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Deutsche Post to invest in the US

Posted by | Jun 26, 2004 | |

DHL, the express delivery subsidiary of German postal service operator Deutsche Post, intends to invest around USD1.2bn in the US in order to challenge US competitors Fedex and UPS. The money will be invested in DHL’s distribution network, IT system, logistics centres and marketing activities. DHL and Airborne, Deutsche Post’s US air express delivery subsidiary, have a market share of around 6 per cent in the US, while UPS and Fedex control roughly 70 per cent of the market.

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US Postal Service Dedicates New Philadelphia Mail-Processing Center

Posted by | Jun 26, 2004 | |

US Postal Service officials yesterday dedicated their new Philadelphia Processing and Distribution Center, touting it as the first of a new generation of mail centers that will cut costs and improve service. The sprawling center, with more floor space than three football fields, will not be finished until late next year. The USD300 million center will be the first urban processing facility built for modern, computer-aided distribution networks, said S. David Fineman, the Philadelphia attorney who chairs the USPS board of governors.

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French government to penalise post office for losses and delays

Posted by | Jun 26, 2004 | |

The French government has launched a public consultation on its proposal to hold the French post office (La Poste) responsible for loss or delivery delays of items in its care. The initiative is contained in the French postal services regulation bill, which has been drawn up with a view to enabling La Poste to provide banking services and compete in a deregulated postal market.

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Chilean express delivery market to grow 14 percent in 2004

Posted by | Jun 25, 2004 | |

The Chilean express delivery market is expected to grow by 14 percent in terms of volume in 2004 helped by the US and Chilean economic recoveries and the recently signed free trade deals, according to forecast by Juan Carlos Aravena, sales director of UPS Chile, the Chilean subsidiary of UPS, the US express delivery company. Mr. Aravena estimates the domestic express delivery market at about USD50mil (between 5,000 and 6,000 parcels per day).

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FedEx plans twin Asia-Pacific hubs, while celebrating a new Sino-US air deal

Posted by | Jun 25, 2004 | |

FedEx will pursue a dual-hub strategy for Asia-Pacific in light of the new Air Services Agreement struck in Washington last week.

Asia’s No2 express operator by sales has been in talks with officials at the airport in the Philippines and the new Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport about the location for its future regional hub. “You will see us form a multi-hub operation from somewhere in the Philippines as well as China,” FedEx Asia-Pacific president David Cunningham said yesterday.

FedEx follows a similar strategy in Europe, where two satellite hubs support its main facility at Charles de Gaulle International Airport in Paris.

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FedEx plans to launch services to 100 more Chinese cities

Posted by | Jun 25, 2004 | |

FedEx Corp plans to launch express delivery services to 100 more cities in China and open a distribution hub in the country.

FedEx Chairman and Chief Executive Fred Smith said that he is confident of opening a third Asian distribution hub in Guangzhou, dismissing concerns that the new hub will undermine existing centers in the Philippines and Japan.

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