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DHL looks to Cathay for expansion in the region

Posted by | May 31, 2002 | |

DHL Worldwide Express’ expansion plans in Hong Kong, which include the lone bid for the dedicated express terminal at Chek Lap Kok, have seen the integrator start the search for a dedicated freighter fleet, according to a top executive.
John Mullen, DHL Worldwide Express (Asia-Pacific) chief operating officer, said one of the options being examined for its continuing expansion was the joint purchase with Cathay Pacific of a mid-range fleet of cargo aircraft.
“We need to expand and joint fleet ownership with Cathay is one of the possibilities we are looking at for the next stage.

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Lost Mail: Spotlight on Sepomex

Posted by | May 31, 2002 | |

Mexico’s postal service looks to monopoly as a solution to its financial woes

You can’t blame them for trying. The Mexican Postal Service (Sepomex) first began losing money in 1999, but by 2000, losses were reaching $200 million pesos a year, and $600 million pesos in 2001.

But now, the state-owned company is crying foul over what it calls “illegal competition” from well-known private foreign and domestic courier companies. The massive influx of competition has been further exasperated by the increasing popularity of email. In the face of its imminent demise Sepomex, the Transport and Communications Secretariat has sent a controversial reform proposal to the Chamber of Deputies that has private courier companies barking mad. The proposal would consolidate Sepomex’s position within the market and so assure its survival, that has companies like Multipack, DHL, Fedex and UPS barking mad.

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La Poste to grow

Posted by | May 31, 2002 | |

In its own workds, the French postal service is ‘France‘s largest employer‘. Currently, La Poste has 330,000 on its payroll. Whereas state-owned and state-managed postal services in many other countries of the EU have been steadily reducing their headcount over the years, the French company has decided to go in the opposite direction.

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Letter to FT from Stuart Bell MP

Posted by | May 31, 2002 | |

Sir, By creating independent regulatory bodies, the government nevertheless finds it cannot walk away from its responsibilities towards the national economy. Postcomm may be independent but the government would not escape electoral responsibility for an over-hasty opening of the postal markets.

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Letter to FT from Graham Corbett

Posted by | May 31, 2002 | |

Sir I was surprised at your suggestion that the way Postcomm has introduced competition into postal services has damaged our credibility (“Post con”, May 30). You would presumably have preferred us to ignore the comments made to us during the consultation process and brought down the postal service in a welter of industrial action and market confusion.

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New Indian postal rates from next month

Posted by | May 31, 2002 | |

The new postal rates announced in the current budget would be effective from June 1.
The rate of post cards have not been increased under the new rates.The new postal rates announced by the Department of Posts (DoP) include Rs 5 for transportation of envelopes weighing 20 grammes instead of the previous rate Rs 4.
An inland letter will cost Rs 3 instead of Rs 2 while printed post cards would cost Rs 6 instead of Rs 3.

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Carriers Compete for Spanish Post Contract

Posted by | May 30, 2002 | |

On Friday the Spanish post office will award the 9.61m euro contract for night postal flights in 2003. Yesterday Alberto Nunez-Feijoo, chairman of the post office, announced that Air Europa, Spanair (which currently provides the service), Boreal, Farconi and Charter are competing for the contract. The contract involves aeroplanes from Santiago de Compostela, Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, Malaga and Vitoria flying to Madrid airport and back again. It complements the service which the post office provides using the space reserved on Iberia flights, and strengthens the surface distribution network. The Spanish post office is currently restructuring its distribution model.

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Post Office best suited for E-Commerce transactions

Posted by | May 30, 2002 | |

The Post Office is to become the preferred authentication service provider in terms of the Electronic Communications and Transaction Bill, adopted by Parliament’s communications committee yesterday.
The bill is intended to promote the use of e-commerce by establishing a legislative framework for electronic transactions, as well as for the authentication of electronic signatures.
The committee felt the Post Office had the infrastructure and geographic spread to act as a preferred authentication service provider. It would act in this capacity particularly for government, but also for the public.

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