Year: 2003

UPS announces rates for 2004

Posted by | Nov 21, 2003 | |

UPS has announced new rates for most U.S. services effective Jan. 5, 2004. UPS commercial ground services will increase 1.9% with U.S. air and UPS Worldwide Express services increasing an average of 2.9%. The premium for packages and letters delivered to residential addresses will rise from $1.15 to $1.40.

UPS also will introduce a $1.00 delivery surcharge to commercial shipments headed to more remote ZIP codes. These ZIP codes are the same as those covered by the current residential delivery area surcharge, which was first applied in 1999 and remains at $1.75. The majority of UPS’s accessorial charges stay the same.

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Fernandez vows intent to reprivatize Argentina Postal Co

Posted by | Nov 21, 2003 | |

The government has no intention of keeping the country’s postal service in government hands beyond the 180-day period within which it has vowed to seek a new concessionaire for the operation, Cabinet Chief Alberto Fernandez said.

The concession was handled by Correo Argentino SA, a privately owned company.

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Thailand Post launches franchise system

Posted by | Nov 21, 2003 | |

The Thailand Post Company Limited in affiliation with Ek-Chai Distribution System Company Limited have launched their first franchise post offices.

Minister of Information and Communication Technology Surapong Suebwonglee presided over the opening ceremony of the first franchise post office at Tesco Lotus Supermarket, Prachachuen branch.

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NIGHTSPEED STRENGHTHENS WITH FRAGILE HANDLING

Posted by | Nov 20, 2003 | |

Nightspeed Secure Worldwide Express says it has gained business from retailers with its new Printspeed service to distribute fragile marketing items and print goods.

Nightspeed collects parcels from Michael John Design and delivers them to branches of Tesco and Boots throughout the UK and southern Ireland. It also delivers promotional items for Sainsbury.

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PARCELFORCE CUTS LOSES

Posted by | Nov 20, 2003 | |

Parcelforce Worldwide has cut operational losses by 40% from £98m to £59m in the first half of the year following the termination of uneconomic contract and continue job losses.

In the past year the firm has restructured including a change in focus to entirely handling express, time-guaranteed parcels for business customers.

The pace of moving to the planned level of owner-drivers is now behind schedule due to “the prevailing industrial relations climate”.

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International Science Group honors UPS for tying research to management

Posted by | Nov 20, 2003 | |

A prominent international scientific society has awarded UPS the 2003 INFORMS Prize for integrating operations research and managerial decision-making.

The Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS) said it was honoring UPS because the company had so embraced the application of operational research and managerial science as to affect the overall success of the entire organization.

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French TAT Express to cut additional 60 jobs

Posted by | Nov 20, 2003 | |

TAT Express, the parcels subsidiary of French post office La Poste, has presented a new redundancy plan, following the annulment of the previous one by a Tours court at the start of November. The latest plan involves 539 job cuts out of 1,500, 60 more than the previous plan. Management say they have had to increase the number of redundancies because of the deterioration of the financial situation.

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