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TNT delivers world's largest zero emissions fleet (UK)

Posted by | May 12, 2008 | |

TNT launched the world’s largest fleet of zero emission vehicles, enabling it to reduce its carbon footprint by 1.3 million kg of CO² a year.

TNT’s new 100-strong fleet of unique battery-powered ‘Newton’ style delivery trucks will replace diesel equivalents over the next 18 months. The amount of CO² saved by the environmentally-friendly 7.5 tonne lorries will be enough to fill Wembley Stadium.

The Newton models, manufactured by Smith Electric Vehicles in Tyne and Wear, are the first ever pure electric vehicles in their class that can compete in performance terms with diesel equivalents and, at the same time, deliver a 100 pct reduction in CO² emissions and exhaust air pollutants at the point of use.

The first tranche of 50 trucks will initially operate from TNT locations in London, Basildon, Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Durham, Edinburgh, Enfield, Glasgow, Leeds, Leicester, Luton, Northampton, Oxford, Paisley, Preston and Wolverhampton. In addition, TNT is also piloting other Smith Electric battery powered vans and trucks in the Netherlands, with a view to rolling them out across its wider European operations.

In 2007, TNT topped the prestigious Dow Jones Sustainability Index achieving an overall rating of 91 out of a possible 100 – the highest recorded score of any company on the DJSI. The feat was all the more remarkable given the nature of TNT’s business.

TNT Express Services, in partnership with vehicle manufacturers, Smith Electric Vehicles, is unveiling the first trucks in the GBP 7 million ‘green fleet’ at the London Wetland Centre.

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DHL opens new terminal in St. Petersburg (RUS)

Posted by | May 12, 2008 | |

DHL opened a new terminal in St. Petersburg to handle the rapidly growing volume of DHL customers in the North West region of Russia. The new terminal, located on Pyaty Predportovy Proezd in close proximity to Pulkovo airport, will serve as a central sorting, processing and transit facility for international and domestic shipments in St. Petersburg and the North West region.

The terminal occupies 13,000 square meters, of which 9,500 are designated for operations and 3,500 for office facilities. One of the most advanced facilities operated by DHL in Russia, the new terminal is aimed at handling and sorting goods for DHL customers not only in St. Petersburg, but in cities including Murmansk, Arkhangelsk, Syktyvkar and Velikiy Novgorod.

The terminal is capable of handling 500 tonnes of material daily, and is equipped with its own emergency power supply to ensure uninterrupted service in the event of a power failure. There are 80 parking spaces for DHL vehicles next to the terminal. In addition to the terminal and office facilities, DHL is opening a new Service Point in Pulkovo to add to its existing network.

DHL Express opened in Russia in 1984 with a head office in Moscow. It currently has over 130 offices and 12,000 customers in Russia, and serves more than 500 towns and cities within Russia.

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New UPS facility in Arkansas to accomodate future growth (U.S)

Posted by | May 12, 2008 | |

UPS announced it is opening a new 48,000-square-foot package sorting and delivery facility in Springdale, doubling the capacity of its older building. The new USD 12.5 million facility spans 13 acres.

“The new Springdale building will allow UPS to process more package volume in less time, which will definitely benefit our customers,” said James B. Smith, UPS vice president, Mid South District. “Northwest Arkansas is the fastest growing region in the state and the sixth fastest in the nation, so we wanted to make sure UPS was positioned to serve this rapidly developing area efficiently.”

The facility at 371 N. Monitor Road replaces a former UPS building located at 419 East Robinson. The new building can accommodate up to 108 delivery trucks and can sort up to 8,000 packages per hour. The old building could service up to 78 delivery trucks and sorted about 4,000 packages per hour. The new facility also features a modern UPS customer counter inside to handle any customer shipping needs.

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Axis optimistc about UK growth

Posted by | May 12, 2008 | |

Axis Intermodal, the European transport equipment contract hire group, increased turnover and profits last year, and remains confident of further growth within its UK operations. Preliminary results for the year ending 31 December 2007 show turnover increased by 32 pct to GBP 12m, with pre-tax profits and share-based payment increasing to GBP 646,000, compared with GBP 601,000 in 2006.

Early indications show that the December launch of its marine containers lease business, SeaAxis, has been successful and allowed penetration into the Far East and US markets. Its UK performance was in line with expectations its contract hire fleet grew by 93 pct for the year and its customer base by 43 pct.

Axis Intermodal was established in 1995 to take advantage of the growing market for intermodal swapbodies. Its customers include DHL Exel, Geopost and Kerry Logistics.

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UPS Freight accelerates shipping for customers in 11 States (U.S)

Posted by | May 12, 2008 | |

UPS Freight announced it has reduced transit times on nearly 1,000 traffic lanes originating in metropolitan areas in the Southwest and Southeast to points across the United States.

Transit times have been reduced by one or two days from points in 11 states, including Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas. The customer improvements are being made without adjusting rates.

The latest round of enhancements follow the more than 8,000 lanes that were improved nationwide by the company in 2007.

Similar network improvements, in a phased plan, will be made throughout other regions of the country later this year. Specific lane enhancements and updated time-in-transit maps may be viewed on ltl.upsfreight.com.

Examples of the network enhancements include placing all of New England under a two-day delivery umbrella from Memphis, Tenn., and shipments from Charlotte, N.C., reaching destinations as far as Dallas and Columbia, Mo., in two days.

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Bills an untapped marketing opportunity

Posted by | May 12, 2008 | |

It’s not all that widely recognised that customers pay greater attention to their bills than probably any other form of communication that they receive from businesses.

On face value that may sound like a negative result, but it also provides businesses with a tremendous sales and marketing opportunity. And the opportunity is one that many Australian businesses are yet to capitalise on.

Grant Stewart, managing partner of the strategic marketing agency Vectis, says that many businesses are realising the value of including targeted marketing messages on the transactional mail that they’re already sending to their customers.

“Most businesses have always viewed their transactional mail, such as bills and account statements, as quite distinct from the direct mail that they send out,” explains Grant. “But that shouldn’t be the case any more.

“This type of essential mail is an ideal medium for selling to existing customers, because we know that they actually spend time analysing the bills and accounts that they receive via the mail.

“We’re advising our clients to stop thinking of their transactional mail as just a cost and to start viewing it as an opportunity to generate revenue. When they actually see the return on investment that can be earned from a clever campaign, that’s when they start thinking of transactional mail as a serious marketing tool.”

Grant’s belief that customers pay close attention to their bills and account statements is supported by the findings of a British study from 2005 by The Henley Centre, called Beyond the Gate.

This study, which looked at how people process and prioritise their mail, found that most people dedicate an average of five minutes to reading their bills and account statements. From this, the researchers concluded that transactional mail actually provides a valuable opportunity for brand engagement – and selling.

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Syslore to deliver an address recognition system for Itella (FIN)

Posted by | May 12, 2008 | |

Itella Mail Communication and the Finnish software company Syslore Ltd. have signed a contract for the delivery of an address recognition and matching system for mail sorting and electronic message delivery services. By adopting the Syslore mCorrection Receiver Matching EngineTM (RME) fuzzy matching system, Itella will improve the address and receiver recognition quality in their hybrid and electronic message delivery service and increase the level of automation in their mail sorting process. The system will be deployed to all Itella address recognition processes by 2010 in Finland and abroad. The contract is worth over four million euros. “With this investment, we want to intensify and automate physical and electronic address recognition processes. Our goal is to ensure the profitability of the delivery business and to be able to provide quality delivery services for our business and consumer customers also in the future,” says Kari Kivikoski, Senior Vice President, Itella Mail Communication. http://www.syslore.com/

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