Ranked number one postal service in the world, Post is committed to expanding its core delivery services for Australian businesses and households, whilst maintaining one of the lowest postal prices in the developed world.
Read MoreDHL, the world’s leading express delivery and logistics company, today announced a two-year partnership with the Miami Dolphins and Pro Player Stadium that will extend through the completion of the 2005 football season. The partnership positions DHL as a major sponsor of both the team and the stadium, and features a series of initiatives and projects that will enhance the synergy between all three South Florida organisations.
Read MoreKnowledgeNet, the worldwide leader in live learning, has announced that DHL, the world’s leading express and logistics company, has signed a contract for unlimited access to a complete expert-led training schedule for online technology and business skills training. DHL has consolidated all IT functions across the Americas into one global data center, its Americas Information Services Center (AMIS) in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Read MoreJapan Post is to bring its parcel delivery charges in line with those of private home delivery companies, sources said Monday.
The state-run parcel delivery service, founded in 1892, will drop its current weight-based pricing system in favor of a size-based system for its Yu Pack parcel delivery service.
By introducing a simplified rate structure as used by private companies such as Yamato Transport Co., which dominates the parcel delivery service industry, Japan Post hopes to win customers.
Read MoreThe Postal Law was passed for a second and third reading by the Knesset Economics Committee on Wednesday after nearly a year’s deliberation.
This will make it possible for the Postal Authority to become the Postal Company and compete with the private market.
Read MoreThe Knesset Economics Committee have approved a new bill postponing the opening of the postal market to competition to January 31, 2006, instead of July 2005. The price of domestic letters will rise 11percent from NIS 1.30 to NIS 1.50, and the price of domestic bulk mail will rise 9percent on the same date.
Read MoreJapan Post will team up with Sankyu Inc. to enter the international market by first setting up a network to deliver imported goods from China and Southeast Asia, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported Thursday.
The business daily said Sankyu will handle imported items from Asia while Japan Post will oversee deliveries to households and companies via its post office network.
Read MoreJapan Post President Masaharu Ikuta on Wednesday expressed opposition to a plan to separate postal savings and “kampo” life insurance services from post office operations when the entity is privatised.
“I hear about a plan to separate financial services from counter work at post offices, but it has not taken into consideration the realities of the services at all,”Ikuta said at a press conference.
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