Bartrum’s, Nelsons join Pallet-Track
Pallet-Track, the still-to-launch pallet network, says its members are actively working together, but without a central hub.
Read MoreYear: 2003
Deutsche Post to maintain regular mail prices and reduce mass mailing prices for 2004
Deutsche Post AG will maintain existing prices for regular mail and reduce prices for most mass mailings in 2004, the company said. The price for a standard letter weighing up to 20 grams for European delivery remains at €.55, while the price for non-advertising mass mailings drops to €.40 from €.45. Deutsche Post said its prices ranked seventh in comparison with other European postal services. The U.S. Postal Service charges $0.37 for domestic delivery of letters up to 28.6 grams.
Read MoreDeutsche Post – key prices for letters and postcards to be maintained in 2004
Deutsche Post will be maintaining its key prices for letters and postcards in the coming year. The Regulatory Authority for Telecommunications and Posts has approved the rates from 1 January 2004 as part of the review it conducts every year. Under the new scale of rates, “Standardbrief” items (up to 20 grams) will continue to cost EUR 0.55, “Kompaktbrief” items (up to 50 grams) will still cost EUR 1.00, “Großbrief” items (up to 500 grams) EUR 1.44, “Maxibrief” items (up to 1,000 grams) EUR 2.20 and postcards EUR 0.45.
Read MoreDeutsche Post faces complaint by publishers
BVDA, the German association of publishers of advertising papers, and BDZV, the German newspaper publishers’ association, are reported to have lodged a complaint with the German antitrust authority against Deutsche Post, the German national postal service operator. They are hoping to prevent the postal group from continuing to deliver an advertising journal in a pilot project together with a free TV programme information magazine.
Read MorePosten Norge plans to increase newspaper distribution prices by 75% by 2006
The Norwegian postal services company Posten Norge plans to increase the fees for newspaper distribution by up to 75% by 2006.
According to Helge Simonnes of Mediebedriftenes Landsforening (the Norwegian media businesses’ association) the price rise could have dramatic effects on many regional newspapers.
Read MoreQatar Post To Change Law On Courier Firms
A law regulating the operations of foreign and local courier firms in Qatar is expected to come into force early next year. A revised postal tarrif for mail will also be enforced around the same time, Ali Mohammad Al Ali, chairman of the General Postal Corporation (Q-Post) said, the Al Sharq daily reports.
Read MoreNew Zealand Post sees business mail as key to growth
The state-owned mail agency posted a 24% rise in after-tax profit in the last financial year, thanks to diversifying its business, NZ Post chief executive officer John Allen said yesterday.
While visiting the Taranaki Mail Centre in New Plymouth — which handles 35 million items of mail a year — Mr Allen said that despite the use of the Internet, business mail was becoming more popular.
Business mail helped NZ Post make an after-tax profit of $27.1 million for the year ended June 30.
Read MoreUK London postal workers to stage 24-hour strike
Postal workers in London are to stage a 24-hour strike next week in a row over pay, threatening disruption to mail deliveries in many parts of the country.
The walkout next Wednesday by 20,000 members of the Communication Workers Union is set to be the first of many with further stoppages likely to coincide with separate strikes by council workers.
The union warned there would be “severe disruption” to collections and deliveries in London and other parts of the country on October 1 and the backlog of mail could take at least a week to clear.
Read MorePost & Parcel Magazine
Post & Parcel Magazine is our print publication, released 3 times a year. Packed with original content and thought-provoking features, Post & Parcel Magazine is a must-read for those who want the inside track on the industry.