The government has no intention of keeping the country’s postal service in government hands beyond the 180-day period within which it has vowed to seek a new concessionaire for the operation, Cabinet Chief Alberto Fernandez said.
The concession was handled by Correo Argentino SA, a privately owned company.
Read MoreThe Thailand Post Company Limited in affiliation with Ek-Chai Distribution System Company Limited have launched their first franchise post offices.
Minister of Information and Communication Technology Surapong Suebwonglee presided over the opening ceremony of the first franchise post office at Tesco Lotus Supermarket, Prachachuen branch.
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Read MoreNightspeed Secure Worldwide Express says it has gained business from retailers with its new Printspeed service to distribute fragile marketing items and print goods.
Nightspeed collects parcels from Michael John Design and delivers them to branches of Tesco and Boots throughout the UK and southern Ireland. It also delivers promotional items for Sainsbury.
Read MoreParcelforce Worldwide has cut operational losses by 40% from £98m to £59m in the first half of the year following the termination of uneconomic contract and continue job losses.
In the past year the firm has restructured including a change in focus to entirely handling express, time-guaranteed parcels for business customers.
The pace of moving to the planned level of owner-drivers is now behind schedule due to “the prevailing industrial relations climate”.
Read MoreA prominent international scientific society has awarded UPS the 2003 INFORMS Prize for integrating operations research and managerial decision-making.
The Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS) said it was honoring UPS because the company had so embraced the application of operational research and managerial science as to affect the overall success of the entire organization.
Read MoreTAT Express, the parcels subsidiary of French post office La Poste, has presented a new redundancy plan, following the annulment of the previous one by a Tours court at the start of November. The latest plan involves 539 job cuts out of 1,500, 60 more than the previous plan. Management say they have had to increase the number of redundancies because of the deterioration of the financial situation.
Read MoreNippon Express, one of the world’s biggest international freight forwarders, has launched a domestic air and truck service to select U.S. cities. The service is initially available from Seattle and Portland to Chicago and other Midwest destinations and New York. Nippon said it will gradually expand the list of destinations it serves. The Japan-based forwarder said it’s offering three service levels – next-day, second-day and deferred. It also provides pick-ups and door-to-door delivery. Nippon launched the service late last month.
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