Hyundai Express said Friday it has launched a home delivery service jointly with Asiana Airlines this month. Called “Aviation Home Delivery 5,” the special delivery service will be able to deliver goods in five hours from any city in the country, including Seoul and Jeju Island.
Read More3 May 2002 – John Roberts is likely to leave his job as Consignias Chief Executive.
Read Moreelix, the German alliance of forwarders that specialises in groupage traffic, has acquired Geodis as an exclusive partner for France and DFDS as its partner for Scandinavia and the UK/Ireland, companies which are the number ones in their respective territories. Thus in one stroke elix becomes the largest provider of systems-based groupage traffic in Europe, ahead of big players like Schenker and Danzas.
Read MoreThe global transportation and logistics company Neptune Orient Lines Ltd (NOL) reported a loss for the full year 2001 of USD 57 million. This includes the one-off provision of USD 14 million for impairment in values, particularly of various non-core property investments.
Read MoreThe image of this transport operator with interests all over Europe is largely a product of its trucks that are painted in the rather staid “Willi Betz” livery. However the modernity of the group belies the staid image: a modern IT-supported logistics network that supports the production and sales of customers in Europe, Asia Minor CentralAsia and the Near East, modern distribution centres with automated high-bay racking and trading offices for customers in niche markets. ITJ editor-in-chief Ursula Schmeling spoke with managing director Thomas Betz about the company’s image and expansion plans.
Read MoreDeutsche Post, the German postal service operator, has announced plans to open 328 new offices within Germany. This comes after a decision to increase its presence in areas where the population exceeds 2000, compared with the previous figure of 4000.
Read MoreThe French mail company La Poste now seems to be paying the price for the ambitious expansion course which CEP subsidiary GeoPost has steered in recent years. GeoPost is a holding company which groups together the activities of La Poste outside France. The service
provider is active in the parcel, express and logistics sectors. La Poste president Martin Vial puts the blame for the deficit, the first which the group has suffered in five years, squarely on the GeoPost subsidiary.
Canada Post Corporation and CGI Group Inc.
(NYSE: GIB; TSE: GIB.A) (CGI) today announced the signing of a shareholders’
agreement which finalized the terms and conditions of a new jointly-owned
information technology (IT) services company, with Canada Post Corporation as
the majority owner with 51% and CGI owning 49%. The company, plans for which
were announced in September 2001, will provide all IT services, including e-
business solutions to The Canada Post Group as well as to other postal
organizations worldwide.
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