FedEx Express has signed agreements with three Brazilian companies that will link most businesses in the country to FedEx’s global network. The three companies – Expresso Araçatuba, Rapidão Cometa and Transportadora Americana – replace numerous agents that previously worked with FedEx
Read MoreRoyal Mail can still deliver mail from one extremity of Britain to the other in less than 24 hours. The story of how a letter posted in Lands End reaches John OGroats in less than 24 hours.
Read MoreBCA extends contract with Reality for two years to deliver mail-order books
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Read MoreThe postal ministry will retain third- and fourth-class mail services when the new Japan Postal Corp. takes charge of the postal system next April
The decision represents a reversal in ministry policy, following the recommendation in December by a special research committee that third- and fourth-class delivery services be reduced or scrapped. The committee reasoned such a move would allow a new corporation a play a part in the postal system’s managementThe ministry was ready to follow suit by discontinuing the discount rates, but faced strong opposition from organizations for the disabled.
There are no plans for privatizing Russia’s postal service in the near future, Minister of Communications and Information Technology Leonid Reyman has told Prime-TASS in an interview.
Reyman, who is attending a Russian economic forum, said the postal service would be reformed into a 100-per-cent government-owned company.
European Union and United States government officials are negotiating with their mainland counterparts to resolve a simmering dispute after courier China Post declared a near-monopoly over the shipment of express documents.
The wrangle will come to a head on 30 April when express operators have to accept the new rules or face having their licences cancelled. Left unresolved, the row will cost big-name companies such as Federal Express (FedEx), DHL, TNT and United Parcel Service (UPS) billions of dollars in lost revenue.
The dispute flared in February after China Post told express cargo companies it was placing restrictions on consigments under 500 grams.
SHENZHEN will build what it has touted to be the most advanced postal services and logistics support centre in Asia.
The State Post Office and Guangdong Post Office will invest millions of dollars in building the facility, which will cover 1.18 million square feet in the Shenzhen Aviation Logistics Park, according to the Shenzhen Commercial Daily.
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