Spanish express courier MRW in Catalonia region, northeastern Spain, invested 6.0 mln euro ($7.1 mln) to double the capacity of its logistics centre at the Madrid’s Barajas International Airport, the company said on May 13, 2004.
The logistics centre currently covers an area of 20,000 sq m.
Read MoreDeutsche Post AG unit DHL’s newly-launched domestic express mail delivery service in China is perfectly legal, as the country’s postal regulations do not specifically prevent foreign firms from engaging in the business, a DHL official told AFX-Asia in response to recent local media criticism of its entrance into the local express mail delivery service sector. DHL set up a unit in Shanghai on Monday to provide domestic express mail services nationwide, effectively becoming the first foreign company to break into the sector, which was previously reserved for local firms. The move aroused criticism from local media, and several mainstream newspapers branded DHL as ‘an irregular player’, as none of the foreign freight forwarders have been officially allowed into the sector so far. DHL, on the other hand, defended its move without hesitation, saying no law forbids it to enter the market.
Read MoreMark A. Angelson, Chief Executive Officer of R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company today lauded congressional leaders for bipartisan passage out of the U.S. House Committee on Government Reform of congressional legislation that would reform the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and ensure steady and more predictable postal rates. Postal reform legislation is expected to be introduced in the Senate shortly. “Chairman Tom Davis, John McHugh, and Ranking Members Henry Waxman and especially Danny Davis deserve substantial credit for passing postal reform legislation through the House Committee,” said Mr. Angelson. “Legislation that keeps postal rates steady and predictable is vital to every RR Donnelley customer. Every single day, our employees and our customers see, feel and experience the economic consequences of a postal service in need of reform.”
Read MoreThe Mailing Industry CEO Council commended the work of the House Government Reform Committee in adopting the “Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2004.” As a leading mailing industry group whose members are leaders of a cross-section of companies that depend on the postal system, the CEO Council has been steadfast in its call for postal reform legislation as essential for the mailing public and the American economy. “The Congress has begun the important and necessary process of delivering comprehensive postal reform legislation,” said Michael J. Critelli, Chairman and CEO of Pitney Bowes Inc., and President of the Mailing Industry CEO Council. “The U.S. Mail is critical to commerce and serves as a vital channel for business. Postal reform is required to allow the USPS to grow the mail as a vital communications medium, foster new opportunities for public-private partnerships to acheive increased efficiencies at the U.S. Postal Service, and allow the postal system to act as an engine for economic growth for the U.S. economy,” continued Critelli.
Read MoreKerry Logistics has invested £500,000 on its warehousing in Manchester, Leeds and Charlton to support a growing transport operation. Kerry says its growing pallet service, through the PalletForce nwtwork is key in its expansion plans. It joined the network in November although an announcement was made only this week.
Read MoreNOL GROUP REPORTS 705% INCREASE IN PROFIT FOR Q1 2004
Read MoreEmployees of the 130 mail-sorting centers of the French post office, La Poste, have been urged by their unions to stop work today in protest against the organization’s plans to restructure its mail-sorting operations. The overhaul, which is intended to prepare La Poste for the liberalization of the European postal sector in five years’ time, threatens 80 sorting centers and 20 per cent of the group’s 30,000 mail-sorting jobs, say the unions. La Poste management dismisses those figures but has declined to comment further on the issue until after its talks with unions finish in July.
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