DHL, one of the biggest courier operators in the world, inaugurated its new regional office and an ultra modern service centre in Abuja.
The new office, is a replica of any standard DHL service centre around the world, DHL’s managing director in Nigeria, Mr Richard Seaver, said.
Read MoreUnited Parcel Service and FedEx Corp. are taking advantage of a U.S. Postal Service discount for package consolidators to steal away some of the post office’s biggest customers. Atlanta-based UPS on Thursday launched UPS Basic, a low-cost delivery service that will have the U.S. Postal Service making final deliveries of some of its packages. The new program is targeting mail-order merchants, who are some of the post office’s biggest customers due to its cheaper rates compared to UPS or competitor FedEx Corp. FedEx, based in Memphis, has mounted a furious assault on the ground delivery market, and is in the middle of a test with the postal service with an eye to adding a low-end delivery offering.
Read MoreExpress cargo movement from the Indira Gandhi International Airport is to get a boost with the opening of two dedicated terminals. The two terminals will be operated by DHL Worldwide Express and the Express Industry Council of India, the first time that the government and private industry are cooperating in this sector.
Read MoreIn just 10 years, Graeme John has transformed Australia Post’s culture and profitability.
Early on a blustery morning in south-eastern Melbourne, Australia Post managing director Graeme John is in the front seat of a chauffeur-driven Holden. He is enthusiastically extolling the virtues of the Dandenong mail centre in Victoria, one of the biggest and most advanced in Australia. Near the centre, he stops and interrupts himself with a mild expletive. On the other side of the road is an Australia Post vehicle, its doors open, and what appear to be brochures strewn over the verge and road for several metres around. The driver of the vehicle, oblivious to who is watching, is hurriedly retrieving the pamphlets. With obvious relief, John observes that although the brochures have to be retrieved and delivered “at least they’re not addressed mail” and his car continues to the gates of the Dandenong facility.
Read MoreWrexham-based McCarthy Haulage has become the latest member to join United Pallet Network, covering the CH postcodes. McCarthy Haulages company secretary, Andrew Nicholson says: We decided to evaluate our position in the industry and decided that the time was right to join a pallet netwrok. We looked at all of the networks out there and found that our preferred option was UPN because of its emphasis on quality rather than volume.
Read MoreWest-Lothian based R Drummond (Carriers) has joined Pall-Ex to serve the FK postcode area. Commercial manager at the famil firm, Damon Burns, says: We chose Pall-Ex on recommendations from other members of the network and we were impressed with the new hub. Being part of a network will allow us to offer a complete pallet delivery service throughout the UK.
This is the first time R Drummond, which operates a fleet of 60 vehicles, has been part of a network.
ROYAL MAIL needs to modernise to become profitable and meet regulatory targets, the new industry regulator said yesterday as talks continued between the postal organisation and unions over changes to working practices.
Nigel Stapleton, chairman of Uniq, the convenience food company, and a former chairman of Reed Elsevier, the publishing group, and Cordiant, the advertising business, will take up his appointment as the second postal regulator in January.
Read MoreRoyal Mail needs to modernise to become profitable and meet regulatory targets, the new industry regulator said as talks continued between the postal organisation and unions over changes to working practices.
Nigel Stapleton, chairman of Uniq, the convenience food company, and a former chairman of Reed Elsevier, the publishing group, and Cordiant, the advertising business, will take up his appointment as the second postal regulator in January.
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