EUR 153 million. In contrast, the companys net profit sank by 10% despite a EUR 22 million rise in gross profit. Azkar is investing in its Spanish network by establishing new distribution centres in north eastern Catalonia. Over the past year it invested a total of EUR 17 million in this region.

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DHL, Jamaica Post now in partnership

Posted by | Aug 27, 2004 | |

The intertnational courier service provider, DHL Express Inc., through its Jamaican subsidiary, DHL Jamaica Limited, is now a commercial partner of Jamaica Post. DHL has drop-off facilities at four post offices in the Corporate Area. The post office drop-off points fill a gap in the DHL operations in Jamaica. The most significant benefit to DHL and customers of the post office who use the service is convenient access to an international service.

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Posten Interim Report January – June 2004

Posted by | Aug 27, 2004 | |

Net sales grew three percent to SEK 12,516m (12,127).
Parcel volume increased eight percent, other mail classes rose by three percent. Financial-service transactions decreased by 17 percent.
Operating earnings improved to SEK 279m (-513). Earnings include provisions of SEK -136m (-383) and capital gains of SEK 47m (-1).
Measures for which provisions have been made will lead to annual savings of SEK 150m.
After-tax earnings improved to SEK 405m (-483).
Cash flows before financing activities totaled SEK 317m (-389).

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Encouraging six-monthly results for La Poste Belgium

Posted by | Aug 27, 2004 | |

The Group La Poste has achieved an increase of 5.6% for its turnover during the first six months of 2004, compared with last year’s figures. The operational profit (EBIT) has increased to € 64.166 million whilst a net profit of € 88.849 million has been achieved against a net profit of € 29.737 million after 6 months in 2003. These results are very encouraging, and show the fruits of the work of the whole La Poste Groupe to enhance sales, increase customer satisfaction through an efficient quality of service and price reduction. These efforts need to be continues to allow La Poste to attain a balanced budget at the end of the year.
(translated from French)

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Yamato Transport chief blasts Japan Post’s tie-up with Lawson

Posted by | Aug 27, 2004 | |

Yamato Transport Co. President Atsushi Yamazaki lashed out at Japan Post on Friday for joining hands with Lawson Inc. to offer a parcel delivery service, saying private-sector rivals will be at a disadvantage competing with the public entity.

“It is not fair for us to compete on the same playing field as the public corporation, which receives favorable treatment of various kinds in such areas as taxation,” Yamazaki said in an interview with Kyodo News.

Yamato, Japan’s largest door-to-door parcel delivery service company, decided to end its business alliance with Lawson when its current contract expires after the convenience store operator said last week it will begin handling Japan Post parcels at its 7,850 outlets nationwide in mid-November.

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Japan Post’s Ikuta raps Yamato over ending Lawson partnership

Posted by | Aug 27, 2004 | |

Japan Post President Masaharu Ikuta criticized Yamato Transport Co. on Friday for terminating its partnership with Lawson Inc. from November, insisting the decision deprives customers of choices.

“I am surprised and very perplexed at Yamato’s withdrawal. We should have engaged in a competition to give customers opportunities to choose” between the two entities, Ikuta told the Japan National Press Club.

Yamato, Japan’s largest door-to-door parcel delivery service company, decided to end its business alliance with Lawson when the current contract expires after the convenience store operator said last week it will begin handling Japan Post parcels at its 7,850 outlets nationwide in mid-November.

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Swiss Post faces uncertain future

Posted by | Aug 27, 2004 | |

The Swiss Post Office has warned that it faces an uncertain future, even though it has just published the best half-year results in its history. The state-run giant says e-mail and increasing competition are taking their toll on the country’s postal services. Business appears to be booming. Its latest results, published on Thursday, show that the post office made a record first-half profit of SFr387 million (USD302 million) – nearly three times the SFr142 million posted for the first six months of last year. But despite the record results, Swiss Post’s managers are warning that the balance sheet may not look so healthy in future. “Our fears are justified,” said Swiss Post spokesman François Tissot-Daguette. “You can see it from these two figures: between 2000 and 2003, the number of letters we sent fell by 27 per cent and the number of packets by 32 per cent.”

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TNT to open doors of state-of-the-art road hub in Abu Dhabi

Posted by | Aug 26, 2004 | |

TNT is to invest three million Dirhams in a state-of-the-art road hub at the airport here in the UAE capital.

The clearance facility will open its doors on September 4, 2004, Mark Pell, TNT managing director Gulf and Saudi Arabia, announced.

Pell says the main reason for creating the new road hub is the ‘phenomenal success’ of TNT’s road network development programme due to Customer demand.

Steve Barrett, TNT’s national operations manager – Gulf, says the new facility at Abu Dhabi Airport will enable the Dutch-owned integrator to clear all products coming into the capital by road or air ‘immediately.’

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