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Lost post a major complaint

Posted by | Aug 9, 2002 | |

SCOTLAND’S new postal watchdog received 1163 complaints from the public about the mail service in its inaugural year.
The first annual report from Postwatch Scotland revealed that the majority of complaints were about letters and parcels lost in the post or that did not turn up on time.
The good news is that Postwatch Scotland was able to secure (pounds) 33,000 in compensation for a number of Consignia’s customers.
Postwatch Scotland also managed to restore six-day delivery to some areas.

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Guangdong to open logistics industry to overseas investment

Posted by | Aug 8, 2002 | |

The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation has chosen south China’s Guangdong Province as one of the first regions to be opened to overseas investment in the logistics sector.
According to sources with the Guangdong Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Department, the opening up will be conducted on a trial basis and will also be introduced to east China’s Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces and major Chinese cities like Beijing, Tianjin, Chongqing, Shanghai and Shenzhen.
Overseas investors will be permitted to set up logistics firms and invest in international logistics businesses as Sino-foreign cooperative ventures or Sino-foreign joint ventures. Registered capital from these enterprises must be no less than US$5 million.

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Japan Post Competitors to Seize Market Share

Posted by | Aug 8, 2002 | |

A potentially profitable regulatory change [Japan] has landed on the doorstep of parcel delivery companies. And Yamato Transport Co. is wasting no time in getting the wrapping off its new business plans. The nation’s largest private parcel delivery service and some of its rivals plan to expand their home delivery of unsolicited direct mail, magazines and catalogs. These moves are a response to the government’s recent decision to relax regulations governing the sort of mail the private sector is permitted to handle. Posts minister Toranosuke Katayama opened the door for private delivery companies to snare a bigger share of the fast-growing market on July 4, when he told a Diet committee that certain kinds of direct mail will no longer be regarded as ‘personal letters.’

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German team visits Emirates Post

Posted by | Aug 8, 2002 | |

A high-ranking delegation from Germany’s Deutsche Post recently visited Emirates Post.
The German Delegation comprised Klaus Knappik, Chairman of the Management Board, Dr Gerhard Kompf, Managing Director, and Michael Culme Seymour, Regional Manager Asia Pacific.The delegates discussed with Emirates Post’s officials the possibility of exchanging expertise and the methods used to enhance the postal services standards.
They toured Al Ramool Automated Sorting Centre and the International Transit Hub in Dubai Airport and were acquainted with the special services Emirates Post is providing through its modern facilities.
Abdulla Al Daboos, Emirates Post Director General, said: “The interest expressed by Deutsche Post is very welcome and is an indication of the work that has been carried out to establish the Emirates Post facility.”
Al Daboos has a presentation on Emirates Post’s operational and organisational restructuring as well as the state-of-the-art products recently introduced in light of the corporation’s new identity, set of values, vision and mission.

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Early mail bid a huge failure

Posted by | Aug 8, 2002 | |

A ROYAL Mail experiment to charge businesses for early postal deliveries has flopped, with just one firm out of 36,000 agreeing to pay the pounds 10-a-week fee.
The result came from the first of 14 nationwide trials – cutting out the second post – which was launched in Plymouth, Devon, three weeks ago.
And yesterday, Gary Hepburn, of mail watchdog group Postwatch, predicted the Royal Mail would be lucky to get more than one business in the whole country to pay up.

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Kuehne & Nagel expands its global network in Central Asia

Posted by | Aug 8, 2002 | |

The acquisition of a sixty per cent ownership stake in Ibrakom – with an option for the remaining shares – is of strategic importance for the Kuehne & Nagel group, coming at a time of political changes and growing importance of this region with respect to its trading activities. Besides Azerbaijan, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey, where Kuehne & Nagel has been operating for years, the group has now created access to the emerging markets in Afghanistan, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. In addition, customers will benefit from approximately 160.000 square meters of warehousing, distribution and terminal space, thus enabling Kuehne & Nagel to complement its freight forwarding services with contract logistics capabilities.

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Rivlin seeks 1.2% average cut in mail rates

Posted by | Aug 7, 2002 | |

Minister of Communications Reuven Rivlin has asked for an average 1.2% reduction in mail rates. The Knesset Economics Committee today discussed the Israel Postal Authority’s proposal not to revise the NIS 1.20 rate for domestic letters, while cutting the tariff for bulk mail by 5.2 and raising the rates for other services by an average of 1.6%

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