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DPD Polska new investment in Poznan

Posted by | Oct 18, 2007 | |

The opening of a new depot in Poznan is one of the company’s biggest investments planned for 2007.

The depot in Poznan is going to be part of the new operational structure, which assumes the functioning of a couple hubs, located in different regions in the country. The network of the biggest sorting centers will be established in the following cities: Gdansk, Warsaw, Katowice, Ùodz and Poznan.

The surface area of the new depot is going to be double the size of the current warehouse and will equal 6400 m². The need for bigger operational space is connected with the new sorting role of the depot for the North-West region of Poland, as well as with the growing number of parcels in this part of the country. City Poznan takes second place in DPD Polska domestic network as far as number of parcels is concerned 9,5 thousand daily.
The new depot will be located near big domestic transport routes, which allow easy access to the hub from all directions in Poland.

The cost of equipment will account for 800 thousand EURO, what includes 300 thousand EURO dedicated for an automatic conveyor belt. The depot will dispose of 13 ramps and 40 courier gates. Currently the depot in Poznan employs around 180 workers. However, along with the depots development, the company will increase number of staff.

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DHL opens terminal at Slovenian airport

Posted by | Oct 18, 2007 | |

The Slovenian branch of global logistics firm DHL opened a terminal at the Joze Pucnik Ljubljana Airport that will serve as the base for the company’s operations in Slovenia.

DHL Express Slovenija set up its base in the new US$4.25 million terminal owned by airport operator Aerodrom Ljubljana and construction firm GH Holding. The building is the first in a series that will form the new business and logistics zone at the airport, dubbed Airport City.

DHL Express Slovenija, the subsidiary of German group DHL, will combine its two core operations in Slovenia – sorting of express parcels and collection of freight parcels.

DHL Express Slovenija commanded nearly 60 percent of the Slovenian market in express postal services. He said the company expected the market to continue growing at a healthy pace.

In order to cater for the growing demand, the company intends to begin using a Boeing 757 cargo plane to service the terminal in Ljubljana, significantly increasing capacity. With this the terminal will also become DHL’s hub for the Austrian region of Carinthia, parts of Italy’s Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Croatia.

The airport operator wanted to turn Joze Pucnik Airport into a logistics and business hub connecting road, air and railway transport. Talks were underway on connecting the airport to the railway system.

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Seur to invest EUR 40.5 million in new facilities in Barcelona

Posted by | Oct 18, 2007 | |

Seur invests in Barcelona Spanish express company Seur, partly owned by France’s GeoPost (La Poste), is to invest EUR 40.5 million in new facilities in Barcelona to further upgrade its infrastructure.

The new 16,400 sqm facility, which is one of the ten hubs of the Seur network in the Iberian Peninsula, is divided into a 8,400 sqm cross docking bay and the 8,000 sqm Seur franchise Barcino.

The new loading platform incorporates the latest technologies which include a double conveyor worth EUR 6 million with a capacity to sort up to 14,000 parcels per hour.
Furthermore, the goods are controlled by means of a barcode reading system which transfers real-time information according to the position of each parcel.

The Seur franchise Barcino is located next to the hub and is one of the 85 franchises of the Seur network, which has invested EUR 11.5 million of the total EUR 40.5 million in its new facilities. With an extension of 7,994 qm the franchise Barcino employs a workforce of 290 professionals to ensure the best service possible. Barcino has generated a turnover of EUR 32 million in 2006.

Manuell Valle, Seur CEO, pointed out during the inauguration the importance of the new facility for the company. “The new platform is a reference of modernity and is well situated in terms of land, sea and air. These conditions are suitable to enhance the service quality for thousands of customers and follow the path of continuous improvement after the inaugurations of the Seur franchise in Sevilla and the franchise and hub of Lisbon.”

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Teamsters Eye DHL

Posted by | Oct 18, 2007 | |

With the UPS tentative parcel workers agreement in hand, the Teamsters union is moving onto new ground in the package field.

The union’s national negotiating committee met this month with representatives from DHL to start the “historic task of negotiating a new DHL National Master Agreement,” the Teamsters leadership told its membership last week.

General President Jim Hoffa appointed the national committee, which includes representatives of Teamsters locals from around the country who represent members in every aspect of the DHL Express business. DHL had been covered under the trucking industry National Master Freight Agreement but now is working toward a separate contract.

“While we cannot yet reveal information about specific proposals and discussions, your committee is encouraged by the tone of these talks and DHL’s willingness to negotiate within the framework provided by Articles 1-39 of the National Master Freight Agreement (NMFA),” the Teamsters leaders’ message said.

The union plans to use current contract provisions to “quickly move through the process of negotiating the ‘common clauses’ and begin work on the operational supplements pick-up and delivery, clerical, gateway and hub, as well as allowing each local’s representatives to begin bargaining local riders.”

The new agreement would cover all local unions covered under the NMFA and several locals that previously negotiated stand-alone ‘white paper agreements,’ the message said.

The national bargaining committee is scheduled to negotiate with DHL through the end of October.

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DHL opens distribution centre for Epson in Tilburg

Posted by | Oct 18, 2007 | |

DHL announced that Epson Europe, DHL Exel Supply Chain and ProLogis celebrate the opening of the new central distribution centre for Epson Europe. From this centre around tens of thousands of printers, video projectors and cash register systems are shipped to customers in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Russia on a daily basis. DHL is responsible for the logistics from the centre employing up to 400 people. The new warehouse, with 60 loading docks and a surface area of 60,000m2, is the property of ProLogis and was voted the “best looking” distribution center in the Netherlands by the Dutch publication, Nieuwsblad Transport.

“The warehousing activities of Epson Europe were performed at a number of different locations until recently,” says Denis Doyle, Operations Director for Epson Europe. “Two of these, the Maasvlakte and Hoofddorp, were managed by DHL. The centralization of our logistics warehouses will be beneficial for customers in the area of consolidated invoicing, direct shipment and reducing administration time. By consolidating our logistics we expect to achieve substantial savings, not only in terms of cost but also for the environment, which is an important step for Epson. We are much better able to utilize our transport capacity, contributing to a reduction in CO 2 emissions. We have always had an excellent working relationship with DHL, so we have plenty of confidence in our continued future together.”

“The Netherlands, and in particular Tilburg, is an ideal logistics location for European supply chains and we are delighted to be opening this new distribution center, the 32 rd in the Netherlands, in partnership with our valued customer, Epson,” says John Allan , CEO DHL Logistics Division.

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KDDI and Japan Post Service offer SMS to snail mail for holidays

Posted by | Oct 18, 2007 | |

Japan Post Service Co. and KDDI are dumping tech into the snail mail world with an SMS to paper mail service. KDDI customers will have the option to create a New Year’s cards on their mobile, then send them to the Holiday partnership for printing and mailing. Japan Post Service is said to be planning on using all of its 24,000 offices in the country to print and get the cards out for the expected 10 million customers. The opportunity for gag cards here boggles, we’re wishing we see something like this over here someday.

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Australia Post: Parcels bring in the cash

Posted by | Oct 18, 2007 | |

Australia Post has flagged further investment in its logistics arm to propel its domestic and international expansion.

The parcels and logistics division is now the corporatised entity’s biggest money-spinner, responsible for a big part of the group’s 2006-07 net profit of USD 400.7 million, a rise of 8.7 per cent on the previous year’s USD 367.9 million.

Of the pre-tax profit of USD 561.7 million, parcels and logistics for the second year in a row was the biggest contributor, with USD 255.9 million. Letters, traditionally the lifeblood of Australia Post, had a pre-tax profit of USD 160 million, down 8.4 per cent.

Total revenue from the three core businesses – letters, parcels and retail – rose by 4 per cent to a record USD 4.71 billion.

The postal corporation will pay its shareholder, the Federal Government, a dividend of USD 296.9 million on top of the USD 474.9 million it paid in taxes and charges last year.

Australia Post’s chairman, David Mortimer, said cash flow in the business was very strong at USD 670 million. After the payment of dividends, more than USD 100 million would be available for investment, particularly in logistics.

Parcels and logistics include not just the sending of parcels: the group is increasingly expanding its broader logistics arm domestically and internationally.

The acquisition of JR Haulage, now rebadged Post Logistics Australia, has given the group a solid domestic platform in traditional logistics.

Growth in domestic parcel volume was due to the boom in online shopping, especially of products such as wine, electronic goods, CDs and DVDs.

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Royal Mail sweeps the board at payroll giving awards

Posted by | Oct 18, 2007 | |

Royal Mail Group has swept the board at the National Payroll Giving Awards 2007, winning the ‘best re-launch of an existing scheme’ category and being highly commended in the ‘best employer and charity promotion’ , ‘best promotional partnership’ and ‘best overall campaign’ categories. Royal Mail was presented with its award by the Right Honourable Jane Kennedy MP, Financial Secretary to the Treasury at a prestigious event hosted at HM Treasury on 17th October. The event was introduced and compared by broadcaster and ‘money saving expert’ Martin Lewis.

Royal Mail Group Ltd has been recognized not only for its scheme but for increasing its overall participation rate by adopting an active approach to Payroll Giving. It has also succeeded in partnering with Charities Trust and Help the Hospices to carry out its Payroll Giving initiative.

The Payroll Giving Awards are designed to showcase the best Payroll Giving schemes from employers in the UK. All applications are marked against specific criteria by a panel of impartial judges; entries are restricted to those employers that have received 2007 Bronze, Silver or Gold Quality Mark Awards.

First launched in 1987, Payroll Giving enables employees to donate to any UK charity straight from their gross salary, giving immediate tax relief. Latest figures show that this year Payroll Giving has distributed almost £90 million to good causes.

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