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FedEx US to close or convert 40 service centers

Posted by | Aug 19, 2004 | |

FedEx are to close or convert 40 of its 300 FedEx Express World Service centers this week.

FedEx has not disclosed how many employees would be affected. The FedEx Express World Service group employs about 900 people in the 300 stores, a fraction of the company’s 245,000 staff worldwide.

In Memphis, the company employs about 30,000 people at its world headquarters, world technology center in Collierville and its hub at Memphis International Airport.

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DHL launches new online international shipping resource

Posted by | Aug 19, 2004 | |

Shipping giant DHL has recently launched a new online international shipping resource for estimating duties, taxes and other customs-related charges. The new Trade Automation Service (TAS) provides trade and customs data covering more than 64 countries that are responsible for 95 percent of the world’s trade. Specific tools include: landed-cost calculator, product compliance, comparative landing costs, restricted party screening and interactive classification.

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UK Postcomm refutes claims on zonal pricing

Posted by | Aug 19, 2004 | |

Postcomm has refuted reports that Royal Mail may be considering introducing zonal pricing across its public mail services. Postcomm’s response follows claims by Royal Mail chief executive, Adam Crozier, that Royal Mail loses an average of 5p on every first class letter. Said a Postcomm spokesperson: “Royal Mail cannot introduce ‘zonal pricing’ – nor can Postcomm let it – as most of Royal Mail’s services are ‘universal’ – and an Act of Parliament requires that universal services must be provided at a national uniform tariff.” Exceptions to this rule are the non-universal Presstream service which has always been zonally priced and also Mailsort 3, the slowest bulk-mail service which could in principle be zonally priced. The same principle also applies to access services where Royal Mail delivers items on behalf of other operators.

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Japanese Yamato Transport to cancel deal with Lawson

Posted by | Aug 18, 2004 | |

Yamato Transport Co. has said that it will cancel three months later its parcel collection entrustment deal with major convenience store chain Lawson Inc. due to Lawson’s decision to do business with Japan Post.

In the past six months, Yamato held talks with Lawson, which has proposed handling parcels on behalf of both Yamato and Japan Post, a public corporation, Yamato officials said. But the negotiations broke down on Tuesday, the officials said.

Lawson announced Wednesday that it will start accepting in mid-November parcels at its convenience stores on behalf of Japan Post.

Yamato said that it rejected Lawson’s proposal out of concern that the quality of its parcel delivery service might deteriorate if the convenience store chain handles parcels both for Yamato and Japan Post.

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DHL Korea keen to play role in hub

Posted by | Aug 18, 2004 | |

Completion of an air cargo terminal at Incheon International Airport by a global air express company will contribute to Korea’s goal of becoming a Northeast Asian hub, said the head of DHL Korea Ltd.
“We are promoting the Northeast Asian DHL hub by building the biggest cargo terminal at Incheon International Airport,” Bae Kwang-woo, CEO of DHL Korea Ltd, said. “This goal is based on making the best use of the excellent geographical position of Incheon.”

Once completed in August 2006, the cargo terminal would become one of the 78 DHL hubs worldwide and the first in Northeast Asia, the chief executive said. Construction of the 25-square kilometer site is slated to begin July 2005.

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Lawson to handle Japan Post parcels at all outlets

Posted by | Aug 18, 2004 | |

Major convenience store operator Lawson Inc. will start handling Japan Post parcels at its 7,800 outlets nationwide in November, Lawson officials said.

Lawson exclusively handles packages for Yamato Transport Co. but told the courier it will end their partnership. The company has not replied yet, the officials said.

Lawson already has business ties with Japan Post. It has set up mailboxes in its outlets and opened stores inside post offices.

Lawson decided to switch partners in the parcel business because it believes a tie-up with the public corporation, which is to be privatised in stages starting in 2007, would have many advantages, the officials said.

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Austria and Slovenia Post joint venture

Posted by | Aug 18, 2004 | |

A meeting last week between Anton Wais, CEO of Austria’s Osterreichische Post AG (OP AG), and Alfonz Podgorelec, director general of the Slovenian Post, resulted in an agreement between the two companies to operate jointly on the East and South European markets in future. According to an official statement, the companies expect the co-operation to reinforce their competitiveness. The meeting also led to the forming of a joint committee for the development of a common strategy on the aforesaid markets.

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Postal monopoly for Spanish government departments may end

Posted by | Aug 18, 2004 | |

The Spanish government has been warned by its legal department that the monopoly enjoyed by state-owned postal operator Correos, for contracts to provide postal and telegraphy services to governmental departments, may be illegal. Correos has been allocated a number of these contracts without having to bid against other companies, despite the fact that its legal monopoly only applies to national and international letters and cards weighing 350 grammes or less. The entire postal sector in Spain, along with the rest of the EU, is due to be liberalised in 2009 in any case, although recent steps taken by the government seem to suggest that it wants to preserve Correos’ monopoly.

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