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TNT 'confident' ahead of crucial union meetings in September over job cuts plan

Posted by | Jul 18, 2007 | |

TNT NV is still confident of constructive talks with unions amid the threat of strikes, if union members reject an in-principle agreement over the Dutch postal company’s plans to cut up to 7,000 jobs ahead of pending market liberalization measures.

Trade unions CNV Publieke Zaak and FNV Abvakabo will consult with members in September about TNT’s restructuring plans and its proposals to limit the job cuts to 7,000 by combining them with changes to workplace conditions.

TNT reached an agreement with unions in June on a plan that will run until January 2011; it includes measures to minimise redundancies to about 7,000 instead of 11,000, including steps to assist workers in finding new jobs.

An external review of the reorganisation by Boston Consulting Group concluded TNT’s cost-cutting measures were necessary. Following the review, the unions said they would negotiate with TNT on programmes to aid employees in changing jobs.

But CNV official Inge Bakker said she fears CNV union members will reject TNT’s proposals, adding she expects FNV members to do the same.

This presents the possibility that postal workers will call for a 24 or 48-hour strike, the first strike at the Dutch postal company since 1983.

An FNV spokesman said he also expects problems in September and is demanding TNT adequately ensure redundant workers are educated, retrained and assisted into new jobs. He believes talks could continue until November or December.

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DHL starts ULD buildup service at Kansai International Airport

Posted by | Jul 18, 2007 | |

DHL launched an air cargo buildup service at Kansai International Airport that achieves speedier delivery of cargo while reducing risk of damage or theft during transit.

The export service, launched last month, is being provided by DHL Global Forwarding — a DHL business unit providing air and ocean freight services— using Frankfurt-bound flights operated by Lufthansa Cargo.

Traditionally, buildup (Bulk Unitization Program, or BUP) operations using unit load devices (ULDs) have been undertaken by airlines at the airport after cargo has been received from forwarders. Recently, however, demand for buildup by forwarders in Japan has been increasing in response to the need to reduce time consumed for cargo transfers at destinations and also to curtail theft and damage during transit.

Until now, DHL Global Forwarding’s ULD buildup (BUP) service was provided only at Narita Cargo Center, where DHL became the first foreign forwarder to receive buildup permission in 2005. Now, for the first time, the company can provide the service at Kansai International Airport. DHL Global Forwarding undertook significant investment in equipment, increasing the number of slave pallets, slave pallet racks, and forklifts to ensure effective program implementation.

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Unisys selected to provide IT Outsourcing Services to new Air Cargo Joint Venture

Posted by | Jul 18, 2007 | |

Unisys Corporation announced that it has been selected by the U.S. Cargo Sales Joint Venture LLC (USJV) to provide a broad range of IT outsourcing support services for the cargo organization. USJV is a joint venture between Delta Airlines, Air France, and Korean Air, offering cargo-related services in the U.S.

Under the terms of the contract, Unisys will provide USJV with outsourced data center, security, network and desktop management services over a three-year period.

USJV, the first organization of its kind in the industry, offers customers the benefits of a combined sales force, centralized reservation and service center, comprehensive route network and common product line for U.S. export shipments. With one point of contact, the USJV can offer customers cargo capacity to Europe, Asia, South America, Africa and Australia.

As part of this project, the USJV’s IT operations will move from its current facilities in Atlanta to Unisys outsourcing facilities in Eagan, Minnesota and Salt Lake City, where Unisys will monitor, analyze, test, and perform security management and hardware maintenance on the IT infrastructure equipment. Unisys will integrate 15 servers and associated environments using Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)-based best practices. Furthermore, Unisys will employ comprehensive risk assessment and mitigation practices to allow a smooth migration.

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Postbank sells life insurance activities to Talanx

Posted by | Jul 18, 2007 | |

Postbank, the banking arm of the semi-privatised German postal service Deutsche Post, said Wednesday it has agreed to sell its life insurance activities, including the unit BHW Leben, to German insurer Talanx for 550 million euros (759 million dollars).

Hanover-based Talanx will also buy BHW Pensionskasse and Postbank’s 50-percent stakes in the two insurance joint ventures PB Leben and PB Versicherung, the two companies said in a joint statement.

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Ingenico announces the appointment of Philippe Lazare as Group CEO

Posted by | Jul 18, 2007 | |

Ingenico SA, a leading global supplier of transaction and secure payment solutions, today announces the appointment of Philippe Lazare as Chief Executive Officer of the Group. He succeeds Amedeo d’Angelo who has overseen the successful turnaround of the Group.

Mr Lazare’s appointment signals the Group’s determination to equip itself to build on the strong foundations provided by the turnaround of the past two years. Mr Lazare brings to the Group his extensive international and domestic business management experience and strong skills in the areas of business integration, logistics and cost control that will be key to ensuring success as Ingenico looks to increase the pace of its development.

Mr Lazare has been a member of the board of Ingenico since February 2005. His experience has been gained in a range of industries including the automotive, avionics, international airline services, leisure and property sectors. He joins Ingenico from Groupe la Poste, the French postal services company, where he was Deputy Managing Director and a member of its Executive Committee, General Manager of its retail operations and Chairman and CEO of Poste Immo, its real estate subsidiary.

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Bulgarian Posts network off limits for competitors

Posted by | Jul 18, 2007 | |

Local state-owned postal operator Bulgarian Posts said it will negotiate with T-Post, the nation’s first private postal carrier, access to its nationwide office network after the relevant ordinance on network interconnectivity is adopted.

If the document takes effect, the company will start negotiations with the new operators as soon as 2007, said Bulgarian Posts executive director Entsislav Harmandjiev.
Bulgarian Posts operates a network of some 3,000 offices across the country.

T-Post opened its first service center in Sofia last week.

The Bulgarian postal market topped 166 millions levs (USD 117.214 millions) in 2006. In terms of volume, the carriers handled 161 millions postal shipments. Some 67 pct of the total volume is generated by non-universal postal services like parcel deliveries and money wires.

45 of the 56 licensed carriers are operational. Three of the four companies licensed to handle money wires have begun operation.

Although the telecom regulator licensed last year Bulgarian Posts’ first genuine competitors: T-Post owner Tip Top Courier and Ekont Express, the universal postal service continues to be provided exclusively by the state-owned incumbent. Most of the new carriers are focusing on services like money wires and express delivery.

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Greek Postal Savings Bank intends to sell 19 pct stake in Bank of Attica

Posted by | Jul 18, 2007 | |

Greek Postal Savings Bank (GPSB) announced yesterday to the Athens Stock Exchange that its participation in the Bank of Attica is not strategically important, and it intends to sell its 19 pct stake in the bank.

GPSB added that while it intends to sell its stake in the bank, the time frame and process for this move has not yet been determined, and said that the move is dependent on a variety of factors and is subject to market conditions.

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Q-Post stamps sales soar

Posted by | Jul 18, 2007 | |

Postal and revenue stamps sale in Qatar during the last quarter of 2006 witnessed a huge rise compared with the previous three months, a Q-Post report said.

Stamps worth QR 7.51mn were sold in the last quarter of 2006 against QR 6.26mn the earlier quarter, the report said.

While the Q-Post collected QR 3.44mn through postal stamps sale, revenue stamps accounted for QR 4.02mn.

The figures do not include sales at the General Post Office. Among the other post offices, the Labour Department branch sales accounted for QR 2.79million. In the previous quarter, the sale at the office stood at QR 2.15mn.

1 British Pound = 7.42998 Qatari Rial
1 US Dollar = 3.64040 Qatari Rial

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