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FedEx appoints new management at ANC Express

Posted by | Mar 16, 2007 | |

Following the acquisition of ANC Holdings Ltd in December 2006, FedEx Express has announced a new leadership team at ANC Express.

Current group operations director Michael Holt will become the new chief executive officer as of April 1, 2007. He replaces Mark Gittins who retires. FedEx Express veteran Trevor Hoyle will move to ANC to lead operations succeeding Holt from April 5, 2007.

“It has been a privilege to lead ANC as we have grown and developed the company, including the preparation for our next exciting steps forward under FedEx ownership,” said Gittins.

Robert Elliott, FedEx Express president, Europe, Middle East, Indian subcontinent and Africa added: “Mark Gittins’ drive to create a profitable, customer-focused organisation is what made ANC Holdings Ltd such an attractive acquisition for FedEx. He has been an excellent chief executive officer and I wish him all the best for his retirement.”

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Russian post could break under rising salaries?

Posted by | Mar 16, 2007 | |

According to forecasts, Russian Post’s losses will be some 6bln rubles (USD 230mln) in 2007, despite the fact their incomes will grow by about 20% from 58bln rubles (USD 2,2bln) to 70bln rubles (USD 2,7bln). This was announced by Igor Sirtsov, the company’s General Director during the CeBIT exhibition. He said the company’s losses will grow if it continues increasing the employee’s salaries without any compensation from the government for postal services.
Mr. Sirtsov admitted that Russian Post ended 2006 with considerable losses for the company, however refused to mention the figure (the company announced earlier its losses would be some 2bln rubles or USD 77mln). In 2005 the company announced 100mln rubles revenues.
The post’s head said the Russian Federal Tariff Service is now considering two ways to change the tariff policy. He added that the first way is to increase tariffs and the second – to receive support from the government.
Despite all the problems Russian Post is continuing its development. The company intends to enter foreign markets. And the first in the company’s list is the German market, where Russian Post intends to open an office soon. Igor Sirtsov said they studied thoroughly the experience of their foreign collogues in tuning the postal traffic. The company will act on its own and offer its services to the Deutsche Post and other large German companies on the market. The company say the work results in Germany will show if it is worth opening similar offices in other countries with large Russian diasporas, like Israel for instance.

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Spring Global Mail reaches agreement with Pitney Bowes in the USA

Posted by | Mar 16, 2007 | |

Spring Global Mail announced that it has reached an agreement with Pitney Bowes who will assume responsibility for all future business for all Spring Global Mail’s customers and limited capital assets in the United States of America. Spring Global Mail will no longer operate its present business in the USA. Also part of this transaction is a Global Distribution Agreement that grants Pitney Bowes access to the Spring Global Mail network outside the USA.
Spring Global Mail is pleased that its customers will in future be served by Pitney Bowes. Furthermore, this agreement will allow Spring Global Mail to invest in other areas of its business and to strengthen its operations in Europe and Asia.

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TAG Transport joins PalletFORCE

Posted by | Mar 16, 2007 | |

Croydon-based transport company TAG Transport Services has joined PalletFORCE, one of the country’s fastest growing palletised distribution networks, in the long-term interests of the company and its customers.

Although it has been operating since October 2001, TAG’s directors can boast of a collective experience of over forty years in the road haulage business. The company has extensive links to the newspaper industry and transports in excess of 600 tonnes of free and national newspapers every week.

With clients across the UK, and TAG looking to diversify its business into other areas, joining a palletised distribution network was the logical move. PalletFORCE was chosen following recommendations from two Member Depots with whom TAG already has close links.

The company operates a fleet of twenty vehicles, ranging from 7.5 tonne to 44 tonne artic lorries, plus transits and Astravans for smaller loads.

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Modernization of the postal centers

Posted by | Mar 16, 2007 | |

Chairman of Egypt Post Eng. Alaa Fahmy said that 920 post offices have been modernized beside 87 others established.

He added in a press conference; currently, we are modernizing the main traffic centers of Ramses, Alexandria, Tanta & Cairo International exchange center at Cairo airport, also the number of computerized outlets will reach 1000 outlets the forthcoming month.

Moreover, the post has started an ambitious plan to improve services, employee salaries, productivity & establishing mechanisms to render these services at their highest levels in the aspects of post, savings, society & business services such as e-signature service to transform post from being merely a service utility to an economic business one.

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FKI Logistex wins contract from Chronopost in France

Posted by | Mar 16, 2007 | |

FKI Logistex announced that it has won a contract to supply Chronopost International with a complete tilt-tray sortation system for the company’s new 11,000 square-meter (118,000 square-foot) parcel hub in Chilly-Mazarin, near Paris, France. Chronopost, a subsidiary of the La Poste Group, is building the new hub to support an ambitious three-year plan to redesign its entire transportation network.

Chronopost chose the FKI Logistex sortation system for its market-leading ergonomic and safety features and its ability to handle the hub’s high throughput levels. The Chilly-Mazarin hub is designed to move a total of 30,000 parcels per hour and will process nearly 60 percent of Chronopost’s French freight.

The integrated FKI Logistex sortation system at the Chilly-Mazarin hub includes FKI Logistex S-3000E tilt-tray sorters, inductions and chutes, and more than 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) of FKI Logistex belt conveyor, all controlled by an FKI Logistex controls system.

The Chilly-Mazarin hub is scheduled to be fully operational by the end of 2007.

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NZ Post Profit Up, Cheaper Stamps Possible

Posted by | Mar 15, 2007 | |

New Zealand Post says its half-year profit is up 10 percent for the six months to December.

The state-owned postal operator says the rise in profit to $38.2 million is underpinned by the strong success of Kiwibank and a joint venture, Express Couriers.

NZ Post chief executive John Allen says Kiwibank has doubled its after-tax profit to NZD11.4m – up from NZD5.4m for the same period in 2005.

Mr Allen says domestic postal services continue to fall steeply and are down by 2.9 percent, but international mail items continue to grow. He says the company continues to promote the use of postal services.

Mr Allen says the company is confident it will deliver continuing growth for the rest of the financial year.

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TNT adds to Singapore life sciences market

Posted by | Mar 15, 2007 | |

TNT, a leading provider of global express services, today announced the official opening of its life sciences focused regional distribution centre (RDC) in Singapore.

The TAPA ‘A’ and Good Distribution Practice certified facility, which spans 65,500 square feet, was built at an investment of more than USD 5.2 million.

The establishment of the facility is expected to boost the company’s market leading position in Singapore where it currently dominates over 60 percent of the outsourced R&D logistics for the life science industry.

Lim Siong Guan, chairman of the Economic Development Board, called the investment a “significant milestone” for Singapore’s logistics and biomedical sciences industries and a re-affirmation of Singapore’s position as an air express and global logistics hub.

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