Indonesian flag carrier Garuda Indonesia has extended its contract with postal services company PT Pos Indonesia to transport mail inside and outside the country, an official report said.
Read MoreSWOT analysis of Royal Mails Mailing Preference Service by David Robottom.
Read MoreThe Polish transport industry is facing an historical opportunity, as entry barriers to the huge and lucrative EU market are about to be removed, and Poland is to become part of a single market stretching from Gibraltar to Tallinn.
Europe’s commodity transport market is expected to grow by almost 25 percent in 2005-2010, to some 2,045 billion kilometre tonnes. Road transport is expected to rise by 37 percent, growing by an annual rate of over 6 percent in the coming years. Next year, the market is expected to be worth some 220 billion euro.
The expected rise in transport volumes has already taken place, with commodity transport traffic at Poland’s border crossings up 20 percent in January-February on the same period of last year.
Read MoreAn Post has unveiled losses of just under EUR43m for last year at the launch of the company’s annual report.
It is the highest operating loss since the postal service was established as a state-owned company in 1984. It has also anticipated that losses for this year will be massive.
The evidence for urgent change is stark and An Post management has said that key changes in work practices and price increases will have to be implemented.
Staff reductions are also on the cards.
Read MoreHouse and Senate sources said Wednesday postal restructuring bills probably would not be introduced until next week.
House Government Reform Committee Chairman Tom Davis, R-Va., and Senate Governmental Affairs Chairwoman Susan Collins, R-Maine, originally had planned to introduce postal legislation by the end of April. But Collins acknowledged she would wait until next week to introduce her bill with Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Del.
Read MorePosten’s Q1 2004 earnings improved visibly compared to the same period last year. The dramatically negative cash flow turned positive for the quarter as well as for the previous 12-month period. Over the past year Posten has strategised and reorganised the business to enhance simplicity and clarity. Posten’s first-quarter results bear out these decisions. We’re also pleased to report volume growth for both parcels as well as other mail classes.
Read MoreJapan Post, the newly created public corporation operating postal services, will team up with Nippon Express Co Ltd to handle parcel delivery services via convenience store operators Daily Yamazaki Co Ltd and am/pm Japan Co Ltd beginning June 1.
Read MoreTNT Logistics announced today that it has been awarded ‘Best 3PL-service
provider in Italy’ by the Global Institute of Logistics, a global forum for the 3rd Party Logistics (3PL) industry. TNT Logistics was the unanimous choice of
the Institute’s Awards Committee, following a detailed research and selection
process into the 7 leading providers of supply chain and 3PL- services in Italy, also performed by the Global Institute of Logistics.
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