Year: 2003

Bulgarian Posts, France's La Poste Boost Cooperation

Posted by | Sep 29, 2003 | |

“Bulgarian Posts” and the French post “La Poste” have signed a cooperation memorandum in the postal services field. Stana Hristova, Executive Director of “Bulgarian Posts” and Edward Deian, director of “European integration and international cooperation” in France’s “La Poste” signed the cooperation memorandum. Officials of the two companies explained that this memorandum would contribute to the good relationships between the two institutions. The agreement aims to boost postal financial services cooperation including transfer of international post orders, Bulgaria’s Transport Ministry officials explained.

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Korea Post to set up logistics hub at Incheon intn'l airport

Posted by | Sep 29, 2003 | |

Korea Post, a state postal service agency, today said it would build a logistics terminal by 2007 in Incheon International Airport, located west of Seoul.

The project, worth 49.7 billion won (US$43.1 million), is intended to help the country become a Northeast Asian hub by supplying personal computer and digital appliance parts to the region, the mail service operator said in a press statement.

“The logistics center will act as a facilitator for South Korea to emerge as a technology hub for the region,” Korea Post said.

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Postal workers ratify two landmark collective agreements

Posted by | Sep 29, 2003 | |

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) membership have voted to accept both collective agreements negotiated by the union with Canada Post Corporation (CPC).

Members ratified the Urban Mail Operations agreement by a vote of 65.4%. The Rural and Suburban Mail Carriers (RSMC) ratified their agreement by a vote of 86.8%.

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Japan Post forms alliance on direct mail with Sagawa

Posted by | Sep 29, 2003 | |

Sagawa Express Co. and Japan Post have agreed to join forces in the delivery of direct mail to households.

The two entities aim to slash costs and expand their customer bases by having Sagawa collect marketing materials and other direct mail from corporate clients and Japan Post deliver them to homes. They are also eyeing jointly handling personal correspondence – on which Japan Post has a near monopoly – in the near future.

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Dutch Post retreat harms Royal Mail deregulation

Posted by | Sep 28, 2003 | |

The Dutch post office is threatening to tear up its plans to set up in direct competition with Royal Mail, claiming that the Government’s deregulation proposals are flawed.

TPG Post, which owns the TNT delivery service, already has a licence to deliver mail in the UK and is expected to be the biggest threat to the loss-making Royal Mail when the market is fully open by 2007.

But in a letter to the postal regulator, Postcomm, TPG warns that, as the proposals stand, it will “have to fundamentally reconsider its business plans for establishing an alternative delivery network”.

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Managers will do delivery jobs to break UK postal strike

Posted by | Sep 27, 2003 | |

Senior Royal Mail executives have been trained to deliver mail, drive security vans and work in post offices in readiness for the 24-hour postal strike in London.

The managers, who earn up to £80,000, will be doing the jobs of staff who earn less than £200 a week.

They have been trained to give out pensions and deal with bonds and tax discs.

Managers will also distribute special delivery letters and parcels.

Regular first and second class letters will be left undelivered until the strike by 30,000 members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) ends.

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Anger over UK Royal Mail switch from rail to road

Posted by | Sep 27, 2003 | |

The decision by Royal Mail to abandon trains in favour of road transport was bitterly opposed by the Department of the Environment.

In a private letter to the leader of the rail network’s biggest union, the Environment minister Lord Whitty registered his dismay over the move, declaring it was in contradiction to government policy.

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