Deutsche Post said on Monday it would appeal a cartel office order blocking its takeover of express delivery group Trans-o-flex and would retain operational control over the firm until a final ruling on its appeal.
Read MorePosten AB is on the offensive with business agreements, company acquisitions and the development or services within the transportation and logistics sector. The agreement with La Poste is providing Posten with access to a logistics network for the whole of Europe including the N4ordic and Baltic regions.
In that network Posten will be able to exhibit a broad and deep competence in the entire spectrum pertaining to the management of the flow of goods from order to delivery supported by a number of E-services. Together these serve to establish Posten’s solutions for E-commerce and logistics as a prototype for the whole industry
The agreement with the French La Poste provides Posten with access to one of the largest networks for parcel deliveries in Europe.
“In the long term this implies a doubling of todays turnover of MSEK 4,000 within the logistics sector, says Björn Sjöström, Head of Posten ABs Business Unit for E-commerce and Logistics.
Consignia today announced a half year operating loss of £100 million before exceptional items, compared to a restated loss of £20 million for the same period a year ago. After accounting for exceptional items, the post-tax loss for the half year is £281 million, compared with a £113 million loss (restated) for the previous half year.
Read MoreEmery has won major forwarding contract with Magnetic Corp, a manufacturer of linear drive systems.The deal involves air and ocean shipments from Magnetic’s factories in Liestal, Switzerland to various customers throughout the US and Canada.
Read MorePosten, the Norwegian postal services, continues to slim down and plans to cut its workforce in 2002.
Read MoreThe Brunei Postal Services Department is facing a bleak future due to stiff competition from the increasing use of email and short messaging service. The use of postal services is expected to drop in the years to come as fewer people send mail the conventional way.
Read MoreNovember 2001 – Kuehne & Nagel have bought the Milan based company Logistics Srl., a company specialized in the warehousing and distribution business. (11/26/2001)
Read MoreTHE new boss of the Royal Mail has denied she is scrapping the second post – because, she says, it never existed in the first place. Although three million letters drop through letterboxes each day after 2pm, former Avon lady Gillian Wilmot – in a public relations exercise worthy of a New Labour spin doctor – insisted that the second delivery was ‘a myth’. She said: ‘What we have is a sweeper service that picks up mail we should have delivered first time round.
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