The International Transport Workers Federation warned that a local labour problem in Belgium could turn into a major international dispute for DHL Worldwide. The problem began when DHL fired a senior shop steward in Brussels, prompting his co-workers at the airport to refuse to load DHL aircraft, according to the labour federation.
Read MoreNetherlands-based logistics and courier firm TNT Holdings BV has recently terminated its joint venture with Sinotrans Ltd, China’s largest freight forwarder, a TNT China official surnamed Yang said. He said TNT will form a new China-based joint venture with Mach++ Express Worldwide Ltd. Yang declined to provide further information about TNT Skypak-Sinotrans Ltd, TNT’s 15-year 50:50 joint venture with Sinotrans. Sinotrans officials were not immediately available for comment.
Read MoreDHL Airways will clarify its ownership and operational structure in a filing today with the Department of Transportation. Opponents FedEx and United Parcel Service expect to use the filing to bolster their case that the air carrier is controlled by German distribution group, Deutsche Post. The documents were ordered by Ronnie Yoder, the DoT’s chief administrative law judge, in a preliminary hearing on Tuesday. Judge Yoder is proceeding with a public hearing on August 19 to determine if DHL Airways, based in Miami, violates US laws limiting foreign ownership and control of US carriers.
Read MoreDHL Airways will clarify its ownership and operational structure in a filing today with the Department of Transportation. Opponents FedEx and United Parcel Service expect to use the filing to bolster their case that the air carrier is controlled by German distribution group, Deutsche Post.
The documents were ordered by Ronnie Yoder, the DoT’s chief administrative law judge, in a preliminary hearing on Tuesday. Judge Yoder is proceeding with a public hearing on August 19 to determine if DHL Airways, based in Miami, violates US laws limiting foreign ownership and control of US carriers.
Read MoreIf the Postal Service is to be run like a business, it needs the freedom to set its prices like a business, Postmaster General John Potter said Thursday. Potter told the President’s Commission on the Postal Service that his agency is hampered by the complex 16-month process involved in setting rates. The post office, because it has a monopoly, should still be subject to review, he said, but that process “should not stifle the ability to meet customer preferences and finance the national mail system for the future.” Potter suggested that the Postal Service’s governing board be allowed to set prices for mail service, with an after-the-fact review by an outside agency. His comments came at the final public session of the commission, convened by President Bush to review the operations of the Postal Service and make recommendations for its future. Its report is expected by the end of July.
Read MoreThe Croatian parliament adopted a customer protection bill on Thursday aimed at introducing further European standards in the former Yugoslav republic that hopes to join the next wave of EU enlargement in 2007. The new law is the first to regulate protection in the field of public services and utilities, including fixed phone network, postal services, gas, electricity, heating and water utilities.
Read MoreThe Latvian state postal company Latvijas Pasts is behind on implementing EU requirements with the company currently having implemented only 40 percent of the requirements listed in a cooperational project signed back in 1998, stated the company’s temporary CEO, Gints Skodovs. Skodovs said that in 1998 Latvijas Pasts signed the Accord 1 agreement, aimed at assisting EU candidate countries with implementing EU requirements and postal directives, improving postal service quality and promoting development of new projects and infrastructure improvements. The stand-in CEO for Latvijas Pasts said that on June 02 the Accord 2 agreement is set to be signed in Switzerland, which should thus state Latvijas Pasts “preparedness for moving towards EU quality standards and readiness to work towards implementing these.”
Read MoreTNT Express France, the French unit of TNT Express (the transport division of Dutch postal services group TPG), has reached a commercial partnership deal with Redcats, the French mail order giant. The deal will allow TNT Express France to use Redcats’ parcel delivery network, which includes nearly 3,200 depots, and will increase its coverage in France, where it already has 120 sites.
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