Europa Air & Sea reports record performance for Hong Kong team
Europa Air & Sea, a dedicated division of logistics operator, Europa Worldwide Group, has marked its first anniversary in its new, larger Hong Kong office with record growth.
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Thailand Post and Shopee team up on free delivery service
Thailand Post has teamed up with Shopee to offer free delivery to customers using the Shopee app to buy goods and services.
Read MoreRoyal Mail International introduces weekend collections and new tracking services
Royal Mail has introduced free weekend collections for business customers sending international parcels, and has extended its International Tracked product to customers sending parcels to Russia, Cyprus and Lebanon.
Read MoreDecisions based on data
Jessica Lowrance, the President-Elect of the Association for Postal Commerce, has argued that the US Postal Service (USPS) must use the tools at its disposal to give the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) the data it needs make informed decisions about the current system of rate regulation and how to move forward in its review.
Read MoreGAO on USPS’s financial position: “The status quo is not sustainable”
Lori Rectanus, a director in the US Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) Physical Infrastructure team, has warned: “US Postal Service (USPS) management, unions, the public, community leaders, and Members of Congress need to take a hard look at what level of postal services residents and businesses need and can afford. The status quo is not sustainable.”
Read MorePRC’s Taub: USPS faces “very serious” financial problems – but there is “strength in the system”
Robert G. Taub, the Acting Chairman of the US Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), has warned that the US Postal Service (USPS) faces “very serious and real financial problems” – but added that “the good news” is that there is “strength in the system”.
Read MoreMegan Brennan tells House Committee: USPS financial situation is “very serious but solvable”
Giving testimony to the US House of Representatives Oversight & Government Reform Committee yesterday (11 May), US Postmaster General Megan Brennan repeated her view that the US Postal Service’s (USPS) financial situation is “very serious but solvable”.
Read MoreAlibaba appoints MD to head up new Netherlands office
Alibaba has appointed Roland Palmer as the managing director of Alibaba Group Netherlands. Palmer, who is also now a member of the Alibaba Group EU leadership team, will based in the new Amsterdam office.
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