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Berlin may delay postal reform

Posted by | Apr 18, 2007 | |

The German government may extend the monopoly of Deutsche Post, the postal company, over delivery of letters beyond December 2007 as postal service liberalisation is less advanced in other European Union countries. The Social Democrats, coalition partner of Angela Merkel, chancellor, favour a postponement of the plan to open the market on January 1 2008, as France in particular intends to open its market at a later date. Ms Merkel’s Christian Democrats, traditionally in favour of early reform, have signalled support for the SPD.

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Schwarz named DPD Austria joint Managing Director

Posted by | Apr 18, 2007 | |

Rainer Schwarz has been promoted to joint Managing Director of DPD Austria. He will work together with George Karoh, who has been Managing Director since 2006. Schwarz was most recently a special project manager with DHL express in central Europe.

Schwarz stated that one of his top priorities will be to maintain DPD Austria’s market leader status within in Austria. He explained that with its local and regional operational readiness it was able to achieve swift, punctual deliveries throughout Austria.

Schwarz believes this gives DPD Austria a substantial competitive advantage that he would like to maintain and strengthen in the future.

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GeoPost announces results for 2006

Posted by | Apr 18, 2007 | |

GeoPost achieved a turnover of euro 2.969 billion in 2006. In comparison with 2005, the Group saw an increase of 16%. In the last 5 year GeoPost almost doubled its turnover.

With 500 million parcels in 2006, GeoPost holds second position in terms of volume and third place in terms of turnover in the European express market.

The dynamic growth has been achieved by the group’s aggressive development strategy. This strategy has seen GeoPost acquire Exapaq in France, Interattica in Greece, and a new franchise agreement has been signed with SEUR in Spain. In addition to these external acquisitions the Group has achieved strong organic growth.

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DHL spreads network in booming China

Posted by | Apr 18, 2007 | |

DHL announced recently it would invest a further USD110 million into infrastructure in China to meet the country’s continuing huge economic growth.

New Zealand DHL Express general manager Derek Anderson says the country is one of the fastest-growing markets within the company’s global network.

More than half of DHL’s total investment in the Asia Pacific region has been in China in the past five years.

DHL now has a freight and logistics network covering 318 cities across the country.

With multiple dialects throughout the country, the continued expansion means language has been one of the more difficult and ongoing hurdles to overcome.

He says the Chinese government’s approach has changed considerably in the past 20 years. It has moved from a closed and highly bureaucratic system to one in which the benefits of the growing economy from the main centres is shared across the country.

This directive has led DHL to venture westward, outside the usual key economic areas in China, establishing a presence in provinces such as Shaanxi, Yunnan and Sichuan.

The company has also opened 16 new branches. DHL Global Forwarding acquired 17 domestic airfreight licences, to give second and third-tier cities access to key economic zones so they can contribute to provincial growth.

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Indian courier services could become dearer

Posted by | Apr 18, 2007 | |

Sending packets through private courier companies could get expensive, with the Government proposing to stipulate higher tariffs for mails less than 150 g

The draft Postal Bill, which is expected to be tabled in the ongoing Budget session, has proposed to impose a tariff on mails carried by courier companies that is fives times the charge taken by the Postal Department

So, while a 20 g mail is charged Rs 5 by the post offices, the same will cost Rs 25 if you send it through a private courier. The rationale for the differential tariff is that the Government is giving up its monopoly on low-weight mails

While the earlier draft of Postal Bill had completely barred private courier companies from carrying packets weighing more than 300 g, the revised proposal removes this ban but on the other hand imposes a higher tariff rate for packets that weigh less than 150 g

This means that consumers could cough up as much as Rs 200 for sending a packet weighing 140-150 g through private courier companies even as the post office will charge only Rs 40

Currently, charges taken by courier companies are not regulated

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Supervisory Board Unanimously Authorises Management Board to Enter Into Final Negotiations to Acquire Minority Stake in BAWAG P.S.K.

Posted by | Apr 18, 2007 | |

Supervisory Board Unanimously Authorises Management Board to Enter Into Final Negotiations to Acquire Minority Stake in BAWAG P.S.K.

In a meeting held on April 17, 2007, the Supervisory Board of Austrian Post unanimously authorised the Management Board to enter into final negotiations regarding the acquisition of a minority stake in BAWAG P.S.K.

In December 2006, Austrian Post was invited by the bidder group led by Cerberus to acquire a minority stake in BAWAG P.S.K., and considers this invitation as an opportunity to make a profitable and value enhancing investment, as well as to proactively promote a jointly developed offensive business strategy in the field of financial services.

At present, Austrian Post currently offers financial services products of BAWAG P.S.K. via its own branch network, for which Austrian Post derived an income amounting to EUR 97min the year 2006. Austrian Post is pursuing the goal of further expanding the financial services offered at its 1,334 company operated branches and 608 post partner offices in Austria.

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time:matters Enters into Partnership with Scandinavian Sameday Market Leader Jetpak

Posted by | Apr 18, 2007 | |

time:matters is now offering its customers a sameday delivery service to and from the Scandinavian region. The new service is a result of a close partnership recently established between time:matters and Jetpak, the market leader for sameday services in Scandinavia.

Due to the new partnership, approximately 100 additional destinations for urgent incoming and outgoing shipments are available in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. The new destinations include North European commercial centers such as Stockholm, Oslo, and Copenhagen as well as cities like Göteborg and Billund. The new partnership reduces delivery times between the most important business centers and in Scandinavia and in Europe. For example, the shipment of urgent documents or goods between cities like Göteborg and Düsseldorf takes only three hours, and only four hours from Stockholm to Zurich and vice versa. “Business relations between Scandinavia and the other European countries are continuously increasing, which means there is a rising demand for rapid and individual logistics solutions. Thanks to the new partnership, we are optimally able to fulfill these needs,” says Erik Lautmann, CEO of Jetpak.

The broad range of services are based on exclusive and customized dispatch and transportation solutions developed jointly by time:matters and Jetpak as well as on the integration of the tight and high-frequency networks of the two partners. Other benefits of the new partnership for customers include the long opening hours of the Jetpak drop-off and pick-up locations – including early morning and late night hours, which gives customers maximum flexibility in their timing.

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GLS opens logistics centre in Hungary

Posted by | Apr 18, 2007 | |

GLS, headquartered in Amsterdam, launched constructions last June and spent a total of EUR 6.2 million to finish the facility.

The new unit of GLS Hungary operates with a staff of 100 employees and can deliver 12 million packages a year, business daily Világgazdaság said.

The logistics centre will give home to the Central European headquarters of GLS, where they will co-ordinate Czech and Slovakian subsidiaries from.

GLS announced a month ago today that it entered into a network partnership with Bulgaria’s Interlogistica Ltd., which started realising nationwide distribution for all GLS companies in February 2007. The network of GLS, one of the three largest CEP (courier, express and parcel) service providers in Europe, now covers 35 states.

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