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TPG plans to enter Chinese market, and outlines growth strategy

Posted by | Jun 18, 2004 | |

Dutch postal and logistics company TPG NV aims to enter the Chinese market through acquisitions, joint ventures or by signing up a by signing up a “huge” customer contracts. Chief executive Peter Bakker told media representatives that the company expects to invest around EUR200 million in its Chinese operations over the next two years. 62 TPG employees are currently establishing operations in China, and Bakker said he aims to have around 150 Chinese workers by the end of the year.

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Delivery firm hit with GBP500,000 parking fines

Posted by | Jun 18, 2004 | |

A delivery firm is facing a GPB500,000 bill for parking tickets it claims should never have been issued.

Exel claims it is being swamped by fines from attendants who lie in wait for its trucks taking goods to central London businesses.

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Landmark U.S.-China Air Pact to Expand Global Commerce

Posted by | Jun 18, 2004 | |

The bilateral aviation agreement have announced that between the U.S. and China will provide significant opportunity for UPS to grow its business in the region, the company said. UPS Chairman and CEO Mike Eskew applauded the landmark agreement, noting that it “will accelerate the flow of goods into and out of China, providing substantial benefits to American workers, businesses and consumers.”

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Wey Group pioneers on-line shipping platform from NetDespatch

Posted by | Jun 17, 2004 | |

Express transport company Wey Group International has pioneered the use of a new web technology from NetDespatch that allows single-point Internet access to different transport services.

Traditionally different systems have been needed to book different types of services, since different types of information are required. With Velocity, sameday, overnight and international services are brought together and presented as a single system available anywhere, to anyone, over the web through a single login.

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DHL rates Zimbabwean business as best of the Southern African stations

Posted by | Jun 17, 2004 | |

Leading logistics firm DHL has rated its Zimbabwean business as the best of the company’s stations in Southern Africa and the fourth best in the emerging markets in the world.

Announcing the award, for which all 47 African countries in which DHL operates were rated, Johannesburg-based area manager Michael Druce said: “Well done to Ishmael Muchemenyi, Jeff Phiri and the team in Zimbabwe for a tremendous result in 2003. It is truly remarkable when one considers the environment in which they have to work.”

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Technology offers new approach to supply chain management

Posted by | Jun 17, 2004 | |

Senior business leaders increasingly are recognizing that one of the most vital issues in managing a global supply chain is “visibility” – the real-time ability to view the movement of goods and funds as products move through the supply chain.

“The only way to effectively coordinate all elements is to have critical information at your fingertips,” said Gunnar Adalberth, director of e-commerce marketing for UPS Europe. “And we have seen tremendous advancements that improve visibility and provide the information needed to make the supply chain process easier to manage.”

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