A number of Americans abroad have been snared in a parcel delivery nightmare in Europe since October, when USPS quietly ditched direct delivery to 23 countries in Europe, and signed up Consignia as its single contact for the region. The switch was intended to reduce operating costs and times associated with multiple delivery points in Europe.
Read MorePalletline and RHA chairman Bob Russett has been awarded the Prince Phillip medal in recognition of his ground breaking transport system that made Palletline an example of best practice. Russett will receive his award at Buckingham Palace.
Read MoreThe European Commission said it has cleared aid from the Swedish government amounting to 44 mln eur per year to the postal operator Posten AB to cover the costs of its cash services.
Read MoreBrazil’s postal service ECT expects to launch an online mall dedicated to small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in 2002, with an 18mn reais (US$6.1mn) investment.
Read MoreA draft definition made public by the posts ministry Wednesday limited the scope of mail private companies can handle under the planned deregulation of state-run postal services by excluding most direct mail from the category.
Read MoreThe ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Wednesday approved revisions to a set of bills on postal service deregulation proposed by the government, LDP lawmakers said. At an extraordinary meeting of the policy-setting General Council held in the morning, the LDP approved changes to one of the bills on establishing a public corporation next year to take over state-run postal services.
Read MoreThe threat of a national postal workers’ strike receded today when the industry’s main union suspended a ballot for industrial action in a row over the outsourcing of jobs.
Read MoreAndrew Lester & Associates has just delivered the first of four sets of research findings on the UK parcels and packets market in 2002. The PacTrac Programme is a continuous market monitoring study that reports quarterly on parcel and packet shipments, carriers used and types of service levels required.
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