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Canada Post will provide free delivery of letters to deployed troops in Afghanistan and elsewhere overseas

Posted by | Aug 30, 2007 | |

Canada Post announced today it will begin providing free delivery of letters from family and friends to Canadian troops deployed in Afghanistan and elsewhere overseas effective October 26, 2007 until the start of 2009. At that time, Canada Post and the Department of National Defence will jointly evaluate the program.
Canada Post also announced it will again provide free parcel service for family and friends of deployed Canadian troops for the coming 2007 holiday season. The program, which will run from October 26, 2007 to January 11, 2008, means Canada Post will deliver parcels free of charge to Canadian troops in Afghanistan and elsewhere overseas. At the end of this period, Canada Post and the Department of National Defence will jointly evaluate the program, as was the case last year with the parcel delivery program.
With capacity limitations on military aircraft carrying supplies and munitions to deployed forces, this offer is restricted to family and friends of the deployed service men and women serving overseas in war zones. That includes members of the Canadian Forces serving in Afghanistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sinai and Jerusalem. Troops serving on any of the deployed Her Majesty’s Canadian Ships are also included in the offer.
To ensure the proper customs declaration form and addressing information, the letters and parcels will need to be deposited at one of Canada Post’s more than 6,600 full service retail outlets across the country (letters and packages dropped in regular street letter boxes will not qualify). They will then be forwarded to Canadian Forces Bases in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Victoria, British Columbia and Belleville, Ontario. Once delivered to the military bases, the Department of National Defence will take charge of the letters and parcels and ensure their delivery overseas. All mail must be addressed to a specific soldier, including rank and mission information.

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European air cargo up 4 pct in July 2007

Posted by | Aug 30, 2007 | |

Association of European Airlines European airlines carried 4 pct more cargo last month thanks to good growth on intercontinental routes, the latest monthly figures from the Association of European Airlines (AEA) showed. The figures include parcel shipments carried as belly hold freight but exclude mail.

The 4 pct rise in freight traffic on the 31 AEA member airlines included a 4.4% increase on routes outside Europe, which make up the bulk of air freight traffic.

The major market, Asia Pacific, showed a 1.6 pct rise in traffic, while the North Atlantic, the second-largest trade lane, generated growth of 4.5. pct South America showed a 14.6 pct rise while sub-Saharan Africa traffic grew by 15.2 pct Traffic within Europe was down by 1.8 pct.

Over the first seven months of 2007, total freight traffic for AEA airlines is up by 2.2 pct, with Asia showing a 0.7 pct drop and North America up by 3.2 pct.

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Mobile libraries could offer postal services in the UK

Posted by | Aug 30, 2007 | |

Mobile libraries could be used to supply postal services in Norfolk it emerged last night – as a campaign got under way to fight more damaging cuts to the post office network.

County councillors are to lobby ministers against cuts earmarked for next year, amid fears that between 40 and 60 post offices could be closed and the network reduced to 200.

County Hall is keen to sign up MPs to its campaign to fight a further 17pc cut in the network, unveiled as part of the governments’ “Network Change Programme” in May.

In Norfolk between 1999 and 2005, the number of post offices fell from 354 to 275.

Jon Clemo, development team manager at Norfolk Rural Community Council, which is working with the authority, said using council buildings was part of an approach to create ‘hubs’ and a number of approaches were being developed in the county including a community run shop, in Mileham, near Dereham, a post office in a church, at Newton Flotman, and a satellite post office operating from a kitchen hatch at the village hall at Garveston, near Dereham.

“Its’ vital that people in rural areas maintain access to these services, particularly the most vulnerable members of society,” he said. “There are a number of different ways of delivering that and making use of existing community facilities is a fantastic way of doing this.”

Mobile libraries are definitely an option and we are working with the county council on a project.”

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Delhi Post targets corporate houses

Posted by | Aug 30, 2007 | |

Matching steps with the growing competition from private courier firms, the Delhi Post is targeting corporate houses to generate more revenues by flaunting a well-established network across the country.

India Post’s Delhi Circle, responsible for postal services in the National Capital Territory of Delhi, has launched a special service, Mail Business Centers (MBC), for private companies, through which postal staff will not only collect the companies’ bulk mail, but will also place them in envelopes and label them with the recipients’ address.

This service was launched exclusively for business houses early this year at three centers in the national capital and now the postal department has major clients like Indiabulls, GE Capital, Thompson and all leading nationalized banks in its kitty.

Explaining the function of the three centers, Lal said they broadly function in ensuring quality and providing customized solutions and marketing impetus to mail business.

Apart from MBCs, the postal department has also launched e-Payment service, an innovative bill collection service, where people can pay their telephone and water bills from any part of the country.

Speaking on the Right to Information (RTI) Act, Lal said the post offices in Delhi are already accepting and dispatching the RTI applications pertaining to any department after charging a nominal fee.

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FEDMA hosts successful seminar on Direct and Interactive Marketing

Posted by | Aug 30, 2007 | |

For the second year running, FEDMA hosted today its popular one-day seminar on direct and interactive marketing to provide professionals, who carry out direct and interactive marketing campaigns, with practical knowledge on the latest and future developments in Europe.

Today’s seminar attracted a very high calibre of speakers including Susanne Hornikel, the owner of Direct Success, Ayca Aytac, Director General of the Turkish Direct Marketing Association, Peter Gustafsson, the CEO of Expericard AB, Alex Walsh, Head of Postal Affairs and Industry Development at UK DMA, and Servane Grisot, Director International Marketing & Communication at SR Teleperformance.

The seminar speakers were selectively chosen in order to ensure that seminar participants gained useful, practical, and concrete knowledge on the direct marketing industry in Europe and beyond, which they will be able to utilize in their professional work.

The seminar covered topics such as the ‘do’s and don’ts’ of expanding into unknown markets, how to correct the image of the contact centre industry, a market analysis of Turkey, how to respond to the increasing pressures on environmental issues and increase response and improve you company’s approval ratings. Finally, Alastair Tempest, the FEDMA Director General, gave an update on the current trends in the direct and interactive marketing industry

“It is exciting to see how the FEDMA seminars have become so popular and established amongst our members. This is the second year we’re running these seminars and they are highly demanded by both our members and non-members – and every time we come back, it is stronger than the last!” said Alastair Tempest after the seminar.

The success of the seminar was reflected by the enthusiastic response to the event and, like the previous seminar held in February, tickets had sold out in days. FEDMA will continue to host the popular FEDMA seminars in 2008, For more information, please contact Anne Marheim Støren

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German cartel office slams regulator approval of Deutsche Post rates

Posted by | Aug 29, 2007 | |

The German cartel office said that regulators’ lenient calculations allow Deutsche Post World Net AG to keep its postal rates unchanged, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported, quoting a spokeswoman of the office.

The Bundesnetzagentur, Germany’s regulatory authority for postal services, yesterday said it will continue to base its calculations for postal rate approval on the difference between productivity gains and inflation rates.

The regulator sees productivity increasing at a rate of 1.8 pct a year.

The cartel office argued a productivity factor of 1.8 pct is too low, adding Deutsche Post is reducing its costs at a faster pace, according to the newspaper.

It also criticized Deutsche Post’s social payments and wage levels as being unusual in the industry, and urged regulators to include in their calculations foreign postal markets, some of which have significantly lower postal rates.

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DHL in talks with India Post

Posted by | Aug 29, 2007 | |

DHL is talking to the state-owned India Post about a strategic partnership with the Indian postal system.

According to The Economic Times of India any deal would give DHL access to India Post’s distribution network across the sub-continent, with nearly 15,000 post offices to give DHL a ‘last mile’ delivery capability outside its current urban footprint. The reciprocal benefit for India Post will be DHL’s superior technical expertise in handling logistics operations.

The final structure of the relationship, though, is yet to be finalised. “The idea is to identify some common synergies and work towards creating a relationship, which might take shape in the form of either a strategic partnership, a JV or a memorandum of understanding,” commented an official from the Department of Post (DoP).

According to the transport industry analysts TI, many of the major logistics integrators have their sights set on the fast growing Indian market, though its regulatory regime and relative immaturity presents risks. The Indian government is looking at regulating all courier and express operators and imposing a double-tax on them to fund the Universal Service Obligation (USO) of the Department of Posts. Such a move would be disastrous for the industry (as well as the Indian economy), says TI, though it thinks it unlikely in the light of international opposition that these plans will come to anything.

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DHL Global Mail France launches ePost in partnership with Experian

Posted by | Aug 29, 2007 | |

DHL Global Mail and Experian signed a partnership agreement to launch the ePost service in France from September 2007.
E-post will allow companies to manage via online all the services related to the delivery and mail management. The companies can upload the mail body online and ePost service will print the document and provide different services customized to the clients ‘needs.

The ePost include 3 different ranges of services:

– Clasic ePost (“ePost Classic”): delivery of the mails and other documents like letter, contracts, price conditions, mailings. The service includes the printing, enveloping, franking and the storage in the post office.

– Integral ePost (“ePost Integral”): the service focus on the secure electronic couriers

– Secure Mail (“DepoMail”): this is a courier service certified by the Bailiff Association (“Huissier de Justice”), which guarantee the integrity of courier content (electronic or hard copy version), and the proof of delivery. This service guarantees a high level of assurance in the delivery date and a proof of delivery.

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