Executive Summary of 2006 Greek Postal Sector Survey
Executive Summary of 2006 Greek Postal Sector Survey
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DHL increases air network capacity for Manila & Hong Kong
DHL has further strengthened its Asia Air Network by increasing the uplift capacity for its dedicated Manila and Hong Kong air service to meet growing cargo demand.
The enhanced dedicated service, operated by an Air Hong Kong B727-200 freighter, provides a cargo capacity of 24 tons, up from 19 tons previously. The flight frequency has also been increased from four to five times a week. This represents a total payload capacity of 240 tons or a 58 percent (88 tons) increase in payload capacity for the service. Air Hong Kong is a 60/40 joint venture between Cathay Pacific and DHL.
According to the Economist Intelligence Unit, exports from the Philippines to China grew by an average of 43.8 percent between 2000 and 2005, while imports from China to the Philippines grew by an average of 30.5 percent in the same period. As a consequence, cargo volumes between Manila and Hong Kong are anticipated to rise significantly.
DHL’s Asia Air Network currently comprises more than 30 destinations in 16 countries and territories, served by over 20 aircraft in dedicated air operations. This allows major Asia Pacific cities and other business centers to be interconnected through DHL’s regional hubs and gateways, providing DHL’s customers with overnight services across the region.
Read MoreLebanese can now pay phone bills at post office
Land-line subscribers who are frustrated with the long queue at OGERO’s cashiers can now pay their phone bills through LibanPost, Telecommunications Minister Marwan Hamadeh said on Thursday.
Hamadeh made the announcement after signing an agreement with LibanPost at the Telecommunications Ministry.
Land-line subscribers can now pay their bills in any LibanPost office at a cost of LL1,000 in postal charges.
LibanPost will also send their mailmen to the homes and offices of land-line subscribers to collect the bills in exchange for a LL1,500 fee.
According to Hamadeh, “The new services confirm that LibanPost is a reliable and trustworthy courier that will serve all the citizens and companies.”
Since OGERO reduced the three-month billing period to one month in August, many subscribers have complained that they spend too much time – often an entire day – standing in line to pay their telephone bill.
There are currently more than 650,000 land-line subscribers in Lebanon.
Hamadeh said that his ministry and OGERO are doing their best to make the lives of subscribers easier.
OGERO recently reduced the cost of international phone calls to $0.40 a minute from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. and $0.20 from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m.
Read MoreEmirates Post and Noor Islamic Bank sign MOU to Offer Financial Services for Low Income Segment
Noor Islamic Bank PJSC (“Noor”) and Emirates Post Holding Group have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a company that will offer banking services to the low income segment of the UAE population.
The new venture is in line with recent Federal Government initiatives aimed at the low income segment, and will develop specific products and services to cater to their needs.
The company will provide Sharia-compliant financial services, targeted at the low income and unbanked sectors of the population. It will leverage Noor Islamic Bank’s expertise in the provision of Sharia-compliant financial services and Emirates Post’s country-wide reach and brand reputation to offer a comprehensive basket of financial services.
Launched two weeks ago, Noor Islamic Bank has already established strategic partnerships with public sector institutions as well as the private sector. It is fast developing a reputation for being a modern, innovative and progressive Islamic financial institution, reflecting the core values of the UAE.
The proposed activities of the joint venture will include debit cards, Islamic insurance, credit cards, micro-financing, salary payments, remittances and currency exchange.
Read MoreEmpost plans USD 408m Asia acquisitions
Emirates Post said it is in talks to spend as much as 1.5 billion dirhams (USD 408.4 million) on acquisitions in Asia, including Malaysia and Singapore.
“We want to expand our network of distribution, which is why we are interested in Asia because … it completes our market,” the chairman of Emirates Post, Abdulla al-Daboos, told Reuters in Dubai on Sunday on the sidelines of a meeting with reporters.
“Our investment will be between 1 billion and 1.5 billion dirhams over five years on acquisitions in Asian companies in postal and financial services,” Daboos said.
Daboos did not identify any target companies. Other countries include Thailand and Indonesia, he said.
Empost plans to sell as much as a 40 percent stake in an initial public offering in the second-half, valuing the company at not less than 3 billion dirhams, al-Khaleej and Emirates Business reported this month, citing Daboos and Sultan al-Mansouri, Minister of Governmental Sector Development.
Read MoreDPD opens distribution hub in Melle, north-west Germany
DPD has officially put into operation its new parcel distribution centre in the town of Melle, close to Osnabrück, north-west Germany, with the aim of strengthening its network in the region and to keep up with the growing parcel volumes.
The 48,450 sqm facility is one of the main hubs in the DPD network in Germany with its latest technology and the highest sorting capacity nationwide. Up to 15,000 parcels per hour are sorted on the conveyor belts according to their routes and destinations. In total, about 60 delivery vehicles and 120 lorries operate at the 28,800 sqm yard of the depot. Since its start-up in December 2007, the depot has been handling around 100,000 parcels a day.
In addition, the EUR 20 million hub has the most transport connections to the intercity transport within the whole European DPD network and thus guarantees quick parcel delivery to all DPD locations within Germany. Moreover, direct deliveries to Benelux, France, UK, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Austria and Switzerland are operated on a daily basis. Melle is strategically located on the Amsterdam – Hanover motorway, north of the Rhine-Ruhr industrial region.
DPD said that it has also been gradually extending its product portfolio according to market demands and customer needs going from standard and express parcels and numerous other services to customized solutions within Germany as well as at an international level.
Read MoreTNT posties set to explode monopoly (UK)
TNT postmen will soon take on the Royal Mail on the streets of Scotland, the boss of the private postal operator has hinted.
Nick Wells, Chief Executive of TNT Post, told Scotland on Sunday that the company was gearing up to launch trials of its first “end-to-end” service, where items are picked up, sorted and delivered by TNT staff without any involvement from the Royal Mail.
He gave his clearest indication yet that some of the locations, which the company has so far refused to confirm, are likely to be in Scotland.
Although a number of private operators have entered the UK postal market since it was opened up to full competition in February 2006, Royal Mail continues to dominate what is referred to in the trade as the “final mile” – the actual delivery of letters and parcels to individual addresses by postmen.
Since its launch in Britain in 2003, Dutch company TNT Post has seized a 9% share of the market, yet it still has to rely on Royal Mail for the final leg of deliveries, effectively handing business back to its competitor.
Wells said: “Last year we handled over 1.8 billion items, but we give all of that back to Royal Mail. Royal Mail still do the end-to-end. We’re Royal Mail’s biggest client.”
It is understood that TNT Post is planning to launch its own end-to-end service early this year in order to reduce the amount of business it hands back to its rival.
Although Wells refused to disclose locations and timings of the end-to-end pilots for competitive reasons, he said TNT Post has been building up a sizeable business in Coatbridge, Glasgow, over the past 18 months.
However, Wells said the company had no plans to support the struggling Post Office network in Scotland, which will see up to 30 branches closed or downgraded this year.
Postcomm, the postal services regulator, recently urged private companies such as TNT Post, DHL and UPS to strike deals with the Post Office network over undelivered mail.
Read MoreEmirates Post plans USD 408m Asia acquisitions
Emirates Post, the state-owned UAE monopoly postal service, said it is in talks to spend as much as 1.5 billion dirhams (USD 408.4 million) on acquisitions in Asia, including Malaysia and Singapore.
“We want to expand our network of distribution, which is why we are interested in Asia because … it completes our market,” the chairman of Emirates Post, Abdulla al-Daboos, told Reuters in Dubai on Sunday on the sidelines of a meeting with reporters.
“Our investment will be between 1 billion and 1.5 billion dirhams over five years on acquisitions in Asian companies in postal and financial services,” Daboos said.
Daboos did not identify any target companies. Other countries include Thailand and Indonesia, he said.
Empost plans to sell as much as a 40 percent stake in an initial public offering in the second-half, valuing the company at not less than 3 billion dirhams, al-Khaleej and Emirates Business reported this month, citing Daboos and Sultan al-Mansouri, Minister of Governmental Sector Development
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