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DHL launches SME logistics solutions in Malaysia

Posted by | Feb 18, 2008 | |

DHL launched its SME Logistics Solutions, a one-stop suite of solutions to help Malaysian small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) achieve their local and international trade aspirations.

DHL Express country manager for Malaysia and Brunei, Sam Leong said the programme comes in three bundled solutions for SMEs who are exploring new markets, expanding in growing markets or establishing global presence.

The comprehensive programme brings together the combined service capabilities of DHL Express, DHL Global Forwarding and DHL Exel Supply Chain to redefine the services DHL provides to SME customers.

“DHL SME Logistics Solutions is tailored to suit all SMEs’ logistics need and requirements, depending on their growth stage and trade aspirations,” he said at the launching ceremony of the solutions here today.

“The integrated solutions help SMEs at every stage of their supply chain – so that there is no need for SMEs to deal with different companies for their logistics needs. This will then enable them to focus on their core competencies and allow DHL to handle all their logistics transportation issues and requirements,” Leong added.

The launching today was officiated by International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz.

DHL offers expertise in express, air and ocean freight, overland transport, contract logistic solutions as well as international mail services, combined with worldwide coverage and an in-depth understanding of local markets.

The company has more than 20,000 customers in Malaysia and the majority of them are SMEs.

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TNT profit drops on cost of cutting Dutch postal jobs

Posted by | Feb 18, 2008 | |

TNT NV, Europe’s second-biggest express-delivery service, posted the first profit decline in five quarters because of the cost of cutting jobs and quitting U.K. parcel services.
Fourth-quarter net income fell 22 percent to 148 million euros (USD 217 million), or 40 cents a share, from 189 million euros, or 46 cents, a year earlier, Hoofddorp, Netherlands-based TNT said today. Sales rose 8.6 percent to 3 billion euros.
TNT put aside 110 million euros in the quarter to prepare for eliminating 6,500 jobs over the next three years at its mail business in the Netherlands, which has been struggling with rising competition and the substitution of personal letters by e- mail. TNT also said it may exit the German mail business in a dispute over minimum wages for letter carriers.
TNT shares rose 24 cents, or 0.9 percent, to 27.48 euros in Amsterdam. The stock has dropped 2.7 percent this year.
Talks with unions on the workforce cutbacks are likely to conclude in the second quarter, Chief Executive Officer Peter Bakker said at a press conference today. TNT probably won’t cut more than 6,500 positions, he said.
The provision is only a “first step” and the reorganization, including spending on retraining, may cost the company as much as 175 million euros between 2007 and 2009, Bakker said. The program is designed to achieve annual cost savings of 85 million euros by 2010.
TNT also took a 28 million-euro charge in the quarter for exiting a parcel-delivery contract in the U.K.
Analysts surveyed by Bloomberg had estimated net income would rise to 249 million euros. Sales matched the median estimate. Earnings before interest and taxes fell 29 percent to 253 million euros, counter to analysts’ prediction of an increase to 378 million euros.
The postal operator plans to increase the 2007 dividend by 16 percent to 85 cents a share.
TNT has bought express-delivery companies and mail carriers abroad, including stakes in two German regional services in 2007, to prepare for the country’s market opening last month.

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TNT CEO says co may withdraw from Germany in legal spat over liberalization

Posted by | Feb 18, 2008 | |

TNT NV chief executive officer Peter Bakker has warned that TNT might withdraw from Germany if it loses its court case over the minmium wage its pays its German workers amid a dispute over the liberalisation of the German postal market.

‘If we lose the court case and the VAT situation remains, a withdrawal would be one of the possibilities,’ Bakker said at a press conference after the company’s fourth quarter results.

TNT lodged in January a lawsuit against the German state in a bid to have the alternative minimum wage it is paying its German-based workers to be declared valid.

TNT claims the German government is thwarting liberalisation of the German market by imposing a sector-wide minimum wage of up to 9.80 eur – a wage that Deutsche Post AG has already agreed on with trade union Verdi.

But the Dutch postal group claims that, unlike its rivals, Deutsche Post enjoys a VAT exemption for 40 pct of its operations in Germany.

TNT currently pays its German workers 7.50 eur per hour and claims that only Deutsche Post can afford to have the minimum wage set at the 9.80 eur level.

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UPS accelerates ground shipments for customers in eight states

Posted by | Feb 18, 2008 | |

UPS announced another step in its continuing quest to reduce ground transit times for customers, accelerating package movements between more than 12 million ZIP code pairings by one day or more. The improvements include lanes originating in eight key states and more than 70 markets and will speed up more than 75,000 packages nationwide every day.

This year’s initiative is improving service for almost half-a-million customers nationwide without changing their pick-up and delivery times. The new enhancements follow transit time improvements in 2006 that helped more than 1.2 million customers in 11 metropolitan areas.

The faster deliveries will benefit daily package pick-up customers as well as general consumers shipping via UPS.com or The UPS Store and Mail Boxes Etc. For example, shipments between Denver and Philadelphia now are guaranteed to arrive in three business days instead of five. Shipments between Pittsburgh and Dallas now are guaranteed to arrive in two business days instead of four, while ground shipments between Hartford and Chicago now will take two business days instead of three.

The eight origin areas with the latest improvements include Colorado, Connecticut, Minnesota, Pittsburgh, Montana, North Dakota, western Nebraska and Wyoming. Customers can view the improved transit times at ups.com/fast and print both outbound maps as well as inbound time-in-transit maps.

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Deutsche Post appoints Frank Appel as new CEO with immediate effect

Posted by | Feb 18, 2008 | |

Deutsche Post World Net AG said it has appointed management board member Frank Appel as its new chief executive with immediate effect.

Appel has been a member of the management board since 2002, and is currently in charge of the group’s international mail and logistics division.

He succeeds Klaus Zumwinkel, who offered to resign on Friday after his private house and offices were raided on a 1 mln eur tax fraud charge.

Deutsche Post said its supervisory board accepted Zumwinkel’s decision and thanked him for his achievements as CEO in the past 18 years.

In addition, chief financial officer John Allan’s contract was extended by two years until the end of 2010.

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TNT Supervisory Board announcements

Posted by | Feb 18, 2008 | |

TNT N.V. today announces that Mr. J.H.M. Hommen will step down as Chairman of the Supervisory Board as soon as his intended successor will be ready to take over his position as chairman. Mr. Hommen steps down as Chairman in order to comply with the Dutch Corporate Governance Code, which limits the number of supervisory board positions in Dutch listed companies a person is allowed to have. He is planning to resign as member of the Supervisory Board in 2009 in accordance with the reappointment schedule of the Supervisory Board. Mr. Hommen has been Chairman of the Supervisory Board since 2005 and a member since 1998.

The Supervisory Board nominates Mr. P. Klaver and Mr. G. Ruizendaal as new members of the Supervisory Board for appointment to the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on 11 April 2008 (AGM), whereby Mr. Klaver is the intended successor of Mr. Hommen in his position as Chairman of the Supervisory Board. Mr. Klaver is former Chairman of the Managing Board of SHV Holdings N.V. Mr. Ruizendaal is Chief Strategy Officer and Group Controller and a member of the Group Management Committee of Royal Philips Electronics N.V.

Mr. R.J.N. Abrahamsen, a member of the Supervisory Board since 2000, is nominated for reappointment at the AGM. Mr. R. W.H. Stomberg, a member of the Supervisory Board since 1998, steps down.

In accordance with the Corporate Governance Code, the Supervisory Board will notify the AGM of its intention to reappoint Mr. M.P. Bakker as CEO and member of the Board of Management of TNT N.V. and Mrs. M.C. Lombard as member of the Board of Management of TNT N.V., both for a new four year term.

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Statement of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Post AG

Posted by | Feb 18, 2008 | |

At its meeting in Bonn today, the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Post AG accepted the decision of Klaus Zumwinkel (64) to resign from his office as Chief Executive Officer of Deutsche Post AG.

The Supervisory Board expresses its thanks to Klaus Zumwinkel for the successful entrepreneurial leadership in the past 18 years and for his outstanding achievements in creating the world’s leading logistics group.

The Supervisory Board unanimously appointed Frank Appel (46) as Chief Executive Officer of Deutsche Post AG, taking effect immediately. His contract runs until October 31, 2012.

Appel has been a member of the Board of Management since 2002 and is in charge of the Corporate Division LOGISTICS, for MAIL International, for regulation management as well as the cross-divisional responsibility for the Group’s 100 largest customers (Global Customer Solutions).

The Supervisory Board also agreed to extend the contract of Chief Financial Officer John Allan (59) by two years until the end of 2010.

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24th UPU Congress to be held from 23 July to 12 August

Posted by | Feb 18, 2008 | |

The UPU International Bureau today confirmed the place and date of the 24th UPU Congress. It will take place at the Geneva International Conference Centre from 23 July to 12 August.
The next Universal Postal Congress was to be held in Nairobi. Given the situation in Kenya, the UPU Council of Administration decided by consensus to change the venue during its latest session in Berne.

UPU member countries have also been informed of the new deadlines for submitting Congress proposals. Proposals submitted until 22 March must be supported by at least two postal administrations, while those submitted after that date and until 22 May must be supported by at least eight postal administrations.

The date for applications for the posts of Director General and Deputy Director General of the International Bureau has now been set at 22 May.

The International Bureau has set up a Congress preparatory committee to organize the international meeting normally attended by some 1,500 delegates from the UPU’s 191 member countries.

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