Bulgaria Post Seeking Foreign Investor
Bulgaria plans to offer a 15 year concession over state owned postal services to a foreign investor, Transport and Communication Minister Plamen Petrov said on Wednesday.
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House Panel Rejects Security Funding for USPS
The House Rules Committee late last night voted against giving the U.S. Postal Service $500 million to pay for mail sanitation equipment.
The 8-2 vote killed an amendment to an $20 billion Defense Department appropriations bill that would have been the first installment of funds on the $3 billion that Postmaster General John Potter requested to help pay for equipment to rid the mails of biological agents such as anthrax.
Far East Mail Market
Presentation of the postal markets in Asia. Countries explored are China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam.
Read MoreFinland Post Launches IT Company
Finland Post has established a new company to provide information technology services to the group. In addition to offering IT services, the company will also build learning centres for the postal group.
Read MoreStinnes Weighs Possible Acquisitions in U.S.
German logistics group Stinnes is planning to strengthen the activities of its transport subsidiary Schenker next year according to chairman Wulf Bernotat. This will involve acquisitions in the US.
Read MoreFedEx recognized for e-Business and Web-site excellence
For the second consecutive year FedEx has won the Best Transportation Web Site award in the Web Marketing Association’s 2001 WebAwards, in addition to winning Best Portal Web Site and Standard of Excellence honors. Also, eWeek ranks FedEx No. 2 in its annual list of leading e-business innovators, just behind General Electric, in its recently published FastTrack 500.
Read MoreFedEx Vies With UPS for More Profit From Ground Deliveries
FedEx Corp. Chairman Frederick Smith says his company is engaged in one of the most significant transformations in corporate history. His plan, which he hatched a decade ago, is for FedEx to expand from its original business -shipping documents by overnight plane – to shipping packages of all sizes and shapes, with trucks as well as planes and at speeds selected by customers.
Read MoreConsignias logistics solutions invests GBP1million in LIS supply chain systems to enhance its logistics operation
Consignia’s logistics solutions has invested over GBP1million in supply chain software at its national distribution centre in Swindon. The Dispatcher-WMS warehouse management system from LIS is now managing the end-to-end inventory handling requirements of Consignia’s logistics clients, underpinning the company’s ambitious plans to continue to grow as a leading player in providing bespoke supply chain services.
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