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DHL ‘will have world-class infrastructure in India by 2005’

Posted by | Aug 16, 2004 | |

DHL, wholly owned by the world’s largest transport and logistics company, Bonn-based Deutsche Post World Net, is truly global. DHL’s network covers 120,000 destinations in more than 200 countries and territories, employing over 160,000 people,420 aircraft, and 75,000 vehicles. It has 36 hubs, 900 depots, 238 gateways and 5000 offices. DHL handles one billion shipments every year catering to the requirements of 4.2 million customers. In the Asia-Pacific region also DHL is the clear market leader. The size of business amounts to euro 3 billion on a customer base of 250,000. More than 40 million shipments and 623 million kg of freight and over 430,000 TEUs are handled through six hubs employing 20,000 employees, 5000 vehicles and 20 dedicated freighters. About 800 commercial flights are operated per day. Mr John Mullen, CEO of DHL Express in Asia Pacific, recently spoke to Business Line in Hong Kong.

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Japan Post eyes global deliveries: Corporation starting up Singapore service ahead of privatization in 2007

Posted by | Aug 16, 2004 | |

Traditionally focused on the domestic market where it enjoys a monopoly on mail services, Japan Post is turning its attention to overseas businesses, preparing to expand in the global market. It aims to become a major player in the world transport business after it is privatized in 2007.

The corporation plans to start by the end of this month its first international transport business, in partnership with Sankyu Inc., a major transport company. The service will be located in Singapore and import/deliver personal computer peripherals to consumers in Japan.

In another overseas initiative, Japan Post President Masaharu Ikuta met in June with Liu Andong, director of China’s Postal Bureau, in Beijing, to propose that Japan and China cooperate in a mail service to increase the postal business between the two countries.

The two stopped short of signing an agreement, due partly to hesitation on the Chinese side. But Ikuta’s visit paved the way for deepening relations between the postal authorities in the two countries, sources said.

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Argentina government formalises control of Postal Services

Posted by | Aug 16, 2004 | |

The Argentine government has formalised its control of the postal service, publishing a resolution that also forsees future capitalisation of the company from the state. The legislation appears to be another indication that Correo Oficial de la Republica Argentina SA is moving closer to long-term state control rather than new private ownership. The government rescinded the contract of Correo Argentino, as the service was formerly known, in November and said it would be reprivatised within six months. However, that deadline passed without a new concession and the government turned Correo Oficial into a corporation in June, with Planning Minister Julio De Vido saying there was no real timeframe for granting a new concession.

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Qatar Post IPO within next three years

Posted by | Aug 16, 2004 | |

Qatar’s General Postal Corporation (Q-Post), which was granted autonomy in 2001, is expected to launch an Initial Public Offering (IPO) and get listed on the Doha Securities Market within the next three years, Ali Mohammad Al Ali, the Q-Post chairman, said on Thursday. At a press conference held at the Doha General Post Office, Ali said that making Q-Post a publicly held company, was one of the plans of the government. “We have all the required infrastructure and the brains to become a profitable public company and it will eventually become one,” he added. Emirates Post, the postal organization of the UAE, floated its IPO last week.

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UK Post Office re-introduce saving stamps

Posted by | Aug 16, 2004 | |

The Post Office will revive saving stamps in the latest sign of its determination to cut losses by revamping its product range and expanding in the financial services market.

The stamps can be used to pay bills and buy Post Office services and are aimed at low income customers including students, single parents and pensioners.

Saving stamps were widely used as a way of saving and budgeting in the past, but were withdrawn in 1976 as customers embraced modern retail banking. The Post Office said that many customers remembered the stamps fondly and had recently been calling for their return.

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Australia Post staff to plan industrial action

Posted by | Aug 16, 2004 | |

Mail services in Queensland will be disrupted this week if planned industrial action by Australia Post staff goes ahead.

The stoppages would hit Queensland and NSW sites for between four and 24 hours on Wednesday.

Communications Electrical and Plumbing Union state secretary Cameron Thiele said the 92 per cent of Australia Post staff who were also union members could also stop work on Thursday if desired revisions to a new enterprise bargaining agreement were not met.

“Our members don’t accept the terms of the pay rise and they also want the agreement shortened to 24 months,” he said.

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DHL to open Abu Dhabi head office

Posted by | Aug 14, 2004 | |

Scheduled to open this autumn, the head office will cover 1,000 square metres and is centrally positioned on Airport Road opposite the Etisalat tower. It will provide Abu Dhabi customers with a dedicated customer service team and a convenient drop off and pick up point.

“Over the last year and a half we have experienced growth of over 118percent in the weight of outbound traffic from Abu Dhabi. In addition shipments over this period have grown by 37percent,” said David Wild, General Manager, DHL UAE. “Much of this demand has come from major corporate customers who have looked to us to fulfil their supply chain logistics challenges.

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Royal Mail Group angers watchdog with plan to put up prices

Posted by | Aug 14, 2004 | |

The Royal Mail Group have clashed with consumer watchdogs after claiming that it needed to increase the cost of posting letters in order to offset a GBP247m loss on its domestic mail operations.

The company said that losses on mail posted through pillar boxes such as personal letters, greetings cards and stamped mail sent out by small businesses amounted to 5p on every first class letter and an even bigger 9p on second class letters.

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