Palletline has ordered a new generation of track and trace equipment for use throughout the network folowing positive results from trials at 6 depots. Chairman Bob Russett says that the network is upgrading the bespoke system and introducing new systems in stages – there is no big bang approach.
Read MoreImtech N.V. (technical services provider in Europe) have announced that TPG Post and Imtech have signed a five-year maintenance contract for the technical maintenance and supervision of 550 TPG Post distribution centres. The maintenance contract covers the technical maintenance and supervision of the fixed installations for all TPG Post distribution centres, distributed over 26 TPG Post regions in the Netherlands.
Read MoreThe Economic Survey 2003-2004 has urged the Government of India to review the postal subsidy, which is estimated at Rs1,204 crore for 2004-2005.
The survey said that though deficit dropped from Rs1,550 crore in 2000-2001 to Rs1,364 crore in 2002-2003, the Government needs to clarify the size of the subsidy. All services of the post offices are currently subsidised. User charges in the postal system covers about 78 percent of the costs. The biggest subsidy is on money orders with a per unit subsidy of Rs28.50. This adds up to about Rs331 crore to the postal deficit.
Read MorePall-Ex (UK) has attracted AE Parker to its growing network of hauliers. The Chichester-based company will cover the Fareham, Havant, Chichester and Bognor area.
Read MoreEmirates Post has expanded its network of post-offices to 76, with the opening of two new post offices on Jumeirah Road and Al Aweer this week, to meet the rising demand for postal and retail services in these areas. ‘The new post offices are in line with Emirates Post’s strategy of developing architecturally elegant and visitor-friendly post-offices in order to create a pleasing ambience for customers,’ added Mr. Al Shaya. ‘At the same time, this reflects our drive to expand our post office network. We have now increased our network to 76 post offices, covering both the urban and far-flung rural areas of the UAE. This is a tremendous growth from just 55 post offices in 1990.’
Read MoreThe Ghana Post has re-launched a product under the name Swift Post in Accra to improve upon the company’s delivery service in the country. Speaking at the re-launch, the Board Chairman of the Ghana Post, Prof. Robert Addo Fenning, said customer satisfaction had become a key issue in the service industry in Ghana hence the need for a re-launch the product. He said the product was re-launched to serve customers better by responding to their needs and preferences as well as making the company’s products attractive and readily accessible. He said the name Swift Post had been adopted in place of Domestic Parcel as an assurance of speedy transmission and delivery. However, the product had not received the expected patronage as a result of public dissatisfaction with the tardy arrival of parcels at their intended destinations.
Read MoreactivePDF Inc. and AuthentiDate Inc, the technical provider of the United States Postal Service Electronic Postmark®, announced today that the USPS EPM has been integrated to work with activePDF Toolkit. activePDF Toolkit is a scalable, programmable, COM object that allows dynamic creation and manipulation of PDF files. activePDF Toolkit now provides the capability to apply the USPS EPM for time and date stamping, and to enable digital signing of PDF files.
Backed by the integrity of the United States Postal Service, the USPS EPM can detect unauthorized document tampering.
Read MoreForeign air express companies such as UPS and FedEx say they will expand their business in China following the Sino-US aviation agreement signed recently.
The new agreement contains a key provision that allows US cargo carriers to establish hubs in China once specific criteria are met.
FedEx is looking at hub expansion opportunities in Asia, including consideration of the new Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, says David L Cunningham, president of FedEx Asia-Pacific operation.
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