Belgium’s struggling publicly-owned postal service De Post/La Poste needs a partner quickly to modernise its operations, its chief executive was quoted as saying on Friday. “I’m not naming names but it is clear that De Post is years behind the postal companies in the Netherlands and Germany,” Johnny Thijs was quoted as telling the Belgian daily De Standaard in an interview.
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>May 30 figures
>Ist class declined 566 million pieces, 2.4%
>Standard increased 3.2%
>lst Class has declined 12 consecutive quarters
>Express mail dropped 12.3%, declined last three quarters
>Priority mail dropped 14%, 11th consecutive quarter of declines, last four
>quarters between 9% and 15%
>Standard mail grew by 638 million pieces
>Package service up 12.3% led by big jump in bound printed matter.
TPG, the Dutch logistics company, said it has no current plans for a partnership with the Belgian post office. The chief executive of publicly-owned De Post/La Poste said his struggling company is looking for a partner to help it modernize.
“I’m not naming names but it is clear that De Post is years behind the postal companies in the Netherlands and Germany,” said Johnny Thijs.
Thijs named TPG and Deutsche Post World Net of Germany as likely partners.
A presidential commission recommended a series of changes to the U.S. Postal Service, including expanding efforts to move basic postal services out of traditional post offices and into banks, groceries or drug stores.
In a 181-page report, passed after eight months of research, the commission suggests that once basic services become available elsewhere, the Postal Service should be able to reassess whether or not smaller offices are still necessary to fulfill the obligation each facility provides for its region. If not, according to the report, the Postal Service should be able to do away with an office as it sees fit.
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