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TNT Express upgrades Clinical Express

Posted by | Dec 10, 2007 | |

TNT Express Germany said it has optimized its product range “Clinical Express Network“ by introducing additional services for night-time delivery of human and veterinary samples for laboratories and other customers according to the “UN 3373” norm.

The service includes worldwide delivery with a range of time options, Saturday delivery and late collections, and free packaging. The service also includes next-morning delivery free of charge for orders made until 2 p.m. the previous day.

According to legal standards, all diagnostic samples need a package corresponding to the packing regulation IATA/ADR P650. The packaging solution developed in Sarstedt was tested and approved by the German federal agency for material research und control (BAM).

TNT said it provides customers with the packaging solution “medpak CEN” free of charge including external and secondary packaging. The external packaging is annotated with all the stipulated declarations and labels, e.g. “UN3373” label. This also contributes to the automatic sorting of shipments within the standard network of TNT Express.

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Chronopost expects growth in Christmas parcel volumes

Posted by | Dec 10, 2007 | |

The rise of Chronopost activity is carried by the excellent prospect for the on line sales. It is expected that Christmas sales on Internet will pass the 3 billion euros (against 2,5 billion euros in 2006) and more than 20 million online purchaser (Source: Fevad). It is estimated that each online french purchaser will spend on average 413 euros on the Web in this end of the year (Source: Forrester Research).

Express carrier Chronopost is expecting strong growth in parcel volumes this Christmas as it benefits from the growth of e-commerce sales in France.

The La Poste subsidiary said it expects to deliver a total of 6.5 million parcels during December, with weekly growth rates of 15 pct in the first week of December, 25 pct in the second, and 45 pct in the third.

To cope with the additional volumes, Chronoposts has set up 650 additional delivery rounds a day during the peak period and more than 100 additional linehaul connections. It will deliver parcels throughout Saturday, December 22 as well as on December 24.

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TNT Innight-Group under new guidance

Posted by | Dec 10, 2007 | |

Philip Alliet, 39, was appointed new Chairman of TNT Innight Management Europe GmbH and the German TNT Innight Innight GmbH & CO. Kg branch.

Mr Alliet’s new tasks include focusing on the niche market night express. Mr Alliet was a former Group Director of Parcels and Express at Belgium’s La Poste.

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TNT Express France expects boom in online order deliveries

Posted by | Dec 10, 2007 | |

TNT Express France expects to triple its home delivery volumes this Christmas thanks to the e-commerce boom in France, and handle a total of about six million express parcels in December.

For the Christmas period this year, the number of online orders is expected to be much higher than for the same period in 2006. The French association Fevad (Federation of e-commerce and mail order trading) expects a turnover of EUR 3 billion in online shopping in France this year which would amount to a 22 pct increase compared to Christmas 2006. Some traders are expecting a tenfold increase in online sales.

TNT Express France, which is the delivery partner for about 150 online retail sites, said it has adapted the capacity and resources of its operational network to cope with the strong rise in the quantity of parcels to be delivered to consumers.

TNT will ensure express delivery of presents on Saturday 22 December as well as Monday 24 December. As part of the special service, TNT will offer a 24-hour delivery service until Christmas Eve.

This innovative service ensures maximum comfort especially when it comes to home delivery, TNT said. If consumers are not at home at the time of delivery, the parcels are automatically transported to the next Relais Colis parcel drop-off point. The recipient is then informed by SMS where the item can be picked up. TNT uses a network of 3,800 Relais Colis networks.

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USPS signs 42 year lease at new commerce centre

Posted by | Dec 10, 2007 | |

The United States Postal Service has signed a 500,000-sf, 42-year lease for a distribution center to be located at the Ave, Aviation and Commerce Center near the Opa-Locka Executive Airport. Terms of the lease agreement–the first signed at the Ave, Aviation and Commerce Center–were not disclosed.

The distribution center, to be located on 30 acres, will be used to sort all the incoming mail to South Florida.

Cpf investment group principal Ernesto Cambo tells GlobeSt.com that construction of the building is expected to begin in January with a March 2009 anticipated completion date. In addition to the USPS facility, cpf is expecting to break ground in January on another 151,000-sf speculative industrial building within the center. Leasing efforts have started for that building, but no leases have yet been signed.

Under development by locally based cpf investment group, the USD 250-million Ave, Aviation and Commerce Center is a 2.6-million-sf master-planned mixed-use park on 178 acres. It will include banks, shops, restaurants, office/flex space, warehouse and distribution facilities and corporate hangars. The project is adjacent to Miami Lakes and close to Route 826 and Interstate 75.

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Springer to write down 600 mln eur on PIN

Posted by | Dec 10, 2007 | |

German publisher Axel Springer SPRGn.DE is preparing around 600 million euros (USD 873.4 million) in writedowns for its mail-delivery unit PIN Group, the Financial Times Deutschland newspaper reported on Monday.

Citing unidentified company sources, the paper reported that Springer plans to close PIN before the end of the year because it lacks some 15 million euros (USD 21.8 million) for expenses such as wages, the paper reported.

Springer did not immediately return two calls from Reuters.

The publisher said last week it is sounding out options for the future of PIN after announcing it plans to cut more than 1,000 jobs in Germany because of a planned minimum wage in Germany for postal delivery workers.

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USPS: Mail holiday packages with care

Posted by | Dec 10, 2007 | |

December is the busiest time of year for mailing and the U.S. Postal Service is helping to make holiday shipping needs a little bit easier. With 20 billion cards, letters and packages expected to be delivered this holiday season, the Postal Service has some tips to help send holiday cheer in a safe, secure manner.

The Postal Service offers free, environmentally friendly Priority Mail and Express Mail boxes and envelopes. These supplies can be ordered at usps.com or picked up at a local Post Office and can be shipped anywhere in the world. But the best consumer value may be Flat Rate Boxes and envelopes. No calculating postage or weighing is needed. Customers pay a flat rate of USD 8.95 no matter the weight of the package or its destination. When a package is ready to be shipped, log on to usps.com/pickup to schedule a free package pickup from home or office.

The Postal Service also offers pre-packaged shipping products, READY POST, sold at local Post Offices for customers unable to find proper mailing boxes and envelopes.

It’s important to remember that packages weighing more than 13 ounces bearing postage stamps must be presented to a letter carrier or retail associate at the Post Office and cannot be dropped in blue collection boxes.

“The Postal Service is making it easier this holiday season to ship to family and friends,” said Delores Killette, vice president and consumer advocate. “These mailing recommendations will help customers send their holiday cheer.”

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Mozambique post offices offer bank services

Posted by | Dec 10, 2007 | |

For the first time in its history, Mozambique’s national postal services utility — Correios de Moçambique — will from next year introduce rural banking services.

The weekly O Pais said in a report on its Sunday online edition that in the first phases, banking services would be opened in Maputo province in the south of the country and in the northern province of Niassa.

Currently the postal service utility operates postal and courier services which are only viable in urban centres.

The utility has been widely ignored by many people because of alleged poor service.

The banking service aims to help the rural population deposit their cash.

In Mozambique, banks and financial institutions are located in urban centres and most people in rural areas resort to keeping their money in homes or have to travel long distances to the nearest urban centres.

However, there are several non-governmental organisations operating banking clubs in the some of the country’s rural areas.

The report said the modernisation and diversification of the services of the national postal services represented one of the biggest challenges the parastatal faced as it aimed to reform its services.

Sources in the ministry of transport and communication were quoted by the paper as saying postal services authorities were in the process of obtaining operating licences and training required staff for the banking sector.

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