The Postmaster General of the United States, Mr. John Potter has reportedly pledged the United Sates Postal Services “firm and practical” commitment to providing support in the area of equipment and training for the revitalization of Liberia’s Postal network.
Read MoreRoyal Mail has launched a guaranteed 9am next-day delivery service for businesses. The service is available through post offices or business collections and will be backed by a television, press and direct mail campaign. It offers customers a track-and-trace and compensation against loss or damage package at a cost of GBP6.95 for a standard-sized document. It operates as a courier service that does not go through the normal postal network. It is entirely separate from Parcelforce, which caters for bulkier and heavier items. This is the first time that Royal Mail has directly challenged the courier market.
Read MoreThe U.S. Postal Service has proposed requiring larger-sized mailbox systems in new apartment and business buildings to alleviate rising levels of undeliverable mail. “Today’s small apartment boxes are not large enough to accept today’s larger-shaped mail,” said Jeffery Lewis, USPS program manager, apartment box standardization. “Our delivery confirmation data reflects that 30 percent more mail is undeliverable to apartments than to a regular household. Nationally, the average is 7.5 percent. In high-density metropolitan areas the undeliverable rate is 10 percent.” The existing apartment mailbox standard of 5 inches by 6 inches by 15 inches has been in effect since 1975 despite a rise in volume for flat mail and packages.
Read MoreDeutsche Post, the German national postal service operator, is reported by management to be planning to reduce remuneration for its employees with the status of official, numbering around 67,000. Management has rejected a demand by Ver.di, the services sector union, that the postal operator refrain from cutting holiday pay and Christmas bonuses. In its decision, the company is complying with a government plan to reduce officials’ remuneration.
Read MoreCorreos, the Spanish post office, has concluded an agreement with the main unions to make 4,000 employees on fixed term contracts permanent. The company says this culminates the process started in April 2003 to make 6,000 temporary workers permanent.
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Read MoreUK logistics firm TDG wins 100 mln stg Argos deal
Read MoreDHL, Federal Express and UPS are expanding their business in Taiwan, building more cargo service centers, signing up more airlines, as well as improving hardware and software facilities so as to provide integrated business solutions.
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