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Express giants see value in new Chinese Guangzhou base

Posted by | Aug 25, 2004 | |

The new airport in Guangzhou has made the city more attractive for air express companies to make it their hub, although none has done so yet.

Air express company FedEx Express signed a Framework Agreement with the Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport Company in December with the intention of making it its Asia Pacific hub, but the plan was changed when the Philippines made concessions to keep FedEx in the country, including giving the American company “seventh freedom” rights, which allows a carrier to fly to other destinations from a hub without first passing its home base.

FedEx Express president, Asia Pacific, David Cunningham said the company was still considering how best to expand its hub operations in Asia.

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Post Danmark partial sale going according to plan

Posted by | Aug 25, 2004 | |

The Danish Ministry of Transport claims that the sale of 25% of Post Danmark is going according to plan. Departmental head Michael Birch told the daily ‘Jyllands-Posten’ (19.08) that ‘a handful of post companies and financial investors’ had shown interest. Mr Birch confirmed that both Deutsche Post and TPG were among the contenders, with Deutsche Post being the most likely buyer.

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French Postal Regulation Bill to be submitted in fall

Posted by | Aug 25, 2004 | |

French prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin has indicated to Jean-Paul Bailly, chairman of national postal services group La Poste, that a bill for postal services regulation will be submitted to the French parliament in the autumn. In a letter to Mr. Bailly, the prime minister requested that the group keep a close eye on its presence and on the quality of its service, particularly in rural areas. He also stressed the importance of maintaining a dense postal services network.

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French La Poste chief delivers shake-up

Posted by | Aug 25, 2004 | |

Jean-Paul Bailly, chairman of La Poste, yesterday met Jean-Pierre Raffarin, French prime minister, to seek political backing for the restructuring of France’s state-owned post office as trades unions stepped up warnings about heavy job losses and branch closures. Mr Bailly, appointed two years ago to prepare the public company for liberalisation of Europe’s postal sector by 2009, used yesterday’s meeting to seek assurances that his modernisation drive will secure government backing. Mr Raffarin said after the meeting: “The French are very attached to their public postal service. That is why La Poste must, in an increasingly competitive environment, successfully evolve to improve its performance and guarantee a quality public service.”

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Finland Post standardises on BEA

Posted by | Aug 25, 2004 | |

BEA Systems, Inc. , the world’s leading application infrastructure software company, have announced that Finland Post will standardise its electronic services development on BEA WebLogic Platform(TM) 8.1. With the unified BEA platform, Finland Post can offer its partners and customers advanced Internet services designed to help reduce the complexity and costs of portal administration, development, and integration.

Finland Post currently runs several customised portals which require an extensive amount of specified expert knowledge.

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Rivals fret as China Post unveils fast delivery bid

Posted by | Aug 25, 2004 | |

Foreign express freight operators on the mainland have voiced fair-play concerns over a new service launched by China Post to try to regain lost market share. China Post lost its monopoly under World Trade Organisation competition rules which allowed foreign companies access to the mainland market two years ago. China Post’s share of the burgeoning express delivery market has slumped from 97 per cent to under 40 per cent in the face of competition from DHL, FedEx, UPS and TNT. Now China Post is fighting back with a new all-night freight service between 136 cities in 27 provinces.

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US Postal Service selects Auto-trol Technology’s KONFIG CM

Posted by | Aug 24, 2004 | |

Auto-trol Technology Corporation (Auto-trol), the leader in enterprise configuration management solutions, has announced that the United States Postal Service (USPS) Engineering Department has selected KONFIG CM as its configuration management solution. KONFIG CM will support the USPS efforts to enhance its configuration management (CM) capabilities and implement its CM processes based upon the CMII® methodology.

By choosing Auto-trol’s KONFIG CM, the US Postal Service obtains the highest rated CM tool as certified by the Institute of Configuration Management (www.icmhq.com). Implementing KONFIG CM, provides the USPS the ability to automate existing manual CM processes, maintain equipment configurations and migrate information from several older systems into a single, comprehensive and easy to use solution.

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US FedEx flies even higher

Posted by | Aug 24, 2004 | |

Given all the dark clouds hanging over the economy, FedEx’s news couldn’t have come at a better time. On Aug. 23, the shipping giant raised its profit forecast for both its fiscal first quarter and full year, and it said it would boost capital spending.
The bullish report from FedEx comes at a time when concerns are growing as to whether surging oil prices will precipitate a pullback in spending by both consumers and businesses. But FedEx — which, like other transportation companies, is entering its busiest months as retailers begin building inventories for the upcoming holiday season — says it doesn’t foresee a slowdown.
“We’re seeing strong demand across our international express, ground, and less-than-truckload services,” Alan B. Graf Jr., FedEx’s chief financial officer, said in a statement.

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