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New DHL Express Center offers greater convenience

Posted by | Jun 30, 2008 | |

DHL will on 1 July inaugurate a new package drop-off center in central Nagoya – the DHL Sakae Express Center.

The new drop-off center will enhance convenience for customers in the city center, complementing DHL’s standard shipment pick-up services.

DHL established the new Express Center in PRESS-TALK’s Fushimi branch, under a business entrustment agreement with Digital Printing Studio, Inc. (shop name; PRESS-TALK) a specialist in on-demand and small-lot printing that supports SOHO users, advertising agencies and production companies, by offering a wide range of services from data management and design to printing and binding. The DHL Sakae Express Center will accept documents and packages dropped off at the facility by DHL account holders.

Notably, the new Express Center offers the DHL Simple Pack service, an easy-to-use service featuring a simplified fee structure. The popular service offers dedicated envelopes and boxes, the shipment fees for which are not calculated according to weight but according to destination zone (Asia Pacific, America, or Europe / other regions).
These fixed fees are not subject to adjustments based on monthly rate fluctuations in jet fuel surcharges.

DHL currently operates 10 Service Centers (sales, delivery and collection centers) in the Chubu (Central Japan) region, but decided to establish a new Express Center to further enhance its services to customers in the Nagoya area.

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ENPO develops postal investments (Egypt)

Posted by | Jun 29, 2008 | |

As a means to expand the postal infrastructure in Egypt, the Egyptian National Post Organization (ENPO) announced the establishment of the first integrated pan-Arab post network under the auspices of the Arab Telecommunications and Information Council of Ministers.

The postal network is expected to act as an umbrella under which Arab postal organizations cooperate to develop the sector and contribute to on-going socioeconomic development among the member states in the network.

Another purpose is to establish an Arab common market capable of competing in global markets and setting socio-economic development strategies in the member countries, he added.

The network project makes use of the geographical location in offering logistical solutions and putting into action the agreements signed among member Arab countries.

The project will also help put future strategies to refresh mail and financial services, while making use of e-commerce applications and state-of-the-art technologies.

The mechanisms of carrying out the project depend on a number of tracks that include organizing a periodic international forum to demonstrate the Arab experiences in the postal sector. This step also encompasses holding bilateral and multilateral meetings besides organizing any required actual and virtual workshops where experiences and views can be exchanged.

A database for the Arab post sector will also be designed to help empower the decision-making process and formulate the strategic guidelines of the network and its member countries.

Online forums will also be developed to facilitate information exchange among the member countries and pave the way for the private sector and civil organizations to take part in the activities of the post sector.

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DHL Vietnam gives USD 35,000 to charity on 20th anniversary

Posted by | Jun 29, 2008 | |

The two charities, the Operation Smile Foundation (OSF) and the Saigon Children Charity (SCC), share a common goal of offering disadvantaged Vietnamese children access to greater opportunities.

While OSF aims to transform the future of thousands of children by providing operations to correct cleft lips and palates, the SCC helps underprivileged children receive a proper education, DHL said.

In partnership with the two charities, DHL will sponsor OSF surgeries for twenty children and donate twenty bicycles to underprivileged children through the SCC.

DHL, which commenced services in 1988, was the first international air-express company to serve Vietnam.

DHL Express serves over 40 locations in Vietnam and has the largest network in the industry.

DHL Worldwide and the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) formed the DHLVNPT Express Ltd. joint-venture company in January last year.

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Aramex is first logistics company in Middle East to use hybrid vehicles

Posted by | Jun 29, 2008 | |

Aramex announced that it has introduced four hybrid cars to its ground fleet, becoming the first logistics company to use hybrid vehicles in the Middle East. The move is part of Aramex’s bid to help reduce its carbon foot print across the region, demonstrating the company’s commitment to environmental sustainability as it takes a step toward its ambitious goal of becoming the industry’s first carbon neutral provider.

At a critical time when high oil prices are putting a strain on the industry, the use of hybrid vehicles not only helps protect the environment, but also provides a cost effective solution to soaring fuel costs.

Using pioneering technology, the environmentally-friendly hybrid vehicles operate on two engines designed to minimise fuel consumption, while reducing the harmful emission of carbon dioxide.

Running on an electric motor and switching to fuel based on the load of the engine, it is estimated that hybrid cars reduce fuel costs and carbon emissions by 50.0 pct.

In-line with the Company’s drive to reduce its impact on the environment, Aramex has switched the majority of its fleet to unleaded fuel and is now looking at ways in which it can make its entire fleet environmentally-friendly.

As part of a comprehensive strategy outlined in its annual Corporate Sustainability Report (CSR), Aramex has set aggressive environmental targets, including the reduction of carbon emissions per shipment by 50.0 pct before 2009.

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Postal Strike Threatens Businesses

Posted by | Jun 27, 2008 | |

The Israel Postal Service petitioned the Tel Aviv Labor Court to instruct its striking workers to resume work. In an initial ruling, the court instructed the workers not to intensify their strike. The employees’ union announced that it will honor the verdict but will continue the present work stoppage in its current intensity.

The union announced that it will decide upon its further actions after the next Labor Court session on the matter, which is scheduled for Sunday, and will determine its moves based on what the court decides.

Regular and registered mail are not delivered anywhere outside Israel’s urban centers (except in the Gaza Belt); ownership transfers for cars are not being carried out; diplomatic mail is not being delivered and government offices including the Knesset are not getting mail.

Regular and registered mail are not delivered anywhere outside Israel’s urban centers; government offices do not receive mail; diplomatic mail is not being delivered.

The Postal Service’s clients in the “periphery” are hardest hit. Residents of the rural Regional Councils nationwide have not been getting mail for three weeks, and businesses in the periphery are also suffering great economic hardship.

The postal workers demand a governmental “security net” for them, as the post services undergo privatization. The “security net” should include a commitment not to fire any employees beyond the 450 workers which the union agreed would retire as part of the process in which the Postal Service becomes a registered company. In addition the “net” should make sure that none of the existing wage agreements is changed.

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DHL secures Wetherspoon contract extension

Posted by | Jun 27, 2008 | |

DHL Exel Supply Chain has secured a five-year extension to its contract with high street pub chain JD Wetherspoon worth GBP 130m in total.

DHL will provide a range of services, including delivery of food and bottled beer to 689 pubs throughout the UK until 2014. The contract started in 2004.

Wetherspoon is investing in improving the serving temperatures of its lagers and wine, and therefore DHL will work with its client to ensure different products are transported at their respective correct temperatures.

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US regional express operator Velocity Express wins USD 30 million contract

Posted by | Jun 27, 2008 | |

Velocity Express announced this week that it has won a multi-year contract worth more than USD 30 million from specialty department store operator Stage Stores, Inc.

Under the agreement, Velocity Express will provide logistics services to Stage Stores’ Peebles brand stores throughout the Midwest, Northeast and Southeast. The services include daily store replenishment and vendor inbound transportation services to 310 Peebles stores, Velocity said.

Vincent Wasik, Velocity Express CEO, commented on the deal: “Our new agreement with Stage is confirmation that the top retailers recognise the value that Velocity brings to this business segment.”

Houston, Texas-based Stage Stores owns more than 715 stores throughout the United States. Under the “Peebles” name, it operates in the New England, Mid Atlantic, Southeastern and Midwestern states.

In the quarter ending December 29, 2007, Velocity Express generated revenues of USD 86.1 million, down from USD 102.3 million one year earlier, but reduced its operating loss to USD 3.9 million from the previous year’s USD 8.7 million.

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Mexican express market hit by weaker demand

Posted by | Jun 27, 2008 | |

The Mexican express market is starting to experience the impact of falling US demand and rising prices driven by higher fuel surcharges, according to a recent newspaper report. DHL is meanwhile pledging further investment in Argentina.

In Mexico, which has strong trade links with the USA, air cargo volumes dropped by 12.9 pct in the first quarter of 2008, the Reforma newspaper reported. Mexican airlines saw a 33.8 pct fall in their domestic volumes, although their international shipments rose by 18.4 pct, it said, citing figures from the Mexican civil aviation authority.

International airlines, including FedEx and UPS, suffered a combined 15.4 pct declines in volumes, it added. FedEx suffered a 73 pct decline in Mexico volumes while UPS had a 9.1 pct drop, according to official figures.

Customers started to switch business away from air transport rather than pay higher prices resulting from the rapid increase in fuel surcharges, the newspaper said. It cited UPS manager Miguel Trejo as saying that the situation was “stable” until now. But he added: “There are certain reductions in the growth expectations, however, and we are staying alert to market behaviour.”

In Argentina, in contrast, DHL Express has announced that it is maintaining its leadership of the international express market, with market shares of about 50 pct for express exports and 30 pct for imports.

Roger Crook, CEO DHL Express, International Americas, said on a recent visit to Buenos Aires that DHL would continue to invest in the market to offer customers the best possible service and a wide range of products. DHL Argentina has six operational centres linking the major cities, and operates with 90 vehicles, which it described as 30 pct more than the combined vehicle fleets of other international express operators.

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