Hellmann Worldwide Logistics is setting up a dedicated division focusing totally on integrated logistics services.
Hellmann Integrated Logistics Solutions will be headquartered in Miami and headed by Michael Claus, MD of Hellmann Network Inc, but will operate globally.
Jost Hellmann, managing partner of the group, said integration supply chain solutions were in growing demand from customers.
Read MoreAn administrative law judge will resolve the dispute over the ownership of DHL Airways as part of an amendment to the USD79 billion Wartime Supplemental Appropriations bill approved by the House and Senate on Saturday. The amendment, sponsored by Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, also prohibits DHL Airways from carrying Defense Department cargo for the next six months. DHL had no comment on the amendment. UPS said it “reaffirms UPS’s longstanding concern regarding Deutsche Post’s ownership and control of DHL Airways.” UPS added that it looks forward to “the expeditious appointment of an administrative law judge.”
Read MoreAnxiety about job security is mounting among Airborne staff in Europe in the wake of DHL’s proposed acquisition of the company. DHL would not confirm the scale of any redundancies if the deal gets the goahead from regulators. But at a meeting with senior management from both companies in London on 4 April, Airborne’s European managers expressed concern that many jobs would go and most Airborne offices in Europe would close. The meeting was told that the acquisition was 90% certain to get past the authorities, and while the best staff would be retained, there could be no guarantee that any jobs were safe.
Read MoreDuring the opening session of one of the premier gatherings of business mailers, mailing industry leaders and postal managers – the National Postal
Forum – Postmaster General John E. Potter told the thousands of attendees in the
audience, “Now is the time to revitalize the mailing industry. Now is the time for us to modernize the Postal Service. And now is the time for us to work together to make the most of a long period of postage rates stability.”
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Read MorePostalAnnex+, the nation’s second ranked postal services franchise, today announced that they will continue to provide customers with a choice in shipping. Amid news of competitor MBE undergoing a massive franchise renaming effort, PostalAnnex+ points out that this will mean a reduction in shipping options provided by the newly branded UPS Stores, which will no longer be part of the FedEx Authorized ShipCenter(R) program. PostalAnnex+ sees a huge opportunity to step in and fill the void left by the competition. All of its 270 service centers are both UPS Authorized Shipping Outlets as well as FedEx Authorized ShipCenters.
Read MoreLatvijas Pasts postal company shareholders general meeting Monday dismissed from the office company director general Aivars Droiskis and two board members over entering in disadvantageous contracts for construction of sorting facility for the postal company. Latvia’s Transport Ministry deputy state secretary Uldis Laksevics, acting as Latvijas Pasts shareholders general meeting, told reporters Monday the sorting complex arrangements “were highly unsuccessful”.
Read MoreYamato Transport Co plans to double the number of its parcel collection points to 5,000 in five years in an effort to better compete with Japan Post, which operates about 24,700 post offices nationwide, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported, citing company sources. Yamato hopes to set up more collection points in shops and other convenient locations and establish new offices dedicated to its direct mail service.
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