DEUTSCHE POST, the German post office, is in talks to scoop a major delivery contract from under the nose of Consignia, the company that runs the Royal Mail.
Officials from the German group are working to seal a long-term contract with the Periodical Publishers Association (PPA) to deliver up to 700 million magazines a year on behalf of the magazine trade body’s members.
The contract is equivalent to about 4 per cent of Consignia’s business.
Read MoreEXPRESS PALLETISED FREIGHT SERVICE PROVIDER Palletways UK has introduced a new £750,000 IT system across its 71-strong member network The system, which has taken seven months to implement, offers enhanced information on consignment status from collection through to final delivery.
Read MoreFKI Logistex wins #8.4 million Austrian Post Contract
FKI Logistex, a global leader in automated material handling solutions and part
of FKI plc, announces that its FKI Logistex Crisplant operation has won a
contract from Austrian Post (Osterreichische Post AG) for a distribution and
sorting system valued at 13.45 million euros (#8.4 million). The system will be
installed in a new mail distribution centre (“Briefzentrum Ost”) in Vienna. The
scheduled handover date is August 2002.
Small local couriers come into their own for immediate deliveries within few blocks or miles I hey are (or should be) appreciably cheaper than the premium same-day services of the big express operators. Also, the locals should be faster, since they kiiow the area and can collect and deliver in one sweep rather than scheduling your consignment among a round of consolidated activities.
Read MorePrivate sector postal stakeholders will in the future
be able to participate in meetings of the Universal Postal Union’s (UPU)
main bodies. This was made possible after the UPU’s Council of
Administration, during its annual session in Berne, Switzerland, adopted the
recommendations of a High Level Group on the future development and role of
the organisation. This Group recommended the creation of a new UPU body to
be known as the Consultative Committee. This means that the UPU’s structure
will now include three interest groups, namely governments or postal
regulators, postal operators, and external stakeholders.
European sources have reported that “TPG NV said it will take the Dutch postal
regulator Opta to court over rules on revenue disclosure. The postal law
requires TPG to provide insight into the results from different categories
of its postal activities. In early 2001 TPG launched a complaint against
‘some unnecessary conditions’ Opta attached to its disclosure system. Opta
responded in mid-2001 by maintaining most of the conditions as well as
adding some additional conditions. According to TPG, the new conditions are
‘inconsistent with the system approved by Opta itself’ and as a result
‘unworkable’. TPG is asking the court to suspend Opta’s decision.
Story Filed: Thursday, October 25, 2001 6:59 AM EST
Oct 25, 2001 (NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT via COMTEX) — Sweden will not increase the postage fees at the start of next year.
Posten AB, the Swedish postal service, had reportedly requested that the rules for the postage be changed to better reflect current costs. If this had been approved, the cost of sending a so-called A-letter, which can weigh up to 20 grammes and is to be delivered the following day, would have been increased by SEK0.5, reported TT, a Swedish news agency.
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Read MoreMELBOURNE, Oct 24 AAP – Australia Post today warned the present economic climate would make it difficult to maintain its current profitability as it handed its government owners $274.5 million in dividends.
According to its annual report tabled in Federal parliament today, Australia Post delivered a net profit of $274.5 million in the year to June 30, 2001, up six per cent on the previous year.
Its total payout to the Commonwealth jumped 76 per cent and comprised an ordinary dividend of $164.7 million and a special dividend of $109.8 million.
Australia Post chairman Linda Nicholls said the result was a major achievement in the face of a difficult trading environment and economic downturn.
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