The Postal Services Department yesterday upgraded its fast ‘Speed Mail’ service with super fast mail service it called ‘Mail Gagas’ or ‘Rush Mail’ that delivers mail to any place within the Brunei-Muara area in under three hours.
The 10-year-old ‘Speed Mail’ that delivers mail within 24 hours is no longer considered as fast at this time and could not meet the need of certain sectors of the community.
Yamato Transport Co. said Friday it has abandoned plans to enter into the mail delivery service industry, as the government’s moves to privatize the field are likely to put too many requirements on new entrants.
The contents of the privatization plan seem to “put private companies on a short leash, and you cannot expect fair competition,” said Keiji Aritomi, the president of Japan’s largest parcel delivery service operator, at a press conference.
A parcel company yesterday made more than two thirds of its staff redundant after collapsing amid financial difficulties. Blue Band Express Ltd, based at Ecclefechan near Dumfries, shed 450 jobs across the UK after calling in receivers
Read MoreFedex has launched an aggressive ground war against UPS. Fedex, long known for its next day airborne business-package deliveries, has started to encroach on UPS’s prime territory: ground shipping by truck to homes and businesses
Read MoreThe European Union is demanding that foreign companies be allowed to compete with the U.S. Postal Service as part of World Trade Organization talks that began last year.
According to a draft copy of its demands obtained by The Washington Times, Europe also wants access to American markets for municipal water and waste services. It also will call for foreign companies to be given access to Small Business Administration loans.
Daniel Caille, CEO of La Poste, the French national postal service, has resigned after barely a year in the post. It is not yet clear whether the departure is voluntary. Some observers say Mr. Caille, whose experience was in the private sector, may have found it difficult to effect change in such a weighty public company. Chairman Martin Vial is also prone to reshuffling the executive committee.
Read MoreLYNX Express and the United States Postal Service are now offering a ange of new logistics products to the transatlantic market. This article explores the potential of the partnership and how these two organisations are combining to provide the simplest way to the USA.
In recent years the worlds’ postal services have been diversifying in a drive to augment their traditional mail and light package activities with logistics and enhanced physical distribution operations. It is therefore no surprise that the largest of these players, the United States Postal Service, is extending its proposition with a series of alliances across the globe.
25 April 2002 Kerry Logistics, A Hong Kong based company and a subsidiary of Kerry Properties Limited has bought 91% of TridentInternational Limited in the UK for £7,245,000.
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