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Romanian Post to provide Internet services and invoice payment

Posted by | Jan 20, 2004 | |

Post offices belonging to Romanian Post National Company (CNPR) will start providing Internet access services this year as well as possibility to pay invoices for taxes or other fees through their offices, said on Sunday the Minister of Communication and IT, Dan Nica. During a meeting with CNPR representatives Minister Nica said that Romanian Mail is planning to upgrade its equipments and thus it would have the necessary resources to provide such resources.

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Chilean DHL Express hopes to speed up growth

Posted by | Jan 20, 2004 | |

DHL Express, the express and logistics arm of Deutsche Post World Net, will launch new services in Chile over 2004 in an attempt to register annual growth rates of 20%. The strategy is aimed at consolidating its expansion and leading position in the domestic market.

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DHL ponders moving hub to Leipzig, Germany

Posted by | Jan 20, 2004 | |

Deutsche Post AG have said no decision has been made on moving the European hub of its DHL express package carrier from Brussels airport to a new location -but that the German city of Leipzig was in the running if it chose to quit Belgium.

“There are capacity problems (in Brussels) which have to be resolved,” said Ina Quilling, a spokeswoman for Deutsche Post which owns DHL.

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Belgian PM supports DHL’s expansion plans

Posted by | Jan 20, 2004 | |

Dutch prime minister, Guy Verhofstadt, has stated that DHL must keep its European head office in Belgium, preferably at Zaventem international airport near Brussels.

The PM spoke to the media after a two-day government meeting following threats by DHL that it may move its European hub from Brussels if the Belgian authorities don’t approve the company’s growth plans. Local residents are strongly opposed to DHL’s plans to operate additional night flights out of Zaventem airport.

In an attempt to appease both the anti-noise opponents and DHL, Verhofstadt suggested a compromise: DHL could be allowed to expand its operations until September 2004. If the parties fail to find a solution that is acceptable to all, then the government would consider the implications of losing DHL to another airport.

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UPS Express operations in Japan to become wholly-owned

Posted by | Jan 20, 2004 | |

UPS has announced it will acquire the minority shareholding of its joint-venture partner in Japan, Yamato Transport Co. Effective April 1, 2004, the joint-venture company, UPS Yamato Express Co. will become a wholly-owned company of UPS.

“As the world’s second largest economy, Japan is a very important market for UPS,” said Ken Torok, president of UPS Asia Pacific. “The wholly-owned company will strengthen our express operation and complement our existing global distribution and logistics capabilities.”

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UK Royal Mail’s prospects to become clearer

Posted by | Jan 20, 2004 | |

Royal Mail’s prospects will become clearer over the next few months as the postal market opens up to meaningful competition for the first time.

Talks between Royal Mail and its rival UK Mail will set a precedent on how much private sector operators will have to pay to use the postal network. The figure for this “access charging” will be crucial in determining how attractive the market is to new entrants.

Companies such as Deutsche Post and TPG, of the Netherlands, are keen to start delivering business mail in Britain. But Royal Mail will try to hold on to some of this lucrative trade to offset losses from its universal postal service.

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