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Parcel service German-style: eliminating deliverymen

Posted by | Apr 8, 2003 | |

Germany’s postal service is gradually eliminating the deliverymen at its parcels service, announcing Tuesday it would set up 500 new automated locker rooms for do-it-yourself customers. Declaring a pilot project that began in January 2002 with 90 locker-rooms a success after 55,000 customers used the service, Deutsche Post said it would expand it from the Frankfurt and Dortmund areas to four other main urban areas. When a parcel has to be picked up, customers receive an SMS text on their mobile phone. They then drive over to the “parcel station”, insert a plastic card in a machine and enter a secret number. A box in the wall opens automatically. The parcel is inside.

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Deutsche Post PACKSTATION to be expanded even further

Posted by | Apr 8, 2003 | |

Due to PACKSTATION’s success during its piloting phase the parcel machines will now be making their appearances in other cities. This innovative service from Deutsche Post allows the customer to both pick up and send parcels literally around the clock. Up until now, PACKSTATION was being tested in the cities of Dortmund, Mainz, Frankfurt, Offenbach and Bad Vilbel. The primary focus of this alternative service’s expansion is the Rhine-Main region as well as other metropolitan areas. The results of the pilot project were more than convincing: As of January 2002 more than 55,000 customers have used PACKSTATION for parcel pick-up and dispatch from a total of 90 machines.

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Tibbett and Britten to manage Homebase operations

Posted by | Apr 8, 2003 | |

Following the award of a long-term warehouse management contract to Tibbett & Britten Group plc in February 2000, Homebase, a DIY retailer in the UK, has placed all its primary and secondary transport operations in the hands of the logistics service provider. Commencing on 1 July 2003, the contract nearly doubles Tibbett & Britten’s business with Homebase, taking total revenues to around £33 million (€48 million) a year.

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Spanish Transportes Azkar To Co-Operate with German Rhenus

Posted by | Apr 8, 2003 | |

Spanish transport and packaging company Transportes Azkar, will co-operate with German transport company Rhenus, under a recently signed agreement between the Azkar’s logistics subsidiary Azkar Logistica and Rhenus, it was reported on April 3, 2003.

Rhenus will introduce operations in Spain and Portugal and Azkar will enter the northern European market under the agreement.

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Airborne Inc criticizes airline ownership proposal

Posted by | Apr 8, 2003 | |

Airborne Inc. lashed out at rival package carriers United Parcel Service and FedEx Corp. over a proposal being considered by the U.S. Senate to toughen ownership rules for air carriers. “It is no surprise that they would attempt to protect their duopoly in any way they can,” Airborne said in a statement Monday. “Their attempts to delay our transaction will limit opportunities for American workers and deny choice to American consumers.” Representatives of UPS and FedEx denied that they are trying to quash competition.

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UPS and Fedex lock horns with DHL

Posted by | Apr 8, 2003 | |

US parcel giants UPS and Federal Express have scored the first hit in a bitter dogfight with German-owned DHL over its USD1bn bid for domestic package delivery operator Airborne Express. Intense lobbying by UPS and FedEx has added a single but significant sentence to Senate legislation intended to approve USD 80bn of funding for the war with Iraq. The amendment means that any company receiving more than 50% of its operating revenue from a foreign entity or ‘not effectively controlled by citizens of the United States’ cannot carry military cargo.

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French post office goes ahead with savings plan

Posted by | Apr 8, 2003 | |

The French post office (La Poste) is planning to launch its employee-savings programme at the end of the month. It hopes to have attracted deposits to the value of 130m euros by the end of 2003, rising to 2.6bn euros in the longer term. According to the French financial press, the La Poste venture will need a partner and financial advisers if it is to succeed.

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