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TNT Express import service available to120 countries

Posted by | Aug 14, 2007 | |

TNT has expanded its worldwide import service to 120 countries and plans to extend it to cover more of the globe.

The number of countries covered by the Import Service has risen to 120 with the addition of Malawi and New Caledonia, TNT Express Germany said in a statement. Source markets served include China, India, Brazil and Russia.

Under the service, customers can import documents, parcels and freights with minimum administration with agreed transit times and pay standardized prices in euros. TNT handles the shipment from collection, transport and customs clearance through to final delivery.

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ABX adds flights in Asian market

Posted by | Aug 14, 2007 | |

ABX Air Inc. and cargo delivery competitors including FedEx Corp. and DHL are hustling to expand their services in fast-growing Pacific and Asian markets.

The companies are buying aircraft, or even competitors that already operate in Asia, to serve lucrative U.S.-Asia or intra-Asian routes. The focus is on freight hauled in containers aboard cargo aircraft, either with international or intra-continent range.

Wilmington-based ABX Air has begun a two-year agreement to support Asian cargo operations of All Nippon Airways Co. (ANA) of Japan. ABX has deployed two Boeing 767 freighters, and recently flew its first cargo flight for ANA from Osaka, Japan, to Dalian, China. ABX expects annual revenue of USD 22 million from its agreement to support All Nippon Airways.

ABX also said last week that it will spend USD 23 million to buy a Boeing 767-200 long-range aircraft from Air China Ltd. for international cargo service.

FedEx, the company that pioneered overnight delivery of small packages in the United States, has begun next-business-day delivery service available to customers throughout China. FedEx also spent USD 400 million to buy the DTW Group’s domestic express network in China and DTW’s 50 percent share of an express delivery joint venture with FedEx.

U.S. delivery companies also are competing for business in Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Singapore and Malaysia.

In June, DHL said it bought a 49 percent interest in ASTAR Air Cargo, a Florida-based airline that operates out of DHL’s Wilmington hub and serves customers in the United States, Europe and the Middle East. DHL also invested in Polar Air Cargo Inc. of Purchase, N.Y., to improve express delivery service from the United States to Asia.

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Fedex quits Frankfurt

Posted by | Aug 14, 2007 | |

U.S. integrator FedEx will cease their Frankfurt flight operations and move traffic to Cologne/Bonn airport instead.
The move will be taken in spring 2010 and include 60 weekly flights.

Reason for doing so is the night flight ban Frankfurt’s airport company Fraport AG wants to impose by 2011 when runway number four will be ready and go into service.

Closing of Rhein/Main from midnight till 5:00 am is strongly backed by the local Hesse politicians.

Governor Herr Koch promised the public to shut down continental Europe’s busiest airport during night times as compromise for building an additional runway that will trigger more traffic and thus assault the vicinity of Rhein/Main.

Now FedEx however pulled the emergency brake by quitting Frankfurt and moving to Cologne.

Fedex announced the building of a new sorting center for 140 million euros that will open up its gates by 2010 and be exclusively utilized by FedEx.

While Cologne/Bonn airport invests 70 million euros the U.S. package giant promised to pay the other half for equipping the facility with a state-of-the-art sorting systems. Garvens further pointed out that he intends to renew the license for night flights beyond 2015 when the current allowance for as many as 36 nightly operations expires.

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Osan implements new postal tracking

Posted by | Aug 14, 2007 | |

A new tracking system — the first at an Air Force base in the Pacific — is helping postal workers at Osan automate registered mail and package deliveries.

The system, called UPS Trackpad, is a United Parcel Service system that uses bar codes and computer scans to track certain mail inside the post office, said Senior Airman Bradley Williams, who implemented the system at Osan.

The Trackpad program replaces hand-written cards that once traced a package, registered or insured mail from delivery at the back of the post office to the customer, said Williams, 21, of Modesto, Calif.

The automated system adds an extra label to the package as it enters to the post office, Williams said. That label contains an identification code that matches information on the yellow card that customer’s find in their boxes to notify them that they have a piece of mail waiting.

Last Wednesday, the Osan post office got 75 pieces of mail. In post office lingo, a piece can mean an individual box or a bag full or letters and magazines. On a typical Monday, the post office gets about 350 pieces, Williams said.

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Ghana Post: Sekondi to get post office with ICT facilities

Posted by | Aug 14, 2007 | |

The management of Ghana Post has decided to include Information Communication Technology (ICT) facilities to post offices in the country.

Mr Kofi Dua-Adonteng, Managing Director of Ghana Post who announced this said a post office equipped with ICT facilities was ideal with the current development in information technology.

He was speaking at a sod cutting ceremony for the construction of a GH¢ 140,000 (1.4 billion cedis) post office equipped with Internet facilities and a conference hall at Sekondi.

Papa Owusu Ankomah, Member of Parliament for Sekondi, and a Presidential aspirant of New Patriotic Party (NPP) is financing the project.

Mr Dua-Adonteng said a post office with ICT facilities would enable many people nationwide to have access to Internet facilities.

He noted that Ghana Post must adopt modern technologies to effectively compete with the increasing technologies.

Mr Kwesi Blay, Deputy Western Regional Minister called on management of Ghana Post to introduce courier services to re-capture the business sector of communication.

He said the sale of stamps alone was not financially prudent.

Mr Blay regretted that most people instead of using the Internet to access information misuse it and sometimes defraud unsuspecting individuals.

He called on citizens in Sekondi to utilise opportunities offered by the facility and maintain it for future generations. 1 GBP= 18,784 Ghanian Cedi

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Corrreos to implement its own geographic information system (GIS)

Posted by | Aug 13, 2007 | |

Correos will implement its own geographic information system (GIS) in the forthcoming months. The system will help in the decision process of office locations, sort centers, routes design, pick up and delivery systems and management of the transport system.

The winner of the public tender were Sadiel (for technology services) and Sitesa (for geographic system) companies. The value of the acquisition and implementation is EUR 778,000. The project started last July and will be divided into 3 stages:

– 8 months of development (elaboration of the system customized to Correos’s needs)
– 6 month of support (solutions to problems during the first few months)
– 2 years of geographically-referenced information.

Correos has been using the Geographic Information System for many years. With this project, Correos wants to extend this technology in other areas like Correos Telecom, Virtual Post Office and other units.

The GIS system will also improve the search of office locations through Correos’s website.

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Fidelity acquires 7 pct in Transport Corporation of India for Rs 530 million

Posted by | Aug 13, 2007 | |

Fidelity Investments International has picked up a 7 pct stake in Transport Corporation of India (TCI), the Delhi-based express logistics company, for Rs 53o million. TCI will issue equity shares of Rs 2 face value to Fidelity Investments at Rs 105.25 per share, in accordance with Sebi guidelines for preferential issue.

Post-issue, Fidelity’s stake in TCI would increase to nearly 10 pct of the paid up equity. TCI’s executive director Vineet Agarwal said: “The amount raised will be utilized to fund the expansion of TCI, specifically for building capacity in the warehousing space and setting up information technology (IT) systems.” Earlier, in 2006, TCI had announced expansion plans requiring Rs 4500 million of investments in warehousing, fleet upgradation and expansion, shipping and IT systems.

TCI intends to raise another Rs 600-700 million through sale of equity in the following year. “Our plan was to raise almost Rs 1200 million in two stages through equity dilution. The first stage has been completed. We will raise another Rs 700 million within six to nine months,” said Mr Agarwal.

1 GBP = 81.4266 INR

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L’Oréal Finland Oy to Outsource its Cosmetics Product Logistics to Itella Logistics Oy

Posted by | Aug 13, 2007 | |

L’Oréal Finland Oy has chosen Itella Logistics Oy as its logistics partner. As part of this partnership, the warehousing of L’Oréal’s cosmetics and personal care products and the products’ final preparation for sales distribution channels in Finland will be handled entirely by Itella Logistics Oy. The total service package offered by Itella will encompass the warehousing of L’Oréal products and all sales support material for its marketing channels. Control of the distribution centre will be transferred to Itella Logistics Oy’s information system, which will be integrated into L’Oréal’s enterprise resource planning system. Around 18 million products are handled annually.

As part of the agreement, at the beginning of November 40 L’Oréal Logistics professionals will transfer to Itella Logistics Oy. L’Oréal’s warehouse function has been centralised in Hakkila, in the City of Vantaa, in 8,000m² premises particularly suitable for storing cosmetics products.

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