The next-day parcels market in Ireland today is worth IR£110m-120m (€140m-152m). SDS, the parcels arm of the Irish post office An Post, claims a 40% share and rising. Overall turnover is likely to approach IR£68m (€86m) this year and the company is profitable, unlike its sickly Parcelforce counterpart in the UK.
Read MoreParcels carrier Lynx Express is investing € 10m in the Netherlands as part of a European expansion plan which will see international traffic build to 25% of its business within five years.
Negotiations are under way for new hub premises in the Utrecht area and the company will put 100 vehicles on the Dutch roads by the end of next year, five times the size of its current fleet.
A founder member of the Euro Express network. Lynx established a direct presence in the Netherlands two years ago when its Dutch counterpart, Van Gend & Loos, was bought by Deutsche Post.
United Parcel Service could already look back on 70 years of company history when it first started offering its services outside the US in 1975.The first step beyond the borders of the United States took UPS to the north into neighbouring Canada. where it set up an independent operation in 1975.
Read MoreBernard Ascher, Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) presentation at WMEA01:
Postal and Express Delivery Services in Trade Negotiations
General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS).
U.S. proposal on express delivery services (excludes postal delivery)
Services trade negotiations – opportunity to address the impediments faced by express delivery companies.
EC proposal calls for a re-classification of postal services, and treats express delivery as a sub-sector of postal services.
Proposals by Switzerland, Mercosur, Bolivia and New Zealand more or less follow the EC classifications and favor negotiations that incorporate postal services, not just express delivery
Proposal by Hong Kong-China focuses on logistics and related services, including maritime transport and express delivery.
These proposals are publicly available on the World Trade Organization Website:
U.S. and EC Definitions of Express Delivery Services
Competitive Status of Postal and Express Delivery Services
Conclusion – trade negotiations to create conditions favorable to economic growth by removing obstacles for the movement of goods
DHL Worldwide Express has seen business pick up in the fourth quarter. Business was slow in Europe and the US, but Asia was still posting strong growth at about 10 per cent annually. The firm aims to pour US$300 million in investments in Asia to boost infrastructure network, vehicle fleet, workforce and customer service.
Read MoreLessons from Mexico – presentation by Gonzales Alarcon Osorio, Servicio Postal Mexicano at WMEA01Restructuring plan of Servicio Postal Mexicano/Mexico Post Office
I.- INTRODUCTION
II.- POSTAL REFORM AROUND THE WORLD
III.- POSTAL ACTIVITY IN MEXICO
IV.- SITUATION OF SEPOMEX
V.- RESTRUCTURING PLAN
VI.- EXPECTED RESULTS
VII.- FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE WITHOUT RESTRUCTURING
VIII.- ACTS AND ADVANCES IN THE RESTRUCTURING PLAN
IX.- BUSINESS PLAN
Creating a Positive Environment – case histories from around the world – presentation by Michael MacClancy, Triangle at WMEA01
The postal value chain
Case studies – Sweden, New Zealand, USA?, Germany
Conclusions: Protect the entrants rather than the incumbent!
Competition brings innovation
Worksharing generates another type of competition
The incumbent benefits from legal action
Identify your vision and make people aware of it
The threat is substitution!!!
Liberalisation – what are the options – presentation by Tony Begley, BPCS at WMEA01
Argentina Case Study – Argentine Post Corporation, Correo Argentino
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